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Reason Magazine When Fritz Maytag bought Anchor Brewing in 1965, he blazed a new trail in the beer industry. At a time when the market was dominated by big breweries selling inexpensive, watery lagers, Maytag decided to devote his life to creating more flavorful and traditional beers.
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Fritz Maytag, longtime owner and brew master of the Anchor Brewing Company, is a central figure in the story of the American craft beer revolution. When
Reason Magazine The General Motors IPO is arguably this decade's most hyped financial event, but it might also turn out to be this decade's biggest financial fiasco. As Shikha Dalmia explains, the IPO's timing is driven not by the financial needs of the company--or the interests of taxpayers who are poised to get royally screwed--but ...by the election-year needs of the Obama administration.
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General Motors is going public to boost the Democrats prospects in November, not to protect taxpayers.
Reason Magazine Matt Welch discusses the never-ending struggle to go about your business without fear of government sanction. As Welch argues, until we make a dent in the widespread notion that there aalways has to be some type of government structure or some taxpayer-financed watchdog to police every imaginable peaceful transaction, ...any contemplated fix to the mess we're in will be temporary at best.
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The never-ending struggle to go about your business without fear of government sanction
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Reason Magazine The word 'liberty' is used a lot but it's not often that individuals think deeply about what the word means, says Rebecca Hoffberger, the founder of Baltimore's American Visionary Art Museum.
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The word liberty is used a lot but it's not often that individuals think deeply about what the word means, says Rebecca Hoffberger, the founder of Baltimore's
Peter Reed Got turned on to this magazine after looking more into Gary Johnson. I'll be interested to see what it has to offer!
Reason Magazine Only time will tell if Operation Iraqi Freedom was a blunder, writes Cathy Young. But it is not too early to say that Americans are not the villains in this story. As Young explains, that role belongs to the dictator who drove so many of his subjects to welcome a foreign invasion, and to the extremists who unleashed carnage on their own.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is the latest victim of the Tea Party insurgency that's trying to take over the Republican Party. Tea Party favorite Joe
Reason Magazine We often hear the nation's infrastructure is crumbling, but state highway conditions are actually the best they've been in 19 years, according to Reason's 19th Annual Highway Report. Unfortunately, the recession is partly responsible for the improvement in road conditions: people are driving less, slowing pavement dete...rioration and reducing traffic congestion and fatalities. See where your state ranks!
A new report on the condition of the USA's state highways finds that they are in the best shape now than they have been in nearly 20 years.
Reason Magazine If it were a crime to venture onto Capitol Hill to reveal yourself as a self-absorbed liar with an inability to admit mistakes, writes Steve Chapman, there would be tumbleweeds blowing through the vacant halls of Congress. Fortunately for members of the legislative branch, that is not a crime. Unless your name is Roger Clemens.
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Liberating teacher performance data is a great way to start out the school year. But it's not enough.
Butch Bailey Speaking of prohibition of spirits, how about a little coverage of us in states that still outlaw homebrewing beer? Raise Your Pints.
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