More things they don’t teach in school. Frankly, even what I knew about the Brown Berets was less than this article laid out.
Mexican Conchas: The Cookie-Topped Bread With a Mysterious Past – Eater
One of my favorite foods.
To Keep Troop Morale High During WWII, The British Built A Floating Brewery | VinePair
The first and best of war plans should be to ensure troop morale. Anything less is just petty politics.
Lo mein loophole: How U.S. immigration law fueled a Chinese restaurant boom | Minnesota Public Radio News
As always, food is how you get around repression. In one way or another.
Why We Must Try – BillMoyers.com
Stop settling for less. Politicians used to call themselves our betters because they figured they came from a higher class.
Now? Maybe they just should be better than merely acceptable. They hold dead ideas, bought and paid for by people who care little for democracy and the freedom to do anything but consume.
Better? It will only happen when we the people demand it.
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Building Code Violations for the Love Shack.
When love doesn’t care about the law.
Couple’s Extraordinary 550,000-Mile Road Trip Across 177 Countries Over 26 Years – My Modern Met
This is pretty awesome. Sad his wife has passed but what a way to spend a life together.
Ted Cruz Is Wrong About Gluten-Free Meals For The Military – Food Republic
If Rafi and the rest of his mob support the troops any harder, we’re gonna end up with martial law.
Headshot: A visual history of first-person shooters | Ars Technica
A little bit of FPS gaming history for ya.
Benedict Cumberbatch takes on another brilliantly awkward role as the man who brought computers to the world | Public Radio International
I finally got around to watching The Imitation Game a couple weeks ago and I wish I had trusted them to do a good job sooner. Here’s a story about Cumberbatch’s work on the character of Alan Turing, as well as another from PBS.