Qatar’s beer ban should remind New York of the costs of alcohol – New York Daily News

Beer and futbol go together like dishonesty and Donald Trump, so surely it feels wrong that the taps are closed at packed World Cup stadiums. On the other hand, Qatar is a conservative Muslim country; what did FIFA, the sport’s world governing body, expect? Besides, those who’ve descended on Doha to cheer on their national team are still free to flock to bars and clubs to get their buzz or worse.

For us, Qatar’s reviled edict was a…