Mencken

He would not be quite able to comprehend why a black boy would want to read Mencken.

I had admired and almost idolized Mencken as a writer long before I got to meet him, about 1930 or so.

I wondered what on earth this Mencken had done to call down upon him the scorn of the South.

Then what ideas did Mencken hold that made a newspaper like the Commercial Appeal castigate him publicly?

I used the word "nigger" to make the librarian feel that I could not possibly be the author of the note have some books by H. L. Mencken?

But many young people thought Mencken was a hero whose only crime was writing the truth.

Mencken once declared that "nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the great American public" .

America, Mencken's homeland, executes around 40 people a year for murder. Yet it still has a high murder rate.

"I don't know what he wants by Mencken, " she said under her breath.

Social criticism also was central to the writing of the newspaper writer H. L. Mencken, from the eastern city of Baltimore.

Mencken (linguist) It is clear that the phenomenon of one-way local differences are very interested in justice.

Mencken considered most Americans to be stupid and violent fools.

Now, how could I find out about this Mencken?

Perhaps the wisdom of HL Mencken, the American journalist, has finally been heeded.

For example, some religious and business leaders attacked Mencken as a dangerous person whose words were treason against the United States.

Now, what were the names of books written by H. L. Mencken?

But what explains Mencken's observation?

Perhaps I had made a mistake about Mencken?

Mencken's observation neatly explains two aspects of modern life.

Time is a great judge, even in the fields of morals. H. L Mencken , American arts artic.

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. " -H. L. Mencken" .

And, as Mencken said: "For every complicated problem there is an answer that is clear, simple- and wrong. "

The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic. - H. L. Mencken

Culture itself is neither education nor law-making, it is an atmosphere and a heritage. (H. l. Mencken)

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence---Mencken

great judge, even in the fields of morals. H. L Mencken , American arts artic

Time is great judge, even in the fields of morals. H. L. Mencken, American arts critic