Political nicknames in the Gilded Age demonstrated a kind of artfulness absent from the playground taunts favored by you-know-who. No one earned more nicknames -- good and bad -- than James G. Blaine.
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Nicknames were better during the Gilded Age.
A Strife of Interests
The title of this podcast devoted to the politics, personalities, and issues of the Gilded Age comes from The Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce’s delightful lexicon of words and phrases compiled in book form in 1906. Bierce defined politics as “A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.”
The title of this podcast devoted to the politics, personalities, and issues of the Gilded Age comes from The Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce’s delightful lexicon of words and phrases compiled in book form in 1906. Bierce defined politics as “A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.”Appears in episode
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