H.L. Mencken and the South
Mencken’s “Sahara of the Bozart” is one of the most famous essays of 20th century American letters. Since its appearance in 1919, the essay has become widely regarded as Mencken’s “slur on the South,” as… »
Sayings By or For Southerners, Part XVI
Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals can believe them. –Orwell I believe you love me—God knows why? –Yates Snowden Even if the GOP can’t see the light they can feel the heat. “We’ve… »
The Calamity of Appomattox
[From the American Mercury, Sept., 1930, pp. 29-31] No American historian, so far as I know, has ever tried to work out the probable consequences if Grant instead of Lee had been on the hot… »
