The Burning Platform » H.L. Mencken

“I am suspicious of all the things that the average people believe.” H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) is the kind of guy you wish you could become whenever you’re confronted by a vociferous pinhe...

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2023/06/27/new-design-3d2a-cant-take-it-if-we-can-make-it-h-l-mencken-quotes/

“Folly is a child of power.” ― Barbara W. Tuchman, The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam “A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by gov...

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2023/02/19/march-of-folly-american-empire/

Guest Post by Eric Peters When did Americans become so  . . . obedient? That is easy to answer. It became so when they became so reflexively fearful. Of everything. Of anything. That happened a ...

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2023/01/07/obedience-culture/

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Via Blue State Conservative “I am suspicious of all the things that the average people believe.” H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) is the kind of guy you wish you could become whenever you’re conf...

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2021/11/13/h-l-mencken-a-character-for-the-ages-quotes-for-the-cynical-soul/

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2021/11/11/quotes-of-the-day-1668/

“There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.” Thomas Sowell “When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.” H. L. Mencken “Liberalism is t...

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2021/10/09/quotes-of-the-day-1636/

“Reflect on what happens when a terrible winter blizzard strikes. You hear the weather warning but probably fail to act on it. The sky darkens. Then the storm hits with full fury, and the air i...

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2021/09/20/its-a-fourth-turning-what-did-you-expect/

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