Posts from the ‘A Historian At Work’ category

United Nations Building As Booze-Free Zone?

This in the NYT about booze, diplomacy, UN. And history (although the reporter didn’t mention that last). . . . there is still a sort of residual…

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What It Looks Like At The End

I thought about finding a photo of a runner breaking through finish-line tape. Then I looked around at and realized — there lay the image with…

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Title? Meh….

IN BEEF WE TRUST: AMERICANS, MEAT, AND THE MAKING OF A NATION Maybe it’ll grow on me.

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Beer People: For You

Seriously. This is only for the die-hards and they know who they are. (Which I was tempted to write in one long string.) This is a…

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A Slight Bummer As I Peddle to the Finish Line

Yes! The finish line lies straight ahead. I’ve written a big chunk of that pesky new chapter my editor asked for, and I expect to have…

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My Brain At Work: Somewhat Random (and Possibly Useless) Thoughts On the Origins of Craft Brewing

As avid readers (because there are some, right??) know, Jack McAuliffe, the acknowledged founder of the craft brewing movement, is a friend. In January, Boston Beer…

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I’m Peddling As Fast As I Can; Or, That Slice of Heaven-and-Hell Known as “Revisions”

For those who are wondering — and I understand if no one is (it’s a big world; lotso other stuff about which to wonder): Yes, I’m…

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