Miscellany The Democrats created the Mexican immigration problem with their 1965 Immigration Act and by revoking (greatly restricting) the work visa program in the 1990s to make the unions happy, and now they won't give relief to the Dreamers because they don't want Trump to get

Brews You Can Use Charles H. Baker, Jr: Drink writer. I never even knew there was such a thing, outside of the pages of Modern Drunkard Magazine, but there is . . . and he wrote during the first half of the twentieth century, helping to bring to the public mind classic drinks

Kerouac, Inchausti, Beauchamp This piece brought together a lot of 2018 strands for me: "Debunking the Caricature of Jack Kerouac the Nihilist [http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/debunking-the-caricature-of-jack-kerouac-the-nihilist/] ." The piece basically affirms what I taught last month at my Theology on Tap presentation: Jack Kerouac, godfather of the

Welcome to Lent 2018. Or to Valentine's Day, if that suits your disposition better. This Ash Wednesday/Valentine's Day confluence, incidentally, is great for husbands married to Catholic wives. What Catholic woman wants a lavish dinner and flowers on Valentine's Day? And what devout

Men's half-pipe is my favorite.

Lent, Zen, Other Lent neareth. Remember to eat and drink a lot tonight so tomorrow is even harder. My next Theology on Tap lecture is entitled "Zen Lent." It's an extension on my Kerouac lecture. Kerouac was a Buddhist, I guess, or at least practiced Zen

Miscellaneous Rambling It's almost time to start seeds indoors. If you're ordering seeds online, please order them from Max's site: MAXimumgreens.com [https://www.maximumgreens.com/collections/vegetable-seeds]. The seeds we order are drop-shipped from one of the most reputable sellers in the market.

> "We are accustomed to speaking with wonder at how the 'whole world is available at our fingertips.' It should fill us with foreboding as well." https://t.co/vytglsXdEV > — The American Conservative (@amconmag) February 4, 2018 [https://twitter.com/amconmag/status/960196251907014656?ref_src=

Olympic Miscellany I dig the Winter Olympics, even if it's mostly just a bunch of spoiled kids having fun and banging each other [http://time.com/5137272/condoms-at-olympics/?utm_campaign=time&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&xid=time_socialflow_twitter] in Olympic Village.

BYCU Just in time for the Winter Olympics: North Korea appears to claim it has invented wheat beer: "According to state newspaper Rodong Sinmun, the country's Taedonggang brewery claims its new approach using wheat instead of barley "is better than existing beers in terms of its