senator joseph mccarty, i had no idea. he died of say --pisrosis. so i -- you know, i kept it as small as i could. it was amaze to go me the effect that alcohol had on our history starting with the american revolution. arguably which was planned in the basement of the green dragon tavern. the boston tea party, they went to ships to secure the tea, to secure the tea so it couldn't be shipped back to england. guess where they had just been, the tavern. over and over again, i was like, what? so in that way it was very satisfying. thanks, good question. >> hi, susan. thanks for appearing here. i will start with an observation which will lead me to a question. as a reporter, i think your ability to take information and bring it together is fantastic. >> thank you. >> as a retired educator, i should have said educator, if i weren't so lacy i would like to come back and write lesson plans in the book. you can't argue what you read. kids would be interested in that. very few schools in america that would let you promote that but it would make history. i thi