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July 31, 2011 - August 6, 2011 Archives


An addition to Lemonade Susie's house?

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By David Brussat    Email

This Verizon commercial, here*, is hilarious. I wonder what it really says about the concept of success. In the ad, Susie has a lemonade stand in the front yard. Her dad, leaving for work, gives her a Verizon phone with......

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Column: Mencken on 'The New Architecture'

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By David Brussat    Email

Above: H.L. Mencken lived almost his whole life in this Baltimore row house. (Courtesy of Baltimore Heritage) * * * H.L. Mencken on last day of Prohibition, in 1933 * * * The Lincoln Memorial, in Washington * *......

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Goodwin's article on my article on Beth-El: A reply

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By David Brussat    Email

Since George Goodwin, author of "The manifold meanings of synagogue architecture" on today's Journal op-ed page, was a primary source for my July 21 column "Save the old Shaare Zedek Temple," I am quite flattered that he read it......

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Not coming up: The Full Mencken

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By David Brussat    Email

This week's column was to have been a reprint of most of H.L. Mencken's essay "The New Architecture," from the The American Mercury, published in February 1931. But copyright law requires getting permission to copy any literary work not yet......

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