H. L. Mencken said that Puritanism was “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” Why do the reactionary among us have that haunting fear that government somewhere, somehow may hold the solution for our problems?
Posts Tagged right-wing
The haunting fear
Posted 4 August 2010 by Bob ChapmanTagged As: reactionary, right-wing, Tea Party | Categories: Politics | Leave a Comment
There’s a name I haven’t heard in a while
Posted 6 October 2009 by Bob ChapmanTagged As: Chancler, John Birch Society, Los Angeles Times, PBS, right-wing | Categories: Media, Politics | 1 Comment
On Monday evening, October 5, 2009, I watch the PBS program “Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times.” Knowing about the quality reporting attributed to the Los Angeles Times in recent times, I decided to watch this program. With its recognized quality today (even after a buyout from Chicago), I was a bit surprised to [...]
