Whiskey & Wry
39. The Boy who cried 'Wolf!'
The famous story of the 'Boy Who Cried Wolf' goes something like this — one day in Ye Olden Times, in a Vaguely-European-Countryside Location, a little shepherd boy got bored....
39. The Boy who cried 'Wolf!'
The famous story of the 'Boy Who Cried Wolf' goes something like this — one day in Ye Olden Times, in a Vaguely-European-Countryside Location, a little shepherd boy got bored....
27. Monkeying around with H.L. Mencken
On February 3, 1931, the Arkansas legislature passed a motion to hold a group prayer to save the soul of the journalist H.L. Mencken. The proximate cause were three columns...
27. Monkeying around with H.L. Mencken
On February 3, 1931, the Arkansas legislature passed a motion to hold a group prayer to save the soul of the journalist H.L. Mencken. The proximate cause were three columns...
24. The Time Mencken Hoaxed Himself, Part II
Note: For Part I of this article, click here. “Melancholy Reflections” appeared in the Chicago Tribune on May 23, 1926. It was not just a confession but also Mencken's cry for...
24. The Time Mencken Hoaxed Himself, Part II
Note: For Part I of this article, click here. “Melancholy Reflections” appeared in the Chicago Tribune on May 23, 1926. It was not just a confession but also Mencken's cry for...
23. The Time Mencken Hoaxed Himself, Part I
"Democracy is the theory that ... the common people knowwhat they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." – H.L. Mencken The iconoclastic journalist H.L. Mencken was...
23. The Time Mencken Hoaxed Himself, Part I
"Democracy is the theory that ... the common people knowwhat they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." – H.L. Mencken The iconoclastic journalist H.L. Mencken was...
22. Corn-Pone Opinions, Part II
In our last post, we visited Mark Twain's classic essay, Corn-Pone Opinions, and we asked why people tend to reflexively defend their existing beliefs when confronted by contrary views, rather than even-handedly...
22. Corn-Pone Opinions, Part II
In our last post, we visited Mark Twain's classic essay, Corn-Pone Opinions, and we asked why people tend to reflexively defend their existing beliefs when confronted by contrary views, rather than even-handedly...
21. Corn-Pone Opinions
In Corn-Pone Opinions, a posthumously published, autobiographical essay, the great Mark Twain addressed the timeless question of how people come to form their beliefs. As a child, Twain served as...
21. Corn-Pone Opinions
In Corn-Pone Opinions, a posthumously published, autobiographical essay, the great Mark Twain addressed the timeless question of how people come to form their beliefs. As a child, Twain served as...