"Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people." ~ H. L. Mencken
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August 24, 2026 at 7:37 PM
"Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people." ~ H. L. Mencken
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Honor is simply the morality of superior men.
H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken
May 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Honor is simply the morality of superior men.
H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken
Puritanism.—The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
- H. L. Mencken
- H. L. Mencken
March 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Puritanism.—The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
- H. L. Mencken
- H. L. Mencken
Today's quotation from Bartlett's: "Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking." - H. L. Mencken @maryltrump.bsky.social @urocklive1.bsky.social @angrystaffer.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Today's quotation from Bartlett's: "Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking." - H. L. Mencken @maryltrump.bsky.social @urocklive1.bsky.social @angrystaffer.bsky.social
Mr Mencken, America has arrived.
December 11, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Mr Mencken, America has arrived.
"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
August 24, 2026 at 3:33 AM
"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
Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people. ~ H. L. Mencken
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September 13, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people. ~ H. L. Mencken
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For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken
March 9, 2026 at 1:48 AM
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken
For me it was Mencken, John Waters and duckpin bowling.
Barry Levinson and
Randy Newman made me fall in love with Baltimore.
Randy Newman made me fall in love with Baltimore.
Very kind and there's plenty in Homicide you should enjoy. But I'm gonna use the moment to again credit Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson with running that drama, in which I gave them source material but they otherwise schooled me. I was learning to put up drywall; they were the architects.
December 21, 2024 at 7:48 PM
For me it was Mencken, John Waters and duckpin bowling.
American journalist, HL Mencken 1920.
May 30, 2025 at 3:48 AM
American journalist, HL Mencken 1920.
Ambrose Bierce, HL Mencken and Mitch Hedburg for an all-time top five.
October 22, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Ambrose Bierce, HL Mencken and Mitch Hedburg for an all-time top five.
Never been a big Mencken fan, but I can’t get this sentence out of my mind right now.
November 6, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Never been a big Mencken fan, but I can’t get this sentence out of my mind right now.
As H.L. Mencken wrote in The Baltimore Evening Sun on July 26, 1920 (and cited recently in the Guardian) …
September 30, 2026 at 2:10 PM
As H.L. Mencken wrote in The Baltimore Evening Sun on July 26, 1920 (and cited recently in the Guardian) …
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken
April 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken
“As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. … On some great and glorious day … the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
-H.L. Mencken
October 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. … On some great and glorious day … the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
-H.L. Mencken
You gotta admit their zingers are amazing though. Look at this, it’s like HL Mencken reincarnated.
March 23, 2026 at 5:29 PM
You gotta admit their zingers are amazing though. Look at this, it’s like HL Mencken reincarnated.
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. H. L. MENCKEN
February 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. H. L. MENCKEN
Mencken defined Puritanism as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere could be happy.”
April 19, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Mencken defined Puritanism as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere could be happy.”
This infamous Mencken quote is misanthropic and reactionary and kind of the opposite of my politics, and yet on a day like today….
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
April 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This infamous Mencken quote is misanthropic and reactionary and kind of the opposite of my politics, and yet on a day like today….
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧.
~ HL Mencken
~ HL Mencken
May 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧.
~ HL Mencken
~ HL Mencken
In 1920 American journalist HL Mencken wrote:
May 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
In 1920 American journalist HL Mencken wrote:
“Puritanism- the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy”
-HL Mencken
-HL Mencken
October 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“Puritanism- the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy”
-HL Mencken
-HL Mencken
Mencken was quite prophetic.
March 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Mencken was quite prophetic.
“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”
― H.L. Mencken
― H.L. Mencken
July 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”
― H.L. Mencken
― H.L. Mencken