My Inquirer column today is on William Howard Taft's short interview with the superior of the Benedictines in Manila in 1900. Wh...

My Inquirer column today is on William Howard Taft's short interview with the superior of the Benedictines in Manila in 1900. While he inquired into friar lands with other religious orders and asked about their relationship with Filipinos, with the monk Taft did all the talking about Benedictine liqueur, even advising the Manila community to tap into a gold mine by brewing a liqueur from their secret recipe.
27 years ago the Senate Document was in the Rare Book section of libraries now you can r...