The other day, I saw the news I wanted to see . . . I first heard about the situation here in Michigan a few months ago on the radio, but because I’m lazy I hadn’t paid much attention to it of late. Anyways, the situation was that Michigan had enacted a law forbidding the interstate sale of liquors/beers/wines – that is, you couldn’t buy mail order booze. It comes as no surprise that the “Special Interests” behind this legislation were the Michigan based alcohol distributors, and to an extent, some of the state’s vinyards.

Now, this struck a chord for me on several levels – first was a free trade issue, if you can’t have free trade between states, you can’t expect to have anything like it between nations. But also, because I am lazy and anti-social, if I can do it online, I probably do. Car insurance? Check. Registration? Check. LSAT Application? Check. Bank accounts, bill paying? Check. You get the picture.

Well, it just so happens that I’ve never bough alcohol online because I find a decent selection here at any reputable liquor store in the Detroit area. But if I’m out snowboarding in Montana this winter, and find a local brew that I like, you can damn well bet that I’ll want to order it online when I come back to Michigan. Well, until recently, I couldn’t. But it seems that bogus law has been struck down.

Cheers!