Accept No Substitutes
My Dear Sir, I am beginning to grasp the seriousness of your plight. Now you might not consider yourself to be in any sort of fix at all – it is only through the contrast afforded by a hundred-year leap that I recognize it. Thankfully, I am here and fully intend to see that you become [...]
The Evolved American
My Dear Sir, How sophisticated the American has become! Why, a century ago, even liars who had been lucky enough to apprentice with congressmen just wove their lies into normal conversation and hoped for the best. Those who were particularly astute might even reach the pinnacle of liardom and become lawyers or bankers. But conscience [...]
Oil on the Marsh
My Dear Sir, What a different world it is that you have made! I had always thought myself the common man — and the advocate of the common man — but as I see this present life of the common American, I realize that I had become part of an implicit aristocracy. The conveniences you [...]
Newspapers
My Dear Sir, I was most pleased & delighted today to find that you still have newspapers. After many hours of craning my neck over your shoulder, I had made the brash assumption that crisp, real newsprint had been eschewed in favor of those glowing panels of moving, flashing type into which you constantly stare. [...]
The First Letter
My Dear Sir, I chuckle quietly as I write this – of late all my chuckles are of the quiet sort; you will understand what I mean presently – & imagine the expression on your face as you begin to understand whose letter it is that you are reading. Perhaps I shall be fortunate enough [...]
