![Valentine from H. L. Mencken to Gretchen Hood, February 1928](https://i0.wp.com/scholarblogs.emory.edu/marbl/files/2014/02/Mencken-Valentine.jpg?resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
Three Little Words
Valentine’s Day has a reputation for being shallow. It is ridiculed for its materiality (the flowers! the expensive gifts! the obligatory chocolate boxes and sentimental notes!) and vilified as a poorly-concealed corporate moneygrubbing scam. Beyond our suspicion of Hallmark, though, is a more instinctual conviction about the holiday dedicated to love – we feel it Read More …