WASHINGTON — The busybodies of the World Health Organization are at it again. As if they have not caused enough acidosis and paranoia in the country with their insistence that we all wear masks to thwart COVID-19, they are now…
Doctors and Distillers: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails By Camper English (Penguin Books, 368 pages, $18) Walk into the average American grocery store and you will see the spices in one aisle, herbal cures in…
Washington — The left-wingers of our great country are steadily expanding the legalization of marijuana. This is a quarrel that I can save for a later date. But the do-gooders of the land are renewing their struggle against demon rum,…
When you walk into a high-end cocktail bar these days, there’s a good chance you’ll notice something a little different. Many of these mixology havens are now offering drinks that seem to be missing a key ingredient: alcohol. This is…
Empowered by the 18th Amendment, the federal government intervened in the lives of millions of Americans. Those who pushed for Prohibition believed it would better the health of individuals and it would improve the health of society if the government…
My southwestern Ohio town has seen a series of attention-grabbing demonstrations by hospital employees. They object to the hospital’s imposition of a vaccine mandate, and they claim they should not be forced into compliance. The hospital continues to maintain that…
Legislation is currently working its way through the Texas House and Senate to allow increased spirits sales. Prohibition ended in 1933, but Texas has prohibited the sale of spirits at liquor stores and distilleries on a statewide level for decades….
If it doesn’t look like avocado toast, you can’t have it. That’s the message I get loud and clear from Uncle Sam when I read story after story about the Food and Drug Administration’s latest foray into stopping ordinary Americans…
One of the most common, if perhaps overdone, media talking points during COVID-19 has been laying out the supposed parallels to the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic that occurred just over a century ago. Regardless of how one feels about this…