Posted by
Tim Blessing on Wednesday, July 09, 2008 8:15:59 PM
MAKING OF AMERICA: MARK TWAIN.
Time. Title Abstract. Personal Opinion.
The two dominant figures of the Gilded Age were Mark Twain and Prsident US Grant.
Grant was sort of the most influential politician of the time in or out of office.
Mark Twain was the most popular writer on issues with his trademark humor.
What did Mark Twain do?
He wrote books that by today's standards were coarse in their word usage, but he made good points.
A critic of the system or dissident or editorial writer has the skill of making problems and solutions visible to people who otherwise might not be able to grasp the problem.
Their are several noteworthy conservative writers today: George Will, Cal Thomas, Thomas Sowell, and Charles Krauthammer.
There are others, but a blog has limited usefulness to list them all.
Mark Twain blazed a trail in writing books on politics and all of its attendant issues.
A critiic of the system interested in using humor to force positive change on the nation.
In essence, a humorist who knew how to write good books on politics if you can get past the coarseness of some of the words.