We just watched the first segment of the Ken Burns documentary on Prohibition, which I had DVR'd. We'll watch the other two segments when we can. It's interesting but also instructive. As some reviewers have pointed out, there’s a lot of relevance in it to today's political atmosphere.
In part one we saw what can happen when one-issue zealots contaminate the political process, forcing a constitutional amendment banning beer and liquor sales for consumer consumption. We know how well that turned out.
But since this is essentially a non-political blog I won't take that any further. See the documentary and draw your own conclusions.
Come to think of it, there was a time when we were personally affected by the Dry movement. While I was in the Army, we lived in a small Texas town that was dry. We had to drive across the county line to buy beer. (Fortunately it wasn't too far.)
We didn't think anything of it at the time but now I realize it was a leftover of the Prohibition era. For all I know, that town is still dry.
Who knew we were living in a part of history?
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