On this date in 1890, Harvard Law Review published "The Right to Privacy" by Louis Brandeis and Samuel D. Warren. I wonder if written today, instead of asserting "the right to be let alone," it would just be able to muster a case for "the right to whistle in the wind."

Thanks to UW Magazine for covering my book about Elise Olmstead, Seattle's so-called Queen of the Bootleggers. The 100th anniversary of the Nation's first wiretap trial in a few weeks away and Elise was the only woman on trial with Roy and 90 of his cohorts!

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Tilt a glass today in honor of National Repeal Day to celebrate ratification of the 21st Amendment and the end of Prohibition!

Just an ordinary moon at Dana Point

A Balloon with a View in Florence today.

The daughter of Seattle bootlegger Roy Olmstead and his wife Elise is about to turn 100! What an amazing woman. We just celebrated publication of my book, Elise Olmstead: The Myth and Mystery of Seattle's "Queen of the Bootleggers." Available here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DN16M3MH

Lots of Seattle love for Ichiro! Those were the days!

1/ Annual Reading Roundup: I read 12 fewer books in 2024 than last year–34 in all. But in fairness, I also wrote and published a book: Elise Olmstead: The Myth and Mystery of Seattle’s “Queen of the Bootleggers,” which you can get here: <https://amazon.com/dp/B0DN16M3MH>

On this date in 1890, the Harvard Law Review published "The Right to Privacy" by Brandeis & Warren. It was 7222 words long, but this short phrase by Brandeis summarized the point of the article to perfection: privacy is the right "to be let alone."

Celebrate today by lifting a glass to the 21st Amendment, which, on Dec. 5, 1933, repealed the 18th Amendment & Prohibition! Then read more about Prohibition by picking up my new book, Elise Olmstead, The Myth and Mystery of Seattle's "Queen of the Bootleggers." www.amazon.com/dp/B0DN16M3MH

Elise Olmstead's best friend, Ruth Elbro, until she betrayed her. Blog post here: gidaripublishing.com/prohibition/
or get the book on Amazon: Elise Olmstead: The Myth and Mystery of Seattle’s “Queen of the Bootleggers.” www.amazon.com/dp/B0DN16M3MH

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO TODAY, the Feds raided Elise & Roy Olmstead's home. He was Seattle’s “King of the Bootleggers” & she was an informant for the Feds! Use Google Streetview to see the house: 3757 Ridgeway Place in Seattle. Get the book at www.amazon.com/dp/B0DN16M3MH

Just Published! For my Privacy, Wiretapping, Olmstead v US, and Prohibition friends, this is the first biography of Elise Olmstead, the extraordinary wife of Seattle's infamous bootlegger Roy Olmstead. I hope you'll read it and share this post!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0DN16M3MH