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Prohibition and Hypocrisy: Living Wet, Voting Dry
Prohibition was high time for hypocrisy, in Washington, in state houses and in city halls Continue reading
Posted in History, Uncategorized
Tagged 18th Amendment, alcohol, Franklin Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, history, hypocrisy, politics, Prohibition, Warren Harding
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Prohibition and America’s Outlaw Entrepreneurs
A Seattle cop, a New York mechanic and a French winemaker. Continue reading
Posted in History, Uncategorized
Tagged 18th Amendment, 1920's, Beaulieu, Bill McCoy, bootleggers, George de Latour, history, Jimmy McGhee, Prohibition, Roy Olmstead, rumrunners, Spanish Marie, wineries
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Resist! Prohibition Era
It is part of America’s legacy that we don’t have much interest in obeying laws we don’t like. Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged 18th Amendment, 1920's, alcohol, blind pig, history, medicinal liquor, moonshine, Prohibition, speakeasy, Volstead Act
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Prohibition as Class Warfare
The main target of Prohibition advocates was the working class saloon. Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged 18th Amendment, history, immigrants, incarceration, poisoned alcohol, Prohibition, saloons, Volstead Act, working class
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Prohibition: A Nation of Immigrants, a Nation of Xenophobes
The anti-German sentiment that accompanied WWI provided the impetus to enact Prohibition. Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged 18th Amendment, Anti-Saloon League, German-Americans, history, immigrants, Ku Klu Klan, Prohibition, World War I, Xenophobia
10 Comments
Prohibition: The Left and the Right Collaborate, Produce a Fiasco
Suffragettes and Klansmen were allies in this fight. Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged 18th Amendment, alcohol, Anti-Saloon League, beer, history, Ku Klux Klan, Prohibition, women's suffrage
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Tess McIntyre Foundation: Abandoned, Mistreated Dogs Get a Second Chance
Some stories about dogs we’ve helped. Continue reading
Work in America: Why is Full Employment So Unfulfilling?
Economists in the U.S. describe full employment as an unemployment rate that is between 4 and 6.4%. In October the unemployment rate was 4.1%. It had hovered around 5% throughout 2016. Depending on which economist’s definition of full employment you … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged automation, employment, gig economy, jobs, labor, minimum wage, retail, robots, technology, underemployed, unemployment, Wall Street, work
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On the 50th Anniversary of a Summer of Urban Warfare in America
Are we really better off now than we were 50 years ago? Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged 1967, cities, Detroit, film, Michigna, movie reviews, New Jersey, Newark, racism, Revolution '67, urban affairs, urban riots
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Sunday in the (Sculpture) Park
The Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, N.J. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Uncategorized
Tagged art, Grounds for Sculpture, museums, New Jersey, sculpture, Seward Johnson, travel
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