The Public "I"
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Friday, August 14, 2015
THE PROFESSIONAL PRIG
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I have absolutely no sympathy for Anthony Comstock (above), a man described by a biographer as having “no conspicuous talents and...bo...
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
TOILET HUMOUR Part Four
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I think the best way to describe the ceremony was a short, sad funeral. It was held Tuesday noon, 21 July, 1858, in London's park ...
Sunday, August 09, 2015
AMERICAN MURDER Part Three
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I am amazed by how much America has changed since the first decades of the nineteenth century. The 1810 census recorded the nation'...
Friday, August 07, 2015
OH, HENRI
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I have long held the view that "anarchist" as a label became passé with the invention of psychiatry. Of course it has stuck aro...
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