Oh, Prohibition
I have a longstanding fascination with the 1920s as a period in American history, and I stumbled across this interview of Daniel Okrent today, talking about his recent book about prohibition, Last Call. Now I want to read the book. A snippet:RB: Might Prohibition be a misnomer?
DO: The great public debate today is not really about same-sex marriage, it's about who is going to run the country. And that’s what Prohibition was about-who was going to control the country.
DO: The great public debate today is not really about same-sex marriage, it's about who is going to run the country. And that’s what Prohibition was about-who was going to control the country.