Magnitude Matters

Perhaps which one you choose says a lot about you. Perhaps what I list and the order I choose says a lot about me.  Holy Eucharist   bread a...

Earlier this month my family and I spent a week in Maui. In case you haven't heard, it is really, really beautiful--a great vacation spo...

As a reward to myself for blogging every day in May, I travelled to the place that is at the same time the most and the least American city,...

Summer travel season is quickly approaching. And this one promises to be crazy. On the supply side places are figuring out reopening on the ...

Most dieting plans are nonsense. And most dieting is not about losing weight --it is about signaling  that one would like to lose weight, is...

As you know, one of my soft spots is counter-conventional wisdom. Here are a few recent ones in the health and nutrition and food spaces. ...

This email from Marco Bresba to Tyler Cowen on food versus music as social status signature really resonated with me. I have always been...

First of all, it is settled--I will be inviting Alton to my Super Bowl party next year. But I'm not inviting Adam because he ruins ev...

I just returned from Sonoma--so I'm an expert on all things wine for the next month or so. One could really get used to a life out the...