Sitting in Alexandria’s City Hall a few weeks ago, I noticed a stand of bright green and somewhat strange looking plants. It turns out someone in Alexandria has grappled with the city’s agricultural and economic heritage and has planted tobacco on city property hither and yon. While the plants at city hall have since been ripped up (there were looking awfully sad), the tobacco growing in Founder’s Park along the Potomac River (such as this specimen below) are looking much healthier. I suspect that no one who would care much about the evils of tobacco — or about what a … Continue reading It Was Lawful Money Too, Once