On the Evolution of Aphorisms
Lawrence M. Ludlow
2009-10-19 16:00
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We've all heard the following quote attributed to Winston Churchill:
'If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart; if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.'
When I became a libertarian, this aphorism seemed horribly incomplete (and you'll see my revision later in this essay). Despite its defects, many of us have traveled through the political spectrum...
Sophie's Choice for Fascists #2: Collateral Damage Hits San Diego
Lawrence M. Ludlow
2009-03-10 17:00
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March 11, 2009
Even since U.S. Marine Lieutenant Dan Neubauer crashed his F/A-18 Hornet into the San Diego home of Dong Yoon on December 8, 2008, I have been struck by two obscene phenomena. No, it was not that the jet incinerated Yoon's wife, two infant daughters, and mother-in-law as the pilot attempted to land at nearby Miramar Naval Air Station ' as horrible as that is....
Notes on Democracy: Mencken Vents His Spleen for His Era and Ours
Lawrence M. Ludlow
2008-08-14 16:00
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August 15, 2008
This is a wonderful book'packed with personality and a surprising amount of helpful supplementary material. For example, in her introductory essay to Notes on Democracy: A New Edition, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers (author of Mencken: The American Iconoclast) describes the effect of Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) on first-time readers:
Scapegoating and the Anti-Immigrant Hysteria
Lawrence M. Ludlow
2008-04-27 16:00
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According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary, a
scapegoat
is 'a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he (the goat) is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur.' A second definition is 'one that is the object of irrational hostility.' Some sources add that a scapegoat is a metaphor 'referring to someone who is blamed...
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