From Irish Elk
Blasts from the past - just over a year ago:

The not-so-good old days
Rank evil in a small town in Pennsylvania's former coal-mining heartland. It might be a symptom of how tough - and apparently miserable - life could be in those parts. Ashland is only a couple of miles south of Centralia.

The entry below it is worth reading too.

On PC hypocrisy at university
Another double feature - below it is an entry chock full of H.L. Mencken links