> Consider the Federalist Papers. At the time, the writers were not known Everyone knew who wrote the Federalist papers. It was an open secret. People may not

> Consider the Federalist Papers. At the time, the writers were not known Everyone knew who wrote the Federalist papers. It was an open secret. People may not have known the specific author of a particular passage or argument, but among the elite debating the constitution (who were the target audience) there was no disguise or mystery regarding the people who were 'Publius.' This gets trotted frequently out as one of the few examples of anonymous political speech having a potential benefit, but given the fact that it was pseudonymous at best I welcome additional examples of actual anonymous political speech that was of any consequence.