tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256801828148573136.post4421560782389623308..comments2024-01-26T17:29:53.415-05:00Comments on Reader's Almanac: Silence as a weapon: the two most embarrassing speeches Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce ever gaveThe Library of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17586915922688562543noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256801828148573136.post-45183712446972887092011-08-07T08:37:25.295-04:002011-08-07T08:37:25.295-04:00Old Ambrose had a beautiful way with a punchline, ...Old Ambrose had a beautiful way with a punchline, didn't he?Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256801828148573136.post-7846264401366341482011-08-05T13:28:06.030-04:002011-08-05T13:28:06.030-04:00Long intrigued by Bierce, and fascinated how his l...Long intrigued by Bierce, and fascinated how his little poem, which urged a bullet on its way "To stretch McKinley on his bier" in 1900, helped to sink Hearst's presidential ambitions after, in fact, a bullet stretched McKinley on his bier in 1901.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13334628837533439470noreply@blogger.com