The Smithian

Wine wholesalers/amateur beer makers want Congress to repeal a law that makes it illegal to ship alcohol by mail…medical supply companies…oppose the post office’s plans to cut Saturday delivery, saying the move would delay medicines and could add to the cost of mail-order drugs…companies representing a cross-section of American business are spending millions…lobbying lawmakers to oppose or support various proposals to keep the agency afloat…The service is the backbone of a mailing/shipping industry that employs more than 8.5 million people and supports almost $1 trillion in economic activity every year. The service itself employs 574,000 people.

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…as the cocktail captured the delusions of the Jazz Age, so does the rise of the microbrew capture this curious moment in American history…

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