H.L. Mencken | The Sun Magazine

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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