Left Hemisphere Attack on Small Business?
Jeffrey Tucker at Zero Hedge (via Epoch Times)
John Bender
Tolkien's Little Hero: Fatty Bolger
Paul Schweigl at Front Porch Republic
No Amount of Alcohol is Good for You?
“No Amount of Alcohol is Good for You--That Much is Clear”The idea that moderate drinking is healthy has been debunked . . . currentlyThe Daily EudemonEric Scheske
About a year ago, a friend of mine started evading my invitations to grab a drink. It was only when we caught up for a
Bill Kauffman on the Subjugation of Canada and Neil Young's Sanity
Bill Kauffman at The American Conservative
Cocaine Beer Coming?
If it were anywhere else in South America, the nondescript house with buckets of coca leaves soaking in liquid could be mistaken for a clandestine cocaine lab.
But this is La Paz, Bolivia, and the fruity aroma of coca steeping in barrels signals that you’ve arrived at the government-authorized
Cynar and Tonic
Peter Suderman at Cocktails with Suderman (Substack)
Disappearing Asparagus
Cindy Carcamo at L.A. Times
Magic in Everyday Renaissance Europe
Laura Miller at Slate
On Vermentino
Lettie Teague at the Wall Street Journal
50-Year Anniversary of The Gulag
Gary Saul Morson at The New Criterion