Hitchens on Mencken

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Sat Nov 16 12:04:03 PST 2002


BTW, here's a fun connection I just recently discovered: H.L. Mencken was a relative of Otto von Bismarck. Bismarck's mother's maiden name was Wilhelmina Mencken. (She's the one Bismarck got his brains and education from, BTW. His beloved father was where he got his stupidity from.)

Michael



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