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3. "Every building... was either a pawnshop or a whorehouse."

Sat Jul 11, 2020, 10:46 AM

Jul 2020

That's great prose, there.

-- Mal

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From Charlie Pierce, of Esquire: [View all] volstork Jul 2020 OP

my grandfather was born in Oklahoma Territory.... samnsara Jul 2020 #1

Beautifully written, as usual. Laelth Jul 2020 #2

"Every building... was either a pawnshop or a whorehouse." malthaussen Jul 2020 #3

Sad but true malaise Jul 2020 #4

Whoever started the myth about "American exceptionalism" luvtheGWN Jul 2020 #8

I agree malaise Jul 2020 #9

I doubt if anyone at DU will be insulted. RVN VET71 Jul 2020 #13

Thank you, Charles. niyad Jul 2020 #5

Eye opening piece of writing. llmart Jul 2020 #6

Thanks for posting this extremely profound explanation BarbD Jul 2020 #7

Bookmarked pandr32 Jul 2020 #10

If it was sent in an email it isn't a copyright infringement. George II Jul 2020 #11

Thanks. volstork Jul 2020 #14

Bookmarked CatLady78 Jul 2020 #12

The excerpt from Fallin's speech reads like today's history textbooks. Lonestarblue Jul 2020 #15

Great points, Lonestar volstork Jul 2020 #16

Thanks for the book recommendations. Lonestarblue Jul 2020 #18

It's been a while volstork Jul 2020 #19

Pierce is a brilliant chronicler of our time cp Jul 2020 #17