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Anchor Brewery Welcomes Bamforth

I love the Anchor Brewing Co.’s beer. I love it. I love Anchor Steam, I love their Christmas beer on the less “piney” years, I love Old Foghorn, and I really love the rye and gin they’ve...

Charles Bamforth | 9 May 2008

The Story Behind the Story of Polygamy in the West

According to the New York Times front page story today, the Texas raid on the FLDS compound in Eldorado, Texas, “rattles other polygamists.” Apparently, FLDS members outside Texas are poring over the...

Marci A. Hamilton | 8 May 2008

Great Post on Wine and Beer

I dig this guy’s (well, assuming gender from the moniker Saucyman) writing. From SAUCYMAN: “My bias leans towards beer; wine has always remained a bit of a mystery to me. Beer is easy, heuristic;...

7 May 2008

FDLS Arguments Will Not Hold Up

From today’s Fort Worth Star Telegram When Texas authorities entered the Yearning for Zion (YFZ) Ranch, one of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (FLDS) compounds, on April 3, they did so using...

Marci A. Hamilton | 6 May 2008

I’m Sorry. No You’re Not!

A great summary of some of my best argumentative skills. Nick Smith wants a better dialogue than this. Flash Fiction reviews I Was Wrong, and gets right at the issues at hand. “Alfred Kinsey’s...

2 May 2008

Beer vs. Wine Friday

And the winner is…. Shawn the Beer Philosopher, with: “In wine is truth, in beer is strength … in between them both is one happy man!” Enjoy the book, and keep your tables ring free! Thanks...

2 May 2008

War Poet Wednesday

Women love a man in uniform, so they say. James Winn points out that even in 1714, some women saw through the supposed dignity that the red British military uniform brings. Some things never change; the...

James A. Winn | 30 Apr 2008

Beer vs. Wine Fridays

Caption This Image! Ahh, the life of a brewing scientist. Pictured above is Grape vs. Grain author Charles Bamforth at a food-fashion-themed cookout. Well, look which beverages were happy to pose in the...

25 Apr 2008

Listen live to Marci Hamilton

Marci interviews at 10am on Grambling State University Radio. Listen here! Stay tuned to catch Marci on Roseanne & Johnny on Air America. The show runs all next week, 3-6pm. Marci will be on Monday...

25 Apr 2008

Who dies on their birthday?

It is one of those perfect Spring days. Remember it well, for soon everyone will complain (loudly) about the heat. It is more than this, however. Find a breezy cafe table and give a happy-hour toast to...

23 Apr 2008

The Pope, Canon Law, and Survivors

A Response to NYT Front Page Story on Saturday that the Vatican Was Considering Amending the Canon Law Statutes of Limitations for Child Sex Abuse On Saturday, the New York Times reported that Cardinal...

Marci A. Hamilton | 23 Apr 2008

Violent Crime Drops… in Prisons

We all have reason to feel a little safer. However, who would have guessed that despite the huge increase in prison population, prisoners have reason to as well? Bert Useem and Anne Piehl analyze the situation...

Bert Useem, Anne Morrison Piehl | 21 Apr 2008