Holiday shopping season extends well beyond video games, gaudy sweaters and plasma TV sets. Take the spirits industry, for example.
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Dowd on Drinks: For Vodka Co., Trickle Down More Than a Theory
Attention consumers in Florida and Michigan. You have been selected from among all 50 of these United States to get Alexandar Vodka from Macedonia.

Restaurant Spotlight: Pilin Thai Restaurant
Pilin Thai is one of the finer Thai restaurants in Falls Church. Besides the peaceful, quiet and chic atmosphere, this venue boasts a wide array of cuisine, from the Spicy Crispy Catfish to Pad Thai and Shrimp Panang Curry.
Picking Splinters: Mailbag
Once again, Mike Hume answers your most pressing sports questions as he delves his magical mailbag.
Nicholas F. Benton: The Hindenburg Omen
Crash and burn. That’s what happened to the German hot air ship known as the Hindenburg in 1937, an event that rudely dashed false expectations and shocked the entire civilized world.
Dowd On Drinks: Diamond’s Are a Bargain Hunter’s Best Friend
Diamonds, we are told, are a girl’s best friend. If you can’t afford diamonds for your girl, you still can be a romantic fool for a lot less but keep it in the gem family.



Press Pass with Kirsten Price
Things have been a little stressful of late for British soul songstress Kirsten Price. So much so, in fact, that she’s already set aside time to lose her sanity.
Jim Moran’s News Commentary
The cost of food around the world has been growing rapidly in past year. There are a number of factors responsible, from rising energy costs to market speculation. But one factor which the federal government has the power to control concerns a policy designed to encourage the development of renewable […]
The Peak Oil Crisis: Speculation, Subsidies & Megacities
The energy issue of the week is whether high gasoline prices are being caused by supply no longer being able to keep with demand or by speculators garnering untoward riches at the expense of hardworking motorists.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Diesel
The evidence is mounting that the U.S. might just encounter the first real crisis of the oil depletion age before the year is out.