http://crookedtimber.org/2005/08/28/an-para-historical-two-fisted-tale/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:01:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/08/28/an-para-historical-two-fisted-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-94204 chris y Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:43:48 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3713#comment-94204 I don't think it has to mean anything. After all, half the people who post and comment on this blog appear to go weak at the knees at the mention of "The Lord of the Rings". But most of them seem to be able to compartmentalise it. I don’t think it has to mean anything. After all, half the people who post and comment on this blog appear to go weak at the knees at the mention of “The Lord of the Rings”. But most of them seem to be able to compartmentalise it.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2005/08/28/an-para-historical-two-fisted-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-93892 catherine liu Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:39:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3713#comment-93892 As a fun fact, Ignatius Donnelly, fiery orator and Roman Catholic Minnesotan, drafter of the People's Party platform in which he denounces "the money power" -- the most successful American third party of the 1890s that forged the rhetoric we recognize as populist -- was also an avid Atlantologist. I am still trying to get my mind around what this means. As a fun fact, Ignatius Donnelly, fiery orator and Roman Catholic Minnesotan, drafter of the People’s Party platform in which he denounces “the money power”—the most successful American third party of the 1890s that forged the rhetoric we recognize as populist—was also an avid Atlantologist. I am still trying to get my mind around what this means.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2005/08/28/an-para-historical-two-fisted-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-93720 Matt Weiner Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:03:46 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3713#comment-93720 It wasn't on the front page? It wasn’t on the front page?

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