Essays on Mencken

According to Christopher Bader, Joe Baker and Frederick Carson Mencken in Paranormal America: Ghost encounters, UFO sightings, Bigfoot hunts, and other curiosities in religion and culture (2011) research shows that “more than 2/3 of Americans have paranormal beliefs with this being manifested in their penchant for movies with paranormal themes. This statistic is not alarming since evidently the paranormal and the supernatural have been a part of human culture since the beginning of time. In fact, in most religions paranormal experiences are either commonplace, or show up without alarm to the persons practicing that particular religion. While persons without ...

(Student’s Full Name) “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong”—H.L. Mencken The above statement made by H.L. Mencken reveals that problem-solving is a complicated process. Furthermore, it shows that the answers or the solutions that arise from complex problems are often complicated. While pursuing my degree at the university, I have noticed that there are some challenges that I need to overcome where that is concerned. An important challenge that I need to overcome is to be able to have sufficient finances to cover all the expenses related to my ...

The Review of ‘The Glory and the Dream’ by William Manchester

Describe the central theme and objective of this reading. Cite examples from the reading. Recently I’ve read the book on history called ‘The Glory and the Dream’ by William Manchester. ‘One more boring history book,’ you may say. But you shouldn’t draw any firm conclusions at once. Let me prove you that even history books can be interesting and absorbing. Are you ready? So, let’s go. There are two volumes of this book which the author called a narrative history of America. It comprises the information about the years from 1932 to 1972. And, unlike other ...