The Chuck Cowdery Blog

The Uncle Nearest home place in Shelbyville, Tennessee.
Uncle Nearest is a brand of American whiskey that launched about a decade ago. Started from nothing, it did very well, but now it’s in trouble.
A hearing on Monday at the federal courthouse in Knoxville may decide its fate....

Watching Mary Martin's "Peter Pan" on TV
was a major milestone for young boomers.
NBC was the first American television network to broadcast in color, in 1954. That is, they broadcast some programs in color, just a handful at first. Most were still black and white. The three principal commercial television networks and their broadcast...

The United States invaded another country
to arrest its president. Is that legal?
When Russia invaded Ukraine, international law was invoked. When the Trump administration began to blowup alleged drug ships off Venezuela, it made another appearance, as it did after the arrest of Nicolás Maduro, and as it does whenever President Trump...

In fact, their whiskey sucked.
Back in 2016, when Beam dropped the 9-year age statement from its Knob Creek bourbon, the brand's fans were outraged: "This is so unfair to the consumers and fans," "Flavor/Taste profile is a joke to justify keeping the same price using younger juice...