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H.L. Mencken was America's greatest journalist. Should he be canceled? | Matters of Fact
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoH.L. Mencken was funny, outrageous, prophetic. He was also a racist. And he also fought racism. To...
Will Alexei Navalny's death finally break Trump's hold on evangelicals?
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 months agoDonald Trump Brandon Bell/Getty Images We live in a land of abounding quackeries and if we do not...
Opinion: Politicians ignore truth: NC lags behind in health care, education, wages
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 month ago“No one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” This oft-repeated...
Mike DiMauro: Giants losing by winning? Somebody make it stop
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo Sports· 6 months agoDec. 12—Today's column is sponsored by H.L. Mencken ("Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public"), with perhaps the Cranberries belting out "Zombie" as musical ...
Tax Freedom Day is finally here – later than ever before
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 2 weeks ago“Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods”. So wrote 20th century American...
Like renters, landlords face their share of challenges | Opinion
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoChristopher C. Reed owns rental property in Rhode Island. Joanne Giannini's column ("Renting an...
Knowledge may be 'moonshine,' but there are ways for investors not to be fooled
Financial Post via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoAmerican journalist H.L. Mencken once stated: “We are here and this is now. Further than that, all...
Pence Runs Away From the Circus
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 8 months agoKaren Pence and former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence leave the stage after he suspended his campaign for president during the Republican Jewish...
Opinion: On behalf of sanctimony, Texas strikes a blow on books
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Victorian era ended in 1901 with the death of Queen Victoria. But Victorianism, the priggishness...
The Craziest Convention in American History
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoThink this year’s Democratic convention is going to be nuts? One hundred years ago, Democrats took 103 ballots—and more than two weeks—to choose a...
