These are the top ten newspaper columns selected by The National Society of Newspaper Columnists and published in Deadline Artists: America’s Greatest Newspaper Columns. The selection was based on an online questionnaire from their website and emailed to it’s members. The columns selected are featured in Deadline Artists.

H.L. Mencken – Gamalielese – Baltimore Sun – 3/7/21

On the question of the logical content of Dr. Harding’s harangue of last Friday I do not presume to have views. The matter has been debated at great length by the editorial writers of the Republic, all of them experts … Continue reading →

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Frances Pharcellus Church – Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus – New York Sun – 9/21/1897

DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.  Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’ Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? -VIRGINIA … Continue reading →

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