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He is a world-class ranter, continuing an American tradition that includes such dyspeptic luminaries as H.L.

From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2022

It may be that the Nobel was never worthy of this iconoclastic satirist, wily cultural historian, sublime fictive ranter, comic tragedian, outraged citizen, contradictory wit, epic insulter and monumental imaginer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2018

Sometime ranter and champion monologuist Craig Ferguson has calmed down a little bit for his new show, “Join or Die,” a look at history that premieres on the History Channel Thursday night.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2016

The band is two guys: Jason Williamson, hoarse ranter, semirapper; and the musician Andrew Fearn, who creates the bass lines, lumpen four-four beats sampled from a bad drum set, and other seriously economical backgrounds.

From New York Times • May 26, 2014

In “Woodstock,” Scott has such characters as Zerrubabel Robins and Merciful Strickalthrow, both soldiers of Oliver Cromwell; while the zealot ranter is one Nehemiah Holdenough.

From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.