Whiskey & Wry
27. Monkeying around with H.L. Mencken
On February 3, 1931, the Arkansas legislature passed a motion to hold a group prayer to save the soul of the journalist H.L. Mencken. The proximate cause were three columns...
27. Monkeying around with H.L. Mencken
On February 3, 1931, the Arkansas legislature passed a motion to hold a group prayer to save the soul of the journalist H.L. Mencken. The proximate cause were three columns...
24. The Time Mencken Hoaxed Himself, Part II
Note: For Part I of this article, click here. “Melancholy Reflections” appeared in the Chicago Tribune on May 23, 1926. It was not just a confession but also Mencken's cry for...
24. The Time Mencken Hoaxed Himself, Part II
Note: For Part I of this article, click here. “Melancholy Reflections” appeared in the Chicago Tribune on May 23, 1926. It was not just a confession but also Mencken's cry for...
23. The Time Mencken Hoaxed Himself, Part I
"Democracy is the theory that ... the common people knowwhat they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." – H.L. Mencken The iconoclastic journalist H.L. Mencken was...
23. The Time Mencken Hoaxed Himself, Part I
"Democracy is the theory that ... the common people knowwhat they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." – H.L. Mencken The iconoclastic journalist H.L. Mencken was...
6. H.L. Mencken on Americana, agnosticism, and ...
A masterful wordsmith and literary critic, Henry Louis (H.L.) Mencken (1880-1956) was widely regarded in his time as one of America's most talented writers. In 2002, the Atlantic's Jonathan Yardley called Mencken "the...
6. H.L. Mencken on Americana, agnosticism, and ...
A masterful wordsmith and literary critic, Henry Louis (H.L.) Mencken (1880-1956) was widely regarded in his time as one of America's most talented writers. In 2002, the Atlantic's Jonathan Yardley called Mencken "the...