Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) was an American journalist, editor, critic, and philologist. Though he was not a distinguished stylist, the extraordinary vigor of his expression was memorable. The first American to be widely read as a critic was H. L. Me...

During a career that encompassed several roles and lasted for nearly fifty years, Henry Louis Mencken was above all else a libertarian. He saw freedom of speech as the most valuable attribute of any society, and he insisted, throughout some long and bloo...

During his lifetime H. L. Mencken was called the Great Iconoclast and the Sage of Baltimore, appellations he gained because of his journalistic writing in newspapers and magazines. However, his contributions to American letters were more extensive than t...

Aside from his red herrings about bilingual ballots, police and Chinatown street signs, William Raspberry missed the point in his Jan. 1 op-ed column when he questioned the point of official English {"Official English: What Is This Fight About?"}. One tongue is not a...

As many linguists continue to work with and analyze First Nations/ Native American languages, the consensus opinion usually direly predicts the loss of daily use for almost all of the extant Indigenous languages.1 Tremendous efforts are being expended for renewing, revitalizing, and restoring these...

The U.S. closed its consulate in Casablanca indefinitely on Sunday to review security a day after a suicide bombing beside the building, the U.S. Embassy said.A second bomber on Saturday detonated his explosive belt in the same street, just yards from the American Language Center...

BOSTON (Reuters) - "w00t," an expression of joy coined by online gamers, was crowned word of the year Tuesday by the publisher of a leading U.S. dictionary. Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster Inc. said "w00t" -- typically spelled with two zeros -- reflects a new direction in...