Telling someone that could lead them damned near anywhere...
When giving directions in the Ozarks, never use ‘the Baptist church’ as a landmark
Tag: Robert Green Ingersoll
Be an American worth dying for
"Gratitude is the fairest flower that sheds its perfume in the heart." (Robert Green Ingersoll)
We preserve Liberty by exercising it
Some revolutionaries wield a pen as ably as others raise the sword...
Flashback: ‘Speech cannot contain our love’ (1879)
This is the eulogy delivered by Robert Green Ingersoll at the graveside of his brother, Ebon, in 1879. It remains the greatest use of language I’ve ever read.
Flashback: ‘The most important thing in this world is liberty’ (1887)
It can be argued — and I do — that Robert Green Ingersoll employed American English with more eloquence and skill than anyone before or since. He was a lover of Liberty and passionately patriotic. He also was...