[ExI] > Taiwan is standing strong

[William Flynn Wallace]

I found a whole bunch of articles from the Baltimore Sun of many years ago,
written by H. L. Mencken, far too intelligent to be found anywhere today in
popular outlets.

I have a collection of his, entitled A Mencken Chrestomathy, and that is
just a sample of the words you might have to look up.  His views on
numerous subjects, ascerbic, of course, show a highly learned and
intelligent man.  Who knew he was such a superior writer?  Me, now.

He hates schools of education as much as I do. What he wrote on many
subjects could easily have been written today (though a publisher would be
hard to find).

Very highly recommended.

bill w

On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 6:42 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
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> Question for all:  by what criteria do you decide a news outlet is
> unbiased?  Do you know of any?  How do you know they are what they say they
> are?  Because their opinions agree with yours?
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> Of course.  Since we have been released from the expense of print media,
> we can tailor news sites to the specific assumptions held by those willing
> to view the most advertisement on the sidebars.  When a town is no longer
> dependent on a particular news source, there is no need to be “neutral”
> which is why news sources are polarized.
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> My favorite news source is Reason.com, for they hold the assumption that
> we must become less dependent on government.  Eventually independence will
> be forced upon us.  My notion is to get practiced at it now.
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> BillW, all news sources are biased.  They all hold assumptions.  Find one
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