‘It’s procedure. You can’t ask for ID from young people and not old people. That’s profiling.’

The West is brain dead.

Thanks to the alert 5FF reader who sent this in:

the Yankees ask for identification cards from beer buyers of all ages. So do the Boston Celtics; the Fairway supermarket chain, which has stores in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut; liquor stores in Elk Grove Village, Ill.; and lots of other spots scattered around the country. A bunch of state and local governments have gone in for it, too.

The point is to eliminate the guesswork and social goofs that often seem to go with making sure youngsters don’t drink. But it’s a point many oldsters don’t get. They’ve taken to pushing back, and some of the universal ID checkers have been backing down.

“Anybody who thinks I’m 31, let alone 21, is clearly brain-dead,” says Nick Peters. He is 61, a consultant, and has to show his driver’s license at bars…