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07.03.2009 9:00 pm

The reality of denial

The British General Staff's map of the Battle of Brooklyn

The British General Staff's battle map.

Last month the New York City Council approved a developer’s proposal to erect an 18-story apartment tower on the East River in Brooklyn, just east of the Brooklyn Bridge. The project is controversial not only because…

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07.03.2009 10:50 am

‘The Declaration of Independence in American’

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Declaration of IndependenceBelow (lightly edited) we reprise this  wonderfully witty and engaging “translation” of the Declaration of Independence — into 20th century American parlance.

It first appeared in Baltimore Evening Sun in 1921.

It was written by H.L. Mencken, brilliant essayist, editorialist, satirist, grump, skeptic, libertarian…

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