Information is everywhere, Insight is priceless

The guys might give you hell for hoisting a pint of cider, but sometimes the guys need to be told to get bent.

Still, the culture of America’s 17 intelligence agencies is hardwired for the cloak and dagger – even among themselves.

To wit: the 4717 guide to what your holiday beer choice says about you.

The Puritans up in Plymouth Rock ever had a happy gathering around the table. With anyone, least of all the Native Americans.

On the gulf’s east bank sits Iran, baring its teeth at Saudi Arabia and doing a fair job of conquest-by-internal-rot of Iraq.

Japanese markets – while inventive – rarely seem to come up with much on their own that has a shelf life longer than the pre-teen fad.

Talisker, as its makers point out, is “made by the sea on the shore of the Isle of Skye.” And so it be.

Dropping in on world-class Crystal Bridges museum, I checked out the local beer for the Memphis Flyer.

“Run and find out.” Motto of all the Mongoose family Rudyard Kipling Rikki-tikki-tavi November 2012: I was starting to sweat. It was a...