H.L. Mencken Archives

May 26, 2022

Sinclair Lewis’s 1922 novel Babbitt is both a prophecy and a warning for America in the next century

March 9, 2021

Words and phrases we could do without

May 13, 2020

Roger Kimball

The New York governor is a bungler, yet he’s hailed as a hero

January 26, 2020

Ideas and theories were not Mencken’s meat and drink. Real people and social comedy were

January 12, 2020

The contemporary artist doesn’t expect to have to suffer for what he calls his art. Away with the garret!

August 12, 2019

Ben Sixsmith

The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics by Kevin D. Williamson reviewed