History is most clearly observed through the rearview mirror. Leaders can more accurately be judged by the impact of their ...

When James Joyce's short story collection Dubliners was published on June 15th 1914 it was the end of a long and tortuous ...

The exhibit, which is free for viewing in the genealogy area of the library, is a time capsule of Suckow’s life ... man or woman,” according to H.L. Mencken, a famous literary critic and editor of ...

The exhibit, which is free for viewing in the genealogy area of the library, is a time capsule ... man or woman,” according to H.L. Mencken, a famous literary critic and editor of that time.

An accomplished historian and author of "The Impeachers," Wineapple takes her time setting up the story. In a leisurely ...

TONIGHT AT THE MENCKEN HOUSE MUSEUM. ALL TO RAISE MONEY FOR A GOOD CAUSE. AND JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING WITH MORE IS JIM KENNEDY. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. MY PLEASURE. WELL, TELL ME ALL ABOUT THE ...

Welcome. Have to come to confess, or merely to pay your respects? Walter Mencken: Nothing to confess except my admiration, Your Eminence, and as for respect, if I hadn’t removed my hat when I ...

Davy Crockett and Jimmy Hoffa both had plenty of attitude.

A friend sent me the following 104-year-old quote by journalist and essayist H.L. Mencken. It appeared July 26, 1920, in the Baltimore Evening Sun: “As democracy is perfected, the office of ...

On a rainy day, make a long-overdue visit to a public library. July: You can work up a nice sweat and then cool off by hiking the upper Gunpowder River trail in Baltimore County, finishing at the ...

It’s a truth not universally acknowledged that not everyone is in want of a Jane Austen experience, or even her books, a peculiarity of disposition which will make for an irksome 2025.