H.L. Mencken
H.L. Mencken was a longtime contributor of editorials and opinion pieces to The Baltimore Sun. He died in 1956.
— From January 2018
The Dog-Eared Page
The Politician
After damning politicians up hill and down dale for many years, as rogues and vagabonds, frauds and scoundrels, I sometimes suspect that, like everyone else, I often expect too much of them.
January 2018
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