H.L. Mencken Speaks

H.L. Mencken tells it like it was. This is the only known recording of his voice and it is incredibly rare. I'll load the rest of the interview if anyone requests it.

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[BleedingDiamondz]

And to think that he could have been a very successful journalist had he lowered himself to the average person and wrote shit about sports teams or celebrities. Society was a joke then, and it continues to live up to its past self even today.

RIP Mencken

[MerkinMuffly]

Mencken predicted W. Bush's presidency years before it happened:

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

― H.L. Mencken

[japhyryder66]

Thanks to the poster of this clip and thank God for youtube. H. L. Mencken was such a genius. He has no equal.

[William Elliott]

Also, you may want to search for his articles on the Scopes Monkey Trial and most of the sites that contain them will have other articles and essays of his. Also eldritchpress 0rg dash h l m / defense dot h t m has his book in defense of woman and others

[William Elliott]

You've probably already been to the sites I know of, but I use mencken dotorg theamericanmercury dotorg and if you live in Baltimore the Main Enoch Pratt Free Library has almost everything he has ever written on there shelves.