William Pacello

Figure 1 Hydrotherapy for an arthritis patient, who is being fed water through a hose in the belief that the water would push the poisons from his system, 1846. Figure 2 Ben Bernanke implementing “quantitative easing” by the Federal Reserve. An article about bygone medical methods said “the annals of medical history are filled with some bizarre treatments. They range from the infamous, like leeches and bloodletting, to the obscure.” If we use history to assess our world, our current system,...

If you’ve never heard of the terms “controlled opposition” or “false dichotomy” join the club. These phrases are not only uncommon in the American vernacular but absent in most of mainstream media. Fortunately, the art and print of  Puck and other magazines has been preserv-ed enough to show us that the concepts are real, the scenarios highly possible, and that they have existed years prior to the political chaos of the 21st century; before the likes of Facebook and other social media...