Big Head Press  L. Neil Smith's Number 694, October 28, 2012
"Libertarianism must, for the foreseeable future, be a strategy
for conservatives"  Attribute to L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian
Enterprise  Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea (six words with
which it's always good to begin an essay about recreational
drugs) the distinguished authors of the massive novel
Illuminatus! compared the preferred self-medicating substances
of two consecutive American generations.  One group—presumably
including the parents of us Baby Boomers—were into nicotine,
caffeine, and alcohol. The Boomers themselves, in the experience
of the Bobs, leaned toward things like mescaline, peyote ...
And marijuana.  In this connection I am definitely a throwback.
When it comes to relaxing at the end of a long day, I greatly
enjoy beer (make mine Mexican), whiskey (Scotch and Irish), and
Tequila (straight up or in Margaritas). I also drink Tequila and
beer (not at the same time) mixed with tomato squeezings, lemon
or lime wedges, and a