The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology, because the consumers want to read more

The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology, because the consumers want to be thrilled not only by the guarantee of the Good but also by the shudder of the Bad.

And that was the way
The deuce was to pay
As it always is, at the close read more

And that was the way
The deuce was to pay
As it always is, at the close of the day
That gave us--
Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!
(With some restrictions, the fault-finders say)
That which, please God, we will keep for aye
Our National Independence!

You sunburnt sicklemen, of August weary,
Come hither from the furrow and be merry.
Make holiday: your read more

You sunburnt sicklemen, of August weary,
Come hither from the furrow and be merry.
Make holiday: your rye-straw hats put on,
And these fresh nymphs encounter every one
In country footing.

If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work;
And read more

If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work;
And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents.

Time for work,--yet take
Much holiday for art's and friendship's sake.

Time for work,--yet take
Much holiday for art's and friendship's sake.

What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else?

What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else?

If you want to visit Paris, the best time to go is during August, when there aren't any French people read more

If you want to visit Paris, the best time to go is during August, when there aren't any French people there

There were his young barbarians all at play
There was their Dacian mother--he, their sire,
Butcher'd to read more

There were his young barbarians all at play
There was their Dacian mother--he, their sire,
Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday.

Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own read more

Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.