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On Yuengling

On Yuengling

When I was a college student in Texas, I told someone at a bar that I was from Pennsylvania. The guy’s eyes lit up. “Pennsylvania?!” the man exclaimed. “That means you get to drink Yuengling whenever you want!” Yes, I mused, with a shrug and a swig of my

Wine Collecting: Billionaire Frenzy

Wine Collecting: Billionaire Frenzy

Kathleen Willcox at The Spectator

The World of Wine Collecting

The World of Wine Collecting

It's a combination of pretension, mystery, investment, viticulture, vinification, historical appreciation, and fraud. The world of wine collecting. The world of the 1%. Scratch that. The 1/10th of one percent. It sounds like oenophiles work with vintners to create a buzz about a new wine, one that

When Virtue Becomes Vice

When Virtue Becomes Vice

We can't pursue virtue without vice. Every pursuit of virtue, after all, requires us to strive to advance our happiness. Every such pursuit, in other words, is selfish, which is the root of all vice. It's a paradox. Paradox, The Hemispheres, and the TaoA basic tension

Mint Julep: The Percy Battle?

Mint Julep: The Percy Battle?

Poet Will Percy provided this recipe for the Mint Julep in his autobiography, Lanterns on the Levee: First you needed excellent bourbon whisky; rye or Scotch would not do at all. Then you put half an inch of sugar in the bottom of the glass and merely dampened it with

A Tip to the Right Hemisphere

A Tip to the Right Hemisphere

I agree with Modern Drunkard Magazine's observation that, if you can't afford to tip the bartender, you can't afford to drink in a bar. Just buy a six-pack and stay home. Me? I prefer to stay home with the six-pack, but I love bars.

Night Train: An American Legend

Night Train: An American Legend

The tent city crisis continues. It was even the subject of a recent Econtalk episode, in which the guest explained that the tent cities result from fentanyl-laced meth, which makes users paranoid, so they want to be in an enclosed space (a tent), but when they’re not under the