November 2015 – Page 2 – Excerpted

America, Beer

“…the development of beer styles in America came to a uniform apex in the decades following Prohibition’s repeal. American beer was, in all practical senses, lager-styled”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 November 2015

Much like the developments in technology for storage and transportation, the development of beer...

Beer

“Discovery of new beer styles by consumers is a microscopic reflection of market trends that are influencing the entire brewing industry”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 November 2015

A stout looks nothing like the Corona or Budweiser from my youth. The flavors...

Environment

“How can you build a sustainable city with a strategy that can’t even sustain itself?”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 November 2015

…why do so many public officials keep vowing to do more of ? Special-interest...

Clothing

“The modern hosiery era began with the democratization of silk stockings, which were once on the verge of seeming a contemptible extravagance”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 November 2015

The modern hosiery era began with the democratization of silk stockings, which were once...

Europe, Middle East

“One of the prime reasons for the wave of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers washing into Europe is the deterioration of the conditions that Syrians face in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey, a worsening largely caused by sharp falls in international funding from United Nations countries”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 November 2015

One of the prime reasons for the wave of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers...

Jobs/Professions, Work

“…to prepare students for the change in the way we work, the skills that schools teach may need to change”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 November 2015

Even as technology eliminates some jobs, it generally creates others. Yet to prepare students...

Beer

“What is dubbed craft brewed beer attracts consumers with far greater clarity of language, structure, and understanding of beer culture”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 November 2015

While Bourdieu spoke of taste in much broader cultural terms, we can use his...

University

“Despite the communal money being thrown at the BDS problem…, little is known about how the movement gets its domestic funding”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 November 2015

Despite the communal money being thrown at the BDS problem, and despite the headlines...

Star Wars

“It’s laughable to suggest that any reveal of a Darth Jar Jar twist could have been met with applause rather than derision”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 November 2015

It’s laughable to suggest that any reveal of a Darth Jar Jar twist could...

Halakhah

“While some earlier rishonim required waiting between eating beheima meat and eating dairy, Rambam was the first to state that one must wait after eating poultry, as well”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 November 2015

While some earlier rishonim required waiting between eating beheima meat and eating dairy, Rambam...

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