Many years ago I used to read magazines that came to my father in the mail, specialized publications like the Elks Club and Veterans of Foreign Wars magazines.

Dennis Myers/ Commentary

There was frequently an ad for cigars that bore this headline: “YOU DON’T NEED CASTRO’S PERMISSION TO ENJOY THE UNIQUE HAVANA FLAVOR.”

This was an ad I never saw in mainstream magazines. Clearly, these cigar makers were looking for a certain demographic. (In researching this column I found it still appears occasionally in publications like the “Gator CAPers,” the newsletter of the Florida Civil Air Patrol.)

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