• December 30 -- The Times Remembers Joseph Coors, "Right-Wing Nut"
James Traub marks the death of Joseph Coors Sr., the beer magnate who helped found the conservative Heritage Foundation: "Since Joseph Coors was a right-wing nut as well (and a Bircher to boot), I stuck to Michelob."

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