💬 Opinion 23h ago · Ben Stein

My Sister, My Salvation

American Spectator
Conservative commentary and reporting
View Channel →
Source ↗ 👁 0 💬 0
In late 1960, I started to drink alcohol in large amounts. I was probably in tenth grade at Montgomery Blair High School, in Silver Spring, Maryland. My friends and I would pile into a car, drive to a nearby shopping center and find a liquor store called Jet Liquors.
Its entire usefulness was that it sold hard liquor to us kids without much trouble. I loved the feeling it gave me. It made me feel powerful, carefree, the center of attention in the best possible way.
I drove home, lay down on my b

Comments (0)

Sign in to join the discussion

More Like This

The Spectator P.M. Ep. 408: New York’s Radical LGBTQ Policies Target Catholic Nuns
The American Spectator | USA News and Politics · 4h ago
The Geopolitics of Infrastructure
Project Syndicate · 9h ago
Africa’s Geopolitical Hand Is Stronger than Ever
Project Syndicate · 11h ago
The Private Credit Panic Is Overblown
Project Syndicate · 12h ago
Hormuz Today, Taiwan Tomorrow
Project Syndicate · 13h ago
The Marijuana Backlash Is Here
Compact · 14h ago