Politics in America “America’s most skilled political entertainer is putting on the greatest show we’ve ever seen” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 February 2016 It is undeniably enjoyable to watch Trump. He’s red-faced, discursive, funny, angry, strange, unpredictable,...
Races in America “…from 1970 to the present,… Black Americans are much more likely to stay in place and much less likely than whites to engage in…moves significant enough to change circumstances and opportunities” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 February 2016 For crucial periods of this country’s history, African-Americans were far more likely than whites...
Alcoholic Drinks, America, Beer “The most surprising thing about the nineteenth-century temperance movement is that it seems to have worked: in the course of the century, hard-liquor consumption plummeted” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 February 2016 The most surprising thing about the nineteenth-century temperance movement is that it seems to...
America, Literature “Popular storytelling in the New World instead tended to celebrate in words and song the larger-than-life exploits of ordinary men and women” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 February 2016 Popular storytelling in the New World instead tended to celebrate in words and song...
Alcoholic Drinks, America “In 1933, the country’s Prohibitionists had to grapple with a political fate worse than failure: oblivion” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 February 2016 In 1933, the country’s Prohibitionists had to grapple with a political fate worse than...
Politics in America “What a dangerous distraction the Iowa spectacle has been from the dysfunction and unfairness of democracy as we now know it” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 February 2016 If we’re lucky, the day will come when we look back at the Iowa...
America, Beer “What the craft brewing industry has done for beer consumption in America goes beyond expanding product differentiation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 February 2016 What the craft brewing industry has done for beer consumption in America goes beyond...
America “The paradox of Prohibition was that it required intrusive enforcement from a government equipped to deliver only sporadic interventions…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 February 2016 The paradox of Prohibition was that it required intrusive enforcement from a government equipped...
Beer, California “A relic of post-Prohibition law was defeated in the Legislative chamber, providing an encouraging nod to the nation’s homebrewers” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 February 2016 In 1979, any fears that…homebrewers may have had about legal ramifications were quelled when...
America “The Prohibition movement was also partly a good-government movement, and the saloons it targeted were associated not only with disorderly drunkenness but with big-city corruption…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 January 2016 Who were the Prohibitionists? Many of the leaders were, as McGirr acknowledges, Progressives, engaged...