Devil's Dictionary of Healthcare Reform Nov 10, 2009
With apologies to Ambrose Bierce, the real meaning of healthcare buzzwords. 2010 -- The year in which Democratic health care Reform plans will raise your taxes, impose penalties on your company, and cause your health insurance premiums to increase dramatically, a remarkable achievement given that it is three full years before the plans suggest making any substantive changes to our actual health insurance system; The year in which the US will see a dramatic drop in applications to medical school. (Human Events Online)
Lincoln's life in spotlight of local film fest Nov 10, 2009
On Friday, the 1962 short film An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, based on an Ambrose Bierce story, will be shown at 7 p.m. in the Doudna Lecture Hall. The evening will end with a performance of Civil War-era music by Ben Leddy and Claire Johnson in the lecture hall. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
The Word: Can you relate? Nov 8, 2009
Jan Freeman s book, Ambrose Bierce s Write It Right : The Celebrated Cynic s Language Peeves Deciphered, Appraised, and Annotated for 21st-Century Readers, will be published next week by Walker & Co. Write to her at. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Joaquin Miller's Abbey to be restored Oct 22, 2009
He swallowed goldfish for London bohemians, stole horses in the Sierra gold camps, lived among the Wintu Indians, obsessively planted trees in the Oakland hills and spun lies for his pals Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson and Walt Whitman ... Ambrose Bierce called him "the greatest-hearted man I ever knew" and "the greatest liar this country has ever produced." Miller's response, allegedly, was "I always wondered why God made Bierce.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Understanding the politics of information security Oct 2, 2009
Turn of the century satirist and journalist Ambrose Bierce once said politics is "a strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.". Don't ever forget this. (SearchWindows2000.com)
Literary ghost stories Aug 2, 2009
The Victorian and Edwardian eras bring Henry James, Edith Wharton, Ambrose Bierce and Charlotte Perkins Gilman. And then, with the pulps, come H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Robert Bloch, Stephen Crane, Willa Cather and others. (Erie Times-News, PA)
The Word: Aggravating! A verb that vexes Jul 5, 2009
Women are singularly prone to misuse of this word, wrote Ambrose Bierce in 1909. A feminine or childish colloquialism, H.W. Fowler called it in 1926. (Boston Globe)
In Afghanistan operation, Marines return to 'little America' Jul 4, 2009
Writer Ambrose Bierce once quipped that "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." Helmand is Afghanistan's largest province, and lies west of Kandahar and north of Pakistan in the country's south. The Helmand River Valley runs across much of the length of the province, from the hill-country of the north down to the flat and dry deserts of the south. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Lessons in self-reliance help Mormons during tough times Jun 16, 2009
" -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary ". PLEASE NOTE: Comments on stories that frequently update through the day disappear with each update. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Short Story Summer Reading Jun 4, 2009
Ambrose Bierce (1842-c. 1914) wrote this story in three parts. (Suite101.com)
Council blocks mayoral pick to Redevelopment Authority May 18, 2009
" -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's DictionaryComplete book for free:http://www.alcyone.com/max/lit/devils/ ". mairzydoats wrote on May 17, 2009 1:24 AM:" Democracy in action. If I don't get what I want I will leave. ". (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
The Democrats' Dictionary May 12, 2009
I know I'm not worthy, but I've got an assignment, so I shall borrow a page from Ambrose Bierce, not with a Devil's Dictionary, but a Democrats' Dictionary. The easy part: There's no dif. (Townhall.com)
Jazzmouth turns 5 with Mose Allison and Donald Hall as headliners Apr 16, 2009
Further conversation regarding cynicism uncovered Allison's admiration for Ambrose Bierce, the man who said "A cynic is someone who sees things as they are.". "Man, I love Ambrose Bierce," Allison said. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Photos: Poetry Out Loud Mar 19, 2009
Caitlin Woolsey of Sitka High School recites "The New Decalogue" by Ambrose Bierce during the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest. Woolsey won the event. (Juneau Empire)
