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Obese Government, and Other Fashionable Ideas
Hillsdale at dusk. I’m just back from two long days getting back and forth from that great oasis of sanity, Hillsdale College, Michigan. I was there for a conference on energy, and my lecture was...
View ArticleI Think I’ll Have a Cheeseburger
Is that even a question that needs reflection? Maybe, but better make it a Thickburger, because, Yes, this is the greatest cheeseburger ad ever. I only post this here as a public service because it may...
View ArticleAnnals of Social Science, or Annulment of Social Science?
Don’t miss Andrew Ferguson’s cover feature “Making It All Up” in the latest edition of the Weekly Standard on the various scandals besetting behavioral science (though as we’ve observed here several...
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Extra Bacon on My Hot Dog, Please!
If you were around the news yesterday, you heard the breathless news that processed meats significantly increase cancer risk, especially colon cancer. PBS initially reported that processed meats were...
View ArticleOenophiles Can Stop Climate Whining
Two years ago in the estimable City Journal I wrote a short article about the stupidity of the climatistas worrying about how the world’s premier wine regions would be ruined by You Know What. Among...
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Stories That Should Be True
Herewith a new category of Power Line post: stories that aren’t true, but ought to be, because they actually are, as Yogi Berra might say: World Health Organisation Warns That Consumption Of Kale Leads...
View ArticleThe Case for Meat
Have you heard the one about how you can tell someone is a vegan? Answer: Because they’ll f****** tell you. Sounds about right. Meanwhile: why should you eat meat? Don’t just answer with the obvious...
View ArticleAgainst “Unitaskers”
I’m gearing up over the next couple days to make a special video of Christmas book recommendations exclusively for Power Line VIP subscribers (another reason to sign up, besides the ad-free access!),...
View ArticleSave the Planet: Eat Bacon
Anthony Watts of WattsUpWithThat tips us to an important new study on the greenhouse gas emissions impact of switching to a vegetarian-leaning diet. The study appears in the latest issue of...
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Does The Donald Drive You to Drink?
Well, no he doesn’t, but I don’t need an excuse for a drink. But the folks at The Nation magazine do. I’m on The Nation‘s email distribution list (so that you don’t have to), and the latest...
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A Neglected Issue
I somehow missed the Washington Post Wonkblog story two years ago about the mal-distribution of alcohol consumption in this country, but here’s the gist of it: The top 10 percent of drinkers account...
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The Height of Low Kitsch
I’ve been wanting to get this story planted somewhere for a long time. Tomorrow’s Wall Street Journal A-hed story: Fans Rally Around ‘That Painting,’ A Symbol of Las Vegas Kitsch By Alexandra Berzon...
View ArticleMeat-Eater’s Manifesto
I enjoy reminding people that I’m actually a vegan. I just allow the cow to do the work first. This is a nice piece of work piercing the pretensions of Veganism. I especially like “I could never eat...
View ArticleToday’s Silly Regulatory Diktat from Obama
News out today is that the Obama FDA is issuing new guidelines on salt in food, hoping to pressure the food industry. Okay, maybe we eat too much salt (says me, who is currently about to braise porks...
View ArticleWhiskey and Freedom!
Our friends at the Competitive Enterprise Institute have just this morning released a new seven-minute film, “I, Whiskey,” in which they remind us of the valuable principle that “the story of whiskey...
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Loose Ends (14)
Heavily overscheduled road trip this week, hence the scarcity of posts the last couple of days. Collecting lots of scraps of gossip in DC about the Trump transition, most of it wrong, I suspect. At...
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And Now for Something Completely Different: Stop Whining, Drink Wine!
We’ve long known that red wine reduces the risk of heart attacks and several other ailments, which is why daily consumption of red wine is part of my health regimen. But did you know wine also makes...
View ArticleAnd in Other “Settled Science”
A recent book on Alcohol and Aging offers this very important chapter abstract: Epidemiological studies have observed that older adults who consume light to moderate amounts of alcohol have higher...
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How to Fight Fake News and the Deep State
Some Power Line readers, especially the ones who follow my gratuitous and indulgent Facebook photos of grilling extravaganzas, think I should offer some cooking posts here. So why not. Living well is...
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The Story Behind the Roto-Broil 400
Burnt Toast is a podcast about food. I normally wouldn’t hear it, but my wife urged me to listen to this episode. Burnt Toast had done a podcast on the Roto-Broil 400, one of the premier kitchen...
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