“Language not only captures experience, it conditions it”
Language not only captures experience, it conditions it. It sets expectations for experience and...
Monthly Archives: June 2016
“Sierra Nevada has never resorted to the practice of contract brewing as Boston Beer utilized upon opening in 1985. Sierra Nevada’s growth in the modern beer market, without utilizing other brewers to produce their beer, a limited marketing budget, and remaining a family owned business since opening nearly 35 years ago is impressive”
While Apple, Starbucks, and Sierra Nevada Brewing have grown into multinational businesses, they desire...
“Programs for the poor are poor programs. And they are made poorer when they fail, and when they are needed most”
Programs for the poor are poor programs. And they are made poorer when they...
“…if the criticisms of Rabbi Gordimer and others were offered on a basis of friendship and common purpose, …”
I have no difficulty if someone wants to criticize, even sharply, Open Orthodox writers,...
Drake “mines his past, not as a reason to change but as rationalization for his worst behavior”
Starting with the ornate melancholia of “Take Care,” from 2011, Drake elevated the unfurling...
“A debate over the naming rights for the broader categorization of flavorful beer has raged since the new wave of post-light lager emerged in the early 1980s”
A debate over the naming rights for the broader categorization of flavorful beer has...
“If you want to understand why ‘Netflix and chill’ has replaced dinner and a movie, you need to look at how people work”
If you want to understand why “Netflix and chill” has replaced dinner and a...
“But how can you be a light if almost no one can see you?”
…Orthodox answer is “to keep the commandments.” That suffices, we are reassured, because when...
“Craft has become a meaningless phrase to which we assign arbitrary, shifting and often no longer relevant characteristics…”
If some viewed microbrew as an outmoded label, few agreed on the proper replacement...
“Dating itself is a recent invention. It developed when young people began moving to cities and women began working outside private homes”
Dating itself is a recent invention. It developed when young people began moving to...