American journalist, essayist, satirist, and cultural critic (1880-1956), known as the 'Sage of Baltimore.'
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Radio Wars
Season 7 · Episode 3 · S07E03
“And when they're bloody and against the ropes, I go in with the kill - Twain, Wilde, Twain, Twain, Mencken!”
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