Ambrose Bierce

Recalling Ambrose Bierce's definition of a "statesman", I can see the attraction of the idiot boys Milliband attaining that status.

Army Rumour Service 2010

These "writers" are never collectible in the way that genuine public intellectuals, such as Ambrose Bierce, William F. Buckley, G.K. Chesterton, H.L. Mencken, and Mr. Dooley will always be.

Daniel Krotz: On The Collecting of Books 2009

Some are new submissions, and some are classics by authors such as Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, O.

East of the Web: Short Stories and Word Games 2006

Some are new submissions, and some are classics by authors such as Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, O.

Archive 2006-01-01 Peggy 2006

These "writers" are never collectible in the way that genuine public intellectuals, such as Ambrose Bierce, William F. Buckley, G.K. Chesterton,

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Daniel Krotz 2009

Ambrose Bierce, one of the lone wolves of American letters, was a San Francisco journalist, a sardonic lexicographer, and the author of jarring, brilliant and gruesomely unsentimental stories of the Civil War.

Lacerating Wit, Seasoned Cynic Bill Kauffman 2011

"The Sixth Sense" 1999 is reminiscent of "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," a 1964 episode based on an Ambrose Bierce story about a man who turns out to have been dead.

Snapshot 2011

Ambrose Bierce cynically defined prayer as follows: Pray, n.

Living on a Prayer: the value of Barack Obama's prayer breakfast Alexandra Petri 2011

This welcome omnibus, rather than supplying a concluding sentence to the story of Ambrose Bierce, reintroduces a fantastically imaginative and unflappable cynic to an America that needs acutely honest humor now more than ever.

Lacerating Wit, Seasoned Cynic Bill Kauffman 2011

One thing people despise is an "it was all an illusion" ending, but tell that to "The Twilight Zone" or Ambrose Bierce.

Another 'Lost' theory: No, really, it was purgatory 2010