Get your tickets to RPI's "Blueprint for Peace" Conference on August 16, Washington, DC.

Hilton Washington Dulles Airport
Saturday, August 16 · 9:30am – 3:30pm EDT

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Washington’s Libido for the Ugly

Washington’s Libido for the Ugly

photo: mike lofgrenIn 1927, H.L. Mencken rode by train through the Pennsylvania coal country. The houses he saw along the way were so hideous, at least in his eyes, that he was moved to pen his famous essay, “The Libido for the Ugly.” Mencken was writing about towns...

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