Month: March 2023

Odds & Ends: March 24, 2023

Prohibition Worked Better Than You Think. There are few more universally accepted narratives than the idea that the 20th century’s experiment with Prohibition was a failure — that banning alcohol didn’t reduce alcohol consumption and just led to a black market which increased crime. In any discussion of a vice being banned, you’ll hear someone say, “Well, they […]

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White Claw Vodka hits select markets

White Claw, the leader in the hard seltzer category, wants to make sure your summer is a boozy blur. White Claw Vodka is officially headed to shelves. White Claw boasts this launch as “ushering in a new era in America Continue Reading → Continue reading

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Kids These Days // TRUCK TALK THURSDAY

It's important for parents to realize two things: 1. Our kids are experiencing a different world and a higher degree of temptation than we did. 2. They think that it's normal. Our job, as people who grew up in a different time, is to remind them of how things used to be and to let […]

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The Digestive Power of an After-Dinner Walk

For centuries, when someone referred to “dinner,” they meant a meal, the largest of the day, which was eaten around noon. A lighter “supper” was then consumed in the evening.  Starting in the 18th century and accelerating in the 19th and 20th, the hour at which dinner was eaten moved later and later in the […]

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Podcast #881: A Kantian Guide to Life

If you’ve had some contact with the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, there’s a good chance you found it abstract, heady, and hard to understand. But my guest would say that it’s full of rich, usable insights on how to become better people, and, fortunately for us, she’s got a true knack for making Kant’s wisdom […]

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