There is a Gun N Roses song called “Pretty Tied Up”, and in the middle of the song comes a fascinating verse.
Once you made that money, it costs more now
It might cost a lot more than you’d think
I just found a million dollars that someone forgot
It’s days like this that push me over the brink
Although […]
Ireland has never been known for its conquest of foreign lands, unlike countries like England, France, Spain and the Netherlands they have never held colonies and established an empire.
But now it seems Ireland is poised to conquer Europe by the heavy hand of government regulation. As someone who is Irish I can’t say this is […]
In Lochner v. New York, Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes, wrote one of the most famous lines in America legal history when he stated:
“The Fourteenth Amendment does not enact Mr. Herbert Spencer’s Social Statics” Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45, 75 (1905)
Mr. Spencer’s book Social Statics was a defense of Social Darwinism, and the concept […]
Great discussing the impact of the Mississippi winery DTC shipping law. A great day for more economic freedom and choice. As I stated:
“Mississippi residents will no longer be constricted to what their wholesalers choose to provide them and now can make independent choices to purchase the wine they desire,”
https://www.winespectator.com/articles/news-mississippi-legalizes-direct-winery-wine-shipping
Nearly 20 years after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized interstate winery shipping in Granholm v. Heald, Mississippi is making interstate winery shipping available to its residents.
Mississippi has not exactly been at the vanguard of the liquor industry. Spirits were illegal in Mississippi until 1966, thirty-three years after Prohibition ended. It was also the first state […]
In one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen, the 3rd Circuit a day after issuing its opinion in Jean Paul Weg, LLC v. Director of New Jersey Division of Alcohol Control, vacated its opinion and judgment ruling that it was issued in error. Here is the 3rd circuit ruling
The decision upheld New Jersey’s […]
In William Shakespeare’s classic play Julius Caesar, Cassius makes a call for action to Brutus by playing on his love for the Republic and what evolves is one of the most brilliant lines in a Shakespeare work. “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
When the FTC […]
I am not the biggest fan of tariffs, as I am a believer in free markets. Free trade is a positive and provides us a wide range of goods from everywhere in world. From French wines to foreign cars, I have enjoyed the consumer benefits of free trade.
Last week we saw the potential tariff war […]
WSWA found a solution to the latest challenges facing the wine industry. As we know the wine industry faces hurdles not faced 10 years ago such as dry January, competition from cannabis and the non-alcohol space, zealous government officials attacking wine’s health impact, and younger drinkers shying away from alcoholic beverages.
According to WSWA’s latest musings, […]
President Biden on the way out the door provided pardons to his whole family and other notorious figures. The press spent a great deal of ink on these pardons, but the President’s parting gift with the most negative impact does not come from his pardons, but what his administration chose to say on the way […]