BYCU
BYCU
I'm still catching up on good TDE leads I received last year. I should've ran
this one a long time ago: Renewed interest in sour beer
[http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/07/sour-beer-cantillon-a-brief-history.html]
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It's
Eric Scheske
Meyers
Yesterday Hillary Clinton admitted she is thinking about running for president.
Though it would be more shocking if she admitted to ever thinking about anything
else.
GKC Wednesday
Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine
[http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible
for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a
sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson
sent me a
Funny Quotes
Random Quotes
"In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible
from one class of the citizens to give to give to the other." Voltaire.
Actually, that's not a humorous quote, but it's rare you'll see me
Monday
Nock Notions
“The decade 1887-97 was one of the most extraordinary periods in all the history
of America's fantastic civilization; even the period 1929-39 can do but little
more than match its bizarre eccentricities. . . . Free silver, the initiative,
referendum and recall; farmer-labourism, votes-for-women,
Michigan
I had to pick up Alex and Abbie from Ann Arbor yesterday for my father-in-law's
birthday party. Traffic was horrible. The reason? 2014 Hash Bash, an annual
celebration of marijuana that has been going on for 30+ years. I decided to
check it out. I stood
Misc.
From an Epstein essay, something I never knew:
> [O]ne is reminded how much more intellectuals, making use of their minds,
contributed to the British [World War II] effort than did their American
counterparts. Graham Greene, Malcolm Muggeridge, Isaiah Berlin, Ryle, Hampshire,
Ayer, Trevor-Roper, and many other English
The Saxon Way
A lecture on early medieval history talked about Charlemagne's efforts to
convert the Saxons through use of a revised Bible that would appeal more to
Saxon sensibilities. This passage cracked me up (I assume most TDE readers will
recognize that it retells the story from the Garden of
Meyers
Willie Nelson's stuffed armadillo has been returned after being stolen from a
Las Vegas show. And I'm sure Willie was happy to get it back, considering what
it's probably stuffed with.
Friday
A TDE reader sends along this recommendation: Lexington Brewing and Distilling
[http://www.kentuckyale.com/home]. If you like bourbon and beer, I guess this is
your nirvana:
> Lexington Brewing and Distilling Co. consists of our brewery as well as our Town
Branch Distillery, which was added to the