2007 (UTC) 

 I have again listed Ayn Rand as influenced by Menckenas claimed by her in a letter published in Letters of Ayn Rand. She also listed him as her favorite columnist in a recent book on Rand by Jeff Britting (fac-simile image included). Recent smears seek to depict Mencken as an anti-Jewish racist. A book by Teachout does this on practiclaly every page, but lists on a single page all the things Mencken did FOR Jewish individuals when National Socialism ruled Germany. Anyone missing that page is left with the smear impression. Ayn Rand was herself Jewish, and the effort may be an attempt to isolate her ideologically from Mencken. Both are painted as worshippers of Friedrich Nietzsche. Mencken did translate Antichrist, but makes it clear in "A Treatise on Right and Wrong" (pp 5-6, 76, 227, 284, 318) that he found fault with much of what the writer had to say.   21:57, 9 December