Posts from the ‘Must Reads’ category

Another New Book: Daniel Okrent On Prohibition

Hot tip on another new book, this one a history of the early twentieth-century Prohibition movement: Daniel Okrent’s Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. In…

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Jacob Grier On Why He Twitters (Yes, That’s A Real Verb)

Useful ruminations from Jacob Grier on why Twitter is worth it. I agree with his list (*1) And have to say that “socializing” was definitely not…

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On the State of “Information” In the Information Age

Just finished reading the current issue of The Atlantic. (I’m not big on magazines, but I do read this one — and yes, I read it…

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A Must-Read From David Brooks

In nine hours of sitting on planes (plus several more sitting in airports), the best thing I read.

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James E. McWilliams’ New Book Just Food

I rarely recommend books (frankly, what appeals to me may not to you, and vice versa), but I’m going to do so now. First some background…

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A Guy After My Own (Fat) Heart

“Fat” is so unhip. So so so unhip. Just like me. That’s not why I like fat. (After all, what’s the point of trying to be…

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