While many Americans are in the midst of "dry January," Jan. 17 once marked the start of a dry 13 years-- for all Americans -- a century ago. The 18th Amendment went into effect on Jan. 17, 1920, and ...

In this Dec. 10, 2019, file photo a woman holding an umbrella passes the Carrie Nation lounge in Boston, titled after the namesake of the woman supporting the temperance movement prior to the 1920 ...

NEW YORK — In this era of bottomless mimosas, craft beers and ever-present happy hours, it’s striking to recall that 100 years ago the United States imposed a nationwide ban on the production and sale ...

THE fight for prohibition is over. It is far from my purpose to awaken the old and bitter controversy. Rather, it is because prohibition is now our adopted and definitive policy, that it seems worth ...

On Jan. 17, 1920, one hundred years ago, America officially went dry. The last time I was in The Cave I began wondering, given how prevalent Prohibition-era speakeasies appear to have been, what ...

Tomorrow (December 5) is Repeal Day (#RepealDay) and marks the 87th anniversary of the day in 1933 that the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution was passed to repeal the 18th Amendment, and ...

NATIONAL prohibition has presented the American people with several questions of major importance. Has prohibition as a social and economic measure justified itself in substantial results? Has the ...

In this June 12, 1924, file photo bottles of Scotch whiskey smuggled in hollowed-out loaves of bread are pictured, location unknown. AP NEW YORK — In this era of bottomless mimosas, craft beers and ...

NEW YORK — In this era of bottomless mimosas, craft beers and ever-present happy hours, it’s striking to recall that 100 years ago the United States imposed a nationwide ban on the production and sale ...

Sotheby’s is auctioning more than 130 ultra-rare American whiskeys, including dozens of pre-Prohibition bourbons and ryes, some of which date back to the early 1900s and are still in their original ...

Last week, David Frum wrote a fascinating article for The Atlantic comparing our current abortion battle to Prohibition, another contentious issue that bitterly divided the nation. After a long, ...