Comments on: Prohibition and the lessons of Repeal Day

By: Chris Hoey

Chris Hoey — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 00:31:54 +0000

As an ironic aside to prohibition, my late father’s best man was an assistant US Attorney in Southern District of NY. In recognition of his position he didn’t drink a drop of illegal alcohol during his tenure. However, and sadly, once it became legal, he became a hopeless alcoholic, and died from the drink.

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:09:30 +0000

I don’t recall whether it was this website or another that pointed me to Okrent’s book, but it was utterly fascinating.

I think my favorite part was how the primary motivation for women’s suffrage was Prohibition, and one of their greatest supporters was the KKK, who saw Prohibition as a tool to suppress the social mobility of blacks and Jews. Y’know, people talk about how history books gloss over America’s history of racist oppression, but I don’t recall those people mentioning how suffrage came directly from a plan to further that oppression!

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:39:22 +0000

Thanks, of course he wasn’t, not sure how that crept in. Fixed now.

By: Advice Goddess Blog

Advice Goddess Blog — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:29:28 +0000

Hitchens On “Mayor Bloomberg’s Nanny State” (And Nannying In General)

“I often take the train from Washington, D.C., to New York and back…”

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:24:20 +0000

Eric Garner wasn’t shot.