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H. L. Mencken

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A Clever Change
SharingTime, gentleman, please! North Dakota legislators had introduced HCR 3034 and …
Give Me Fever
SharingToday, the U.S. Conference of Mayors premiers its new video, …
Sketchiest Etching
State legislators placed Proposal 1 on the Michigan ballot to weaken …
Amazing Vanished Rights
Suppose you have the right to walk across a room. Yet …
Sneaky Lobbyists Prefer Sneakiness
SharingThe Arkansas Chamber of Commerce’s CEO and chief lobbyist, Randy …

Missing in Congress
December 26, 2024
Paul Jacob on what we have long needed.Read More »
A Big American Day
December 25, 2024
Christmas 1776 RememberedRead More »
A Truce
December 24, 2024
A bloody war’s unscheduled intermission.Read More »
The Biggest Gift of All
December 23, 2024
Paul Jacob celebrates the smaller size of a present under …Read More »
Trump Ponders Privatizing Post Office
December 20, 2024
Paul Jacob sees difficulties in unloading America’s cherished/despised institution.Read More »

A Plutocrat’s Expensive Friend
An “expensive friend” — in documents obtained by federal prosecutors, that’s how …
Will There Be Limits?
SharingI’m usually pessimistic when political leaders propose term limits that …
Ida-Heave-Ho
Sharing“Is there any chance the vetoes can be overridden?” asked …
They’re Called Term Limits
SharingLooking for an exemplar of condescending witlessness? Take Steve Benen, …
Conflicts Perplexing Prominent Politicians
SharingWhen does the same old song-and-dance, performed by yet another …

Force Over Persuasion
SharingToday’s campus radicals assert that free speech is bad because …
Courage and Wisdom?
SharingPresident Donald Trump responded to the weekend’s two shooting atrocities …
Let There Be Light
SharingThe Washington Post sports a new masthead slogan: “Democracy Dies in Darkness,.” …
Yesterday’s NOW
SharingOnce upon a time, the National Organization for Women winked to …
Pulling It Off
SharingGive democratic socialism a chance? So says Dr. Cornel West, the …