In the first half of the 20th century, H. L. Mencken wrote a great many aphorisms that resonate to this day. They were almost invariably cynical, and often spot-on about human behavior. One of his most famous was his definition of “puritanism”, which Mencken regarded as, “The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”
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Today, Newsbusters catches his former employer with a serious case of just that sort of puritanism: “Confess Your Biggest ‘Eco Sin’ to the Baltimore Sun, Win a Green Prize.”
Which is also a reminder of another famous Mencken quote, come to think of it.
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