And yet, it strikes me, and I read your columns closely ... when the candidate says what he’s gonna do, and he, as H.L. Mencken said of democracy, you know, that people get what they want ...

The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other ...

Confusing, isn’t it? Surely, the Baltimore journalist H.L. Mencken couldn’t have been predicting our contemporary scene when he said a century ago, “On some great and glorious day the plain ...

H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), who was known to enjoy his suds. As a matter of fact, here's a sort of quietly iconic picture of the man from the Baltimore Sun, legally enjoying his drink in Baltimore in ...

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Back in December I wrote a column on symbolism and substance in politics. At the time, I was especially struck by the problem of what it means to take political rhetoric — the constant ...

On April 23, 1992, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Kiss started its Revenge Tour in San Francisco. On Jan. 20, 2025, the Gaming Hall of Fame member Donald J. Trump started his own Revenge Tour ...

Much has happened in the past five months in the world of University of Hawaii sports and college sports in general, but nothing to make acting athletic director Lois Manin change her stance. She ...