[governsleastgovernsbest]

Ken Burns bashes conservatives using his new movie, Prohibition. Ignores fact he is being interviewed by modern-day prohibitionist, Mika Brzezinski. Ping to Today show list.

[The_Reader_David]

Actually, its surprising that Burns, who has shown himself a capable historian, would associate Prohibition with American conservatism. The 18th Amendment was part of the Progressive agenda, right there amid the other “Progressive Era amendments”: income tax, direct election of senators and women’s suffrage.