>Received this via email today:
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>H.L. Mencken was a great critic and observer of the American scene. He wrote this in the Baltimore Evening Sun on July 26,1920. He may also have been extremely prescient.
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>"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. 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 was an early hero of mine, back when I thought journalism was my calling. Most of his work is still in print and any time you spend reading his prose is time well spent. The man was incapable of writing a dull sentence.