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Tim Egan on Prohibition & Messing with the Constitution Today

September 2, 2011 by PaulM Posted in Current Events, History, Lowell, Election 2012 Leave a Comment

Opinion writer Timothy Egan of the NYT has an eye-opening column online today that makes a connection between Prohibition and some of today’s extreme social behavior regulators. Read his essay here, and get the NYT if you want more.

And watch for the upcoming Ken Burns documentary on Prohibition.

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