Driberally tonight

Drinking Liberally is a weekly social gathering where progressives talk politics and get to know one another. In Center City Philadelphia, we meet on Tuesday nights at Triumph Brewery's upstairs bar, where there are drink and food specials from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. I hope to see you there!

Triumph Brewery is at 117 Chestnut Street in Old City. It's conveniently SEPTA-accessible via the Market-Frankford El (2nd Street station), all the buses that turn around at or near Penn's Landing (5, 12, 17, 21, 33, 42, 48), and a few other buses that pass nearby (9, 25, 38, 40, 44, 47, 57, 61).

This week's topic: Same thing every year, people complaining that Black History Month is February, the shortest month of the year. People. Blame Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Black History Month is February because that's the month when they were born (or, at least for Douglass, when he died). And it used to be only a week, not the whole month. Now, there are good reasons for moving it to another month -- June comes to mind most obviously, because of Juneteenth, but it's a nonsense argument to complain that "they" chose February for Black History Month because it's the shortest month of the year.

In conclusion, blame the Romans.

"Come for the beer, stay for the check"