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Apr 9, 20213 min read

Fight for Champagne

It's time to rescue champagne from New Year's Eve and the night your girlfriend's mom becomes your mother-in-law.

Apr 8, 20215 min read

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Vladimir Putin would like for NATO to rot, and is cultivating the conditions to make it happen.

Apr 2, 20211 min read

A Memphis Whiskey to Savor

For my handlers at the Memphis Flyer, I tasted a single barrel reserve Blue Note Straight Bourbon Whiskey - because I'm a professional.

Apr 1, 20215 min read

A Beautiful Place to Be

After nine years of civil war, Libya has a national interim government. Will this one stick? Do they ever stick as well as we remember?

Mar 26, 20212 min read

Drink Like a Roman

Roero Arneis: Write that down, it’s hard to find but worth remembering. Romans drink it like water, or soccer moms with chardonnay.

Mar 25, 20215 min read

The Rubicon is Deeper Than It is Wide

The framers of the constitution looked to Rome for guidance. Not to build an empire but to avoid one. Results have been mixed.

Mar 19, 20211 min read

French Scotch???

Sure, it's a little off-brand for the French, but you have to hand it to them, they don't do this sort of thing half-way.

Mar 11, 20214 min read

The Loudest Voice in the Room

You rid us of Saddam.” He touched his heart, “But what was your plan? For after?” The man didn’t seem angry, just genuinely baffled.

Mar 5, 20211 min read

Negroni Fever

In which I examine the hype around one of the most popular and classic cocktails and ask... really?

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