Eric Scheske

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How Many Beers Does It Take to Find the Tao?

How Many Beers Does It Take to Find the Tao?

C.S. Lewis would’ve said “zero.” It’s the Tao that helps you find the beer. It is Nature, it is the Way, the Road. It is the Way in which the universe goes on, the Way in which things everlastingly emerge, stilly and tranquilly, into space and time.

The Anti-Drinking Campaign Picks Up Steam

The Anti-Drinking Campaign Picks Up Steam

Excerpts from two recent articles

"No Amount of Alcohol is Good for You--That Much is Clear"

"No Amount of Alcohol is Good for You--That Much is Clear"

The idea that moderate drinking is healthy has been debunked . . . currently

Cocaine Beer Coming?

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

Cynar and Tonic

Peter Suderman at Cocktails with Suderman (Substack)

On Vermentino

On Vermentino

Lettie Teague at the Wall Street Journal

Dorothy Parker's Brilliance and Other Sundries to Fascinate Your Friends at the Bar Tonight

Dorothy Parker's Brilliance and Other Sundries to Fascinate Your Friends at the Bar Tonight

The godfather of modern libertarianism, Albert Nock, was in his prime during Prohibition. Needless to say, he railed against it, noting once that it's absurd to regulate something that, in nature, flows as freely as water. He's right, of course. And the fact that it flows

Day Drinking

Day Drinking

Dani Blum at the New York Times