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27 Scathing H.L. Mencken Quotes On Politics, Religion, And The American Public

Famed for his rapier wit as much as his ill-temperament, Henry Louis (H.L.) Mencken rose to national prominence as a journalist and correspondent for the Baltimore Sun. A student of Friedrich Nietzsche and Mark Twain, Mencken was a detractor of representative democracy, religion, and social norms, and thus stood in...

By Alexander Baldwin Apr 16, 2017

27 Scathing H.L. Mencken Quotes On Politics, Religion, And The American Public

Famed for his rapier wit as much as his ill-temperament, Henry Louis (H.L.) Mencken rose to national prominence as a journalist and correspondent for the Baltimore Sun. A student of Friedrich Nietzsche and Mark Twain, Mencken was a detractor of representative democracy, religion, and social norms, and thus stood in...

By Alexander Baldwin April 16, 2017

21 Of The World’s Most Bizarre Weapons

If you were trying to kill a lot of people (or maybe sneakily kill just one person), you could go with the predictable choices: guns, tanks, poison, and swords. Or, you could get creative. For as long as nations have existed, it seems that governments have been working to figure...

By All That's Interesting Apr 3, 2017

21 Of The World’s Most Bizarre Weapons

If you were trying to kill a lot of people (or maybe sneakily kill just one person), you could go with the predictable choices: guns, tanks, poison, and swords. Or, you could get creative. For as long as nations have existed, it seems that governments have been working to figure...

By All That's Interesting April 3, 2017

The Bund: The American Arm Of The Nazi Party Before And During WWII

“Most people don’t even know any of this happened here,” Robert Kessler, president of the German American Settlement League, told The New York Times in 2015. “It hardly comes up.” The “here” in Kessler’s comment is Yaphank, New York, a rural hamlet in the middle of Long Island, about 50...

By John Kuroski Apr 2, 2017

The Bund: The American Arm Of The Nazi Party Before And During WWII

“Most people don’t even know any of this happened here,” Robert Kessler, president of the German American Settlement League, told The New York Times in 2015. “It hardly comes up.” The “here” in Kessler’s comment is Yaphank, New York, a rural hamlet in the middle of Long Island, about 50...

By John Kuroski April 2, 2017

Children And Segregation: 38 Photos Of Little Minds And Big Hatred

Some of the most dangerous battles of the civil rights movement weren’t fought by adults. They were instead fought by African-American children who walked into the first integrated schools in their communities. They had to walk, sometimes alone, past mobs of people screaming in their faces. Then they had to...

By Mark Oliver Apr 1, 2017

Children And Segregation: 38 Photos Of Little Minds And Big Hatred

Some of the most dangerous battles of the civil rights movement weren’t fought by adults. They were instead fought by African-American children who walked into the first integrated schools in their communities. They had to walk, sometimes alone, past mobs of people screaming in their faces. Then they had to...

By Mark Oliver April 1, 2017
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