H. L. Mencken (1880–1956) was a reporter, literary critic, editor, author — and a famous American agnostic in the twentieth century. From his role in the Scopes Trial to his advocacy of science and ...

TO show the semantic power of the three rhetorical devices that we have taken up the preceding columns — namely the ...

A unique exhibit featuring Iowa writer Ruth Suckow is on display at the Kendall Young Library in Webster City. The exhibit, ...

A unique exhibit featuring Iowa writer Ruth Suckow is on display at the Kendall Young Library in Webster City. The exhibit, which is free for viewing in the genealogy area of the library, is a time ...

With a level of hypocrisy that would have made journalist H.L. Mencken chortle with glee ... Press is host of “The Bill Press Pod.” He is the author of “From the Left: A Life in the ...

We should just accept H.L. Mencken’s timeless observation: “Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.” Do ...

By Emily Eakin A new book traces shifts in the nation’s treatment of aging adults — for better and for worse. By Dwight Garner His new book, “Aflame,” tells of his decades visiting a ...

What could that step be? H.L. Mencken knows what the answer is, because he once told us, “On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last ...

It proves the great newspaper columnist — and professional cynic — H.L. Mencken’s maxim “Democracy ... snacks and coloring books and toys for kids. “We had older generations, including ...

It was journalist H.L. Mencken who in 1928 famously defined "puritanism" as "the haunting fear that ... and with less frequency and more due process of law than in Europe. Norton, author of the book ...