Daily Archives: October 20, 2008

Far be it from me to blame a fel­low nov­el­ist for our trou­bles, but Hor­a­tio Alger may have done Amer­ica more harm than good. You’re prob­a­bly famil­iar with Alger’s legacy if not his work. He wrote over 270 dime nov­els in the … Con­tinue read­ing →

Much has been made of Samuel J. Wurzel­bacher since his repeated men­tion in the third and final 2008 pres­i­den­tial debate. Despite John McCain’s prop­ping him up as an every­day Amer­i­can who would be hurt by Obama’s tax pol­icy, the truth … Con­tinue read­ing →