Now that I finally get a chance to read it (somewhere between posting and then afetrwards, reading it my machine froze. Then I had a little fight with the cable-modem. That took about 8-9 minutes.), I agree.
I never thought about a Mencken quality when reading her stuff before, but I certainly see your point.
I prefer FR's formatting so I tend to post the article and then read it.
Me too! It looks like on line newspapers would get a clue from F.R. on formatting.