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Cynicism

The Habits of Highly Cynical People

by Rebecca Solnit,

On April 24, 1916 — Easter Monday — Irish republicans in Dublin and a handful of other places staged an armed rebellion against British occupation. At the time, the British…

Power Rangers

by Thomas Frank,

What, then, is the Washingtonian, this smug and satisfied man? Behold him as he ambles toward you on the sidewalks of Capitol Hill, phone clamped to his ear, talking loudly…

The cynic

Art by Laurie Hogin,

False gods?

by Nathaniel Peffer,

The day we celebrate

by Bernard Augustine De Voto,

Why is modern youth cynical?

by Bertrand Russell,

In defense of cynicism

by Ernest Augustus Boyd,

The cult of the seamy side

by Charles A. (Charles Andrew Armstrong) Bennett,

The nature of hokum

by Katharine Fullerton Gerould,

A cynic’s view

by John Kendrick Bangs,

Editor’s drawer

by J.M. Bailey,

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