Mostly I create books — long projects that take several years to research and write. But occasionally I produce shorter pieces, such as the ones listed here. These fall into three general categories.
First are published works, such as opinion essays and magazine articles. Second are links to multi-part series written specifically for my blog. Third are the entries in a blog series titled “First Draft Follies.”
Links for the multi-part blog entries will take you to the first installment of each series, which will contain links to the other parts of that series.
Enjoy!
“What Revolution?” All About Beer, September 2009 (not available online)
This Bud’s for the Age of Obama Washington Post, August 2, 2009 (Note: The online version was titled “The Racial Politics of Beer.)
Toast the Constitution and the Work to Save It Philadelphia Inquirer, December 5, 2008
75 Years After the Repeal of Prohibition, We’re Still Captives of the ‘Dry’ Crusade US News.com, December 4, 2008
Farewell — and Thanks: Why the Busch Family Mattered Modern Brewery Age, October 2008
The Belgians Want Bud? I’ll Drink to That Washington Post, July 6, 2008.
The Day the Beer Flowed Again Los Angeles Times, April 7, 2008.
The Perils and Pleasures of Going ‘Popular’; Or, My Life As a Loser Historically Speaking March/April 2007
Pink Slime: (More) History and A Dollop of Sermonizing, Parts 1-5
The Politics of Food & the Historian’s Work: Where the Twain Shall Meet, Parts 1-3
“What Revolution?”: The Outtakes, Parts 1-3
The Problem with Pollan[ism]; Or, Why Simplistic Thinking Won’t Solve the “Food Crisis,” Parts 1-5
Is This the Dawning of the Age of . . . E-Quarius?, Parts 1-5
Historians and the Preservation of Newspaper Content, Parts 1-4
A Historian At Work: Using Facts to Build “Stories,” Parts 1-5
A Historian At Work: The Basics, Parts 1-2
Historical Significance and the Election of 2008, Parts 1-2
History and the American Economy: Where Have We Been? Where Should We Go?, Parts 1-5
Looking Back At the Future of Brewing, Parts 1-5
A-B InBev, History, and American Brewing, Parts 1-6
The “Women’s Crusade” of the 1870s, Parts 1-3
Music and the “New” Beer, c. 1970, Parts 1-2
Early History of the American Homebrewers Association and the Brewers Association, Parts 1-9
Budweiser, Baseball, and . . . Communism, Parts 1-4
“Kids,” Beer, and the 1960s, Parts 1-8
The “Dry” Assault on American Brewing, 1916, Parts 1-3
Larry McCavitt and the Campaign for Real Ale
The Founding of the American Homebrewers Association, Parts 1-6
