By Matthew Carr You may have heard the saying “If it bleeds, it leads.”
And right now, there’s no shortage of bad news for anxious Americans nervously glued to the news.
Take your pick:
New cases of infections… body counts… crashing stocks…
Skyrocketing unemployment… impending economic disaster… runaway central bank stimulus…
This constant, unyielding pressure of negativity is weighing heavy in people’s guts like 2-month-old fruitcake.
It feels like there’s no escape. Though Americans aren’t going to stop trying to find one… or at least trying to drown those sorrows.
Alcohol sales in the U.S. rose 55% during the week ending March 21.
Digging deeper into the data, we find …read more
