by Butler Shaffer Boobus Americanus – a species brought to our attention by H.L. Mencken – has long been torn between two competing sentiments: the first, born of self-righteousness, demands the punishment of wrongdoers, with the penalty having less to do with the wrong than with the need to relieve some deeper, unrequited sense of … Continue reading LXXVIII – Kicking the Bully’s Dog