Baltimore Sun journalist H.L. Mencken was no prophet, but that didn’t stop him from attempting to prophesy. On one occasion, a century ago, he predicted a moral disaster for the country.

I thank Vincent Fitzpatrick for photocopies of Mencken’s notes on his ailments (1912-48), on file in the Mencken Collection, Enoch Pratt Free Library. Hobson identifies “The Philosophy of Friedrich ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. H.L. Mencken, Thirty-five Years of Newspaper Work: A Memoir, edited by Fred Hobson, Vincent Fitzpatrick, and Bradford Jacobs (Johns ...

Though Edgar Kemler's title would imply that his new book is a biography of H. L. Mencken, it is more accurately described in a notation on the dust jacket: "An Informal History of the Man and His ...

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency was officially informed today that the trial of the three Revisionists, Aba Achimeier, Zvi Rosenblatt and Abraham Stavsky, for the murder of Dr. Chaim Arlosoroff will ...

"I think it's a shame the way they are prosecuting her... It's a dirty shame." — H.L. Mencken, editor, American Mercury. Bryan won the battle, and John Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution.