Happy New Year — Be Safe!
As we contemplate changes in some of our alcohol laws, we can’t afford to forget the very real dangers of drunk driving. This New Years, please be safe! If you’re going to be drinking too much for safe...
View ArticleBye-Bye Blue Laws?
It seems likely that the Democrats will succeed at what Republicans never even attempted: repeal the Blue Law that prohibits Sunday liquor sales at stores. (I have heard of no attempt to remove the...
View ArticleThe Sin is the Tax
So-called “sin taxes” are appropriately named, because it is morally wrong to forcibly transfer wealth even if the taxes discriminate against politically-incorrect behavior. Here’s the latest from the...
View ArticleSquash Competition to Save It?
I had to laugh at this headline for a Rocky Mountain News Speakout by William J. Barr: “Chain stores would ruin Colorado’s competitive liquor business.” The thrust the piece is that Colorado’s...
View ArticleBeer Smash Protests Protectionism
This morning some friends and I hosted a media conference in Denver to advocate freedom in beer sales and to protest beer protectionism. Earl Allen, who spoke at the event along with Amanda Teresi and...
View ArticleFree Liquor Stores from Prohibition-Era Rules
The following article originally was published February 7 by Colorado Daily. Free Colorado’s liquor stores from Prohibition-era rules by Ari Armstrong Colorado unemployment rose back up to 7.5 percent...
View ArticleTime for a Free Market in the Alcohol Industry
The following article by Linn and Ari Armstrong originally was published December 10 by Grand Junction Free Press. Has Colorado’s liquor enforcement finally become so absurd that legislators will...
View ArticleBill Johnson “Detests” Liberty in Beer Sales
Denver Post editorial columnist Bill Johnson (whose tirades inexplicably appear on the news pages of the paper) “detests” a bill to expand economic liberty and consumer choice in the beer trade, he...
View ArticleFree Colorado’s Beer and Liquor Markets
At a recent Liberty On the Rocks event, Kris Cook and I argued in favor of free markets in beer and liquor sales. The event was actually a debate, but, as the other participants didn’t actually believe...
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How Beer Regs Throttle the Brewery Industry
Image: Quinn Dombrowski Here in Colorado, many craft brewers have sided with liquor stores to keep it illegal for grocery stores to sell anything other than 3.2 beer (except for one store in a chain)....
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