Place and Conservatism
Mark T. Mitchell at Front Porch Republic
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Blow Back Beer to the Vanishing Sommelier
This Video is Pretty Wild
Brewer blown backwards by beer blast (video)An employee of Back Channel Brewing Company in Spring Park, Minnesota, was standing in front of a large vat when it blew him backwards.Boing BoingDavid Pescovitz
The Sommelier is Vanishing
Wine is still poured at many tables.
Hard Currency to be Eliminated?
Aaron Day at Brownstone Institute
Prices Reflect Our Participation in Reality in General
A few notes on prices and reality
John McClaughry: Underappreciated Man
Bill Kauffman at The American Conservative
Collectors, Hoarders, and the Childless
In my youth, I started more collections than a wino starts bottles. I stopped. I don't know why.
Science and Magic . . . And Math
This is a great historical tie into Part II of Existence Strikes Back and its observation that modernity's momentum began to build in the 13th century, as Western civilization's capacity for control increased. Magic and science were twins in the cradle of modernity. This essay points
Hanging Out is Counter-Conduct
Derek Thompson at The Atlantic
The Peasant Sentiment
The Greatest Game Ever Played is a true story about an unaccomplished young golfer, Francis Ouimet, at the turn of the century and how he beat the world's top two golfers in an 18-hole playoff at the 1913 U.S. Open.
Francis's goal to be a
Portland: A Laboratory Experiment on Progressive Politics
Naomi Schaefer Riley at City Journal