H. L.
Mencken
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken
Henry Louis “H. L.” Mencken is an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, a big fan of H. G. Wells, is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the century. Mencken is known predicting the future, and for his satirical reporting on the Scopes trial, which he named the “Monkey” trial.