Parliament Created the Great London Gin Craze “[N]oe sort of Brandy Aqua vite or other Spirits or distilled Waters of any Kingdome Country or place whatsoever shall after the said foure and twentyeth day of August be imported into the Kingdoms of England or Ireland . . .”. If you read the Wikipedia entries about England’s Great Gin
Battles on the Right A new battlefront has opened on the political right: localists v. monoliths. It's the latest version of the libertarian-conservative debate that George Nash described marvelously in his major work. The localists in the current debate are the libertarians and the monoliths are the conservatives. I say "
The Clash and the Angry Left, Circa 1977 I've been getting into The Clash lately. Okay, okay: this probably isn't the appropriate season for the music of an angry Socialist punk band (it ain't Bing Crosby's “White Christmas” album), but I couldn't help it. I got pulled in
Why Is America’s ‘Woke Left’ Silent Over Blockbuster Child Sex-Trafficking Film? Robert Bridge at Strategic Culture Foundation
15 Questions That Are More Useful Than “What Presidential Candidate Should Americans Vote For?” Caitlin Johnstone dot org