The purpose of all wars, is peace. So observed St. Augustine early in the first millennium A.D. Far be it from me to disagree with the esteemed Bishop of Hippo, but his crisply formulated aphorism just might require a bit of updating.
Nearly half of Americans favor mandatory military service for the country’s youth, according to a recent poll from Gallup.
Peter Coyote is speaking from within electronic maze of my 46″ Magnavox flat screen television set. The program is a three part series called “Prohibition”. Public Broadcasting Service. An expose’ of the idiocy behind The Volstead Act which was passed by congress to enforce the eighteenth amendment. Typical government overreach, complete with a large overdose of pandering to special interests. A classic misguided attempt at legislating morality. Ninety-five years later I’m toasting the utter failure of the endeavor with a glass of Lindeman’s bin 50 Southeast Australian Shiraz. $2.99
