H.L. Mencken

Blogs
June 19, 2013
Happy National Martini Day: 4 Variations and the Classic
In the never-ending quest to encourage the enthusiastic consumption of spirits, another National "Something" Day is upon us. Today, June 19, is officially National Martini Day, which in the grand scheme of "National" whatevers is as fine an excuse to have a drink as any. The noted satirist H. L. M ... More >>
Blogs
May 29, 2012
Mark Dery's I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts : Is It a Book in the Form of the Internet?
If you're familiar with the writing of cultural theorist and freelance critic Mark Dery, you already know he writes in loop-de-loops and mazes, often embedding the meanings of his sentences in elaborate spirals of prose. His new essay collection, I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts, follows that pattern, ... More >>
News
March 3, 2011
Porn Murder
News
September 24, 2009
"Weather" — or Not?
Blogs
October 6, 2008
Left, Right and Center
Sifting through the LA Weekly mailbag over the weekend, I couldn't help but take perverse amusement at a number of virulent missives written in response to my review of An American Carol, the independently produced and distributed right-wing propaganda movie that opened on Friday and ended the week ... More >>
LA Life
May 15, 2008
Spanglish Lessons
Plus, a real Scotsman responds
News
April 20, 2006
Mr. Old School
Steve Lopez
Film+TV
March 9, 2006
Gone With the Wind
Robert Towne�s romantic valentine to a bygone L.A.
News
January 12, 2006
Drug Warriors and Mountain Men
News
May 19, 2005
Exile in Godville
Profile of a postmodern heretic
News
December 23, 2004
The Meta-Media Madness Top 10
News
October 21, 2004
Letters
Art+Books
November 30, 2000
Do the Clothes Make the Man?
An encounter with Thomas Frank
Art+Books
April 13, 2000
A Walk on the Wild Side
The full life of John Fante
Film+TV
June 24, 1999
Of Chimps and Men
TV makes a monkey of itself
Art+Books
May 21, 1998
Hot Love
Sexual radicals bookend the century