Ernest Hemingway — one of my primary literary heroes — reportedly once pointed out, “I drink to make other people more interesting.” And then there is the famous (and apocryphal) quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin, “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” Finally, we have the famous William Claude “W.C.” Fields, who famously said, “I was once married to a beautiful blonde girl. She drove me to drink. It’s the one thing I’m grateful to her for.”
For some time now — as in, since Biblical times (1 Timothy 5:23) it’s been generally assumed that alcohol, when used in moderation, was healthful. But now we see a report that, after millennia of experience with adult beverages, that view may be wrong after all.
Even light drinking was associated with an increase in cancer deaths among older adults in Britain, researchers reported on Monday in a large study. But…
