Say it with me: Pro-hay-bee-see-own.

So it seems that we are not alone. The French have their version of MADD in the form of The National Association for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Addiction (NAPAA).

I'm sure the legal work is already in action from California demanding a name change so as to eliminate confusion.

"We're calling on the president, whose main policy priorities are undermined by this vote, to make it clear that public health comes first," association director Patrick Elineau said."

What about the articles that are released ad naseum proclaiming the health benefits of wine?

Once again, I defer to may good man, Th. J.

"No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage. It is in truth the only antidote to the bane of whiskey."

While I agree with the first part, I do take exception to the latter. There are precious things finer than a proper Bourbon. Two words: Basil Hayden's.