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BYCU The ex-Commies are getting better taste in beer: "[T]he owner of Russia's biggest brewer, said it will place an increasing emphasis on selling higher-priced beers in the country to compensate for weakening volume there." Link [http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-09-

From the Notebooks The modern Russian mystic Nicholas Berdyaev taught that the "complete person" is creative in the "ecstasy of the moment," which, Berdyaev said, is outside time. At about the same time that Berdyaev wrote those words, a man of a different intellectual persuasion observed

And if that doesn't put you in the mood to drink a few tonight, then check out these five facts about beer [http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/09/04/cheers-5-intoxicating-facts-about-beer/] . Sample: > Today, beer is the preferred beverage of men, according to

From the Notebooks As part of my dive into Nock, I've dove into the 1920s. I would watch Boardwalk Empire as part of my studies (I read a review last year that said the show has taken great efforts to reproduce the period in all its gilded extravagance,

Jacques Ellul had a unique definition of anarchy: "By anarchy, I mean first an absolute rejection of violence." Anarchy and Christianity, Eerdmans (1991) p. 11. Such a definition might seem ironic, but it's not. When you spend a few minutes thinking intently about government, you realize

BYCU The Forty Best Beers in America [http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slideshow/print-list/77385]! Kinda, if you're into the health thing. It's from the standpoint of calories, so if you're gay, it's a good list for you. Number one is Miller

Letters to Children Unfortunately, we live in a society that tends to look at the intellectual effort in connection with getting a practical education–i.e., an education that allows one to get a job–and with succeeding at the resulting job, as the end-all of intellectual endeavors. In

BYCU I love stories like these: Beer gardens fare well: Alcohol sales an 'awesome' addition to state fair [http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/08/05/beer-gardens-fare-well.html] . It's the same old story: A traditionally-dry venue decides to allow a

“I've been here when it was glory hole days and when it wasn't. I want me some glory hole!” That's apparently Jerry Jones, the owner of the Cowboys. He's an oil man, so he was probably referring to an oil find, but