America is great again

Missouri had "the troubles" for six or seven years before the Civil War.  The Battle of Wilson's Creek saved St. Louis for the Union.  One of news magazines featured a story about Missouri the Backward State.  Northern Missouri near Kansas City had Confederate leanings and Southern Missouri near Springfield had Union leanings.

Things were MUCH worse then.

Sean Hannity says journalism is dead.  Mark R. Levin has recently written UNFREEDOM OF THE PRESS.

I think we have TOO HIGH EXPECTATIONS for the press.  Mark Twain did not suffer this handicap.


1) THE COMIC MARK TWAIN READER: The Most Humorous Selections from His Stories, Sketches, Novels, Travel Books and Lectures

By: Neider, Charles (ed)