Wednesday

Who Is Gerard Casey?

If you like podcasts, take a serious look (listen) to Mises Institute Media. They're spitting out podcasts like the Beltway spitting out dollars, except many of 'em are high quality. I came home from work early last night so I could take a long walk and enjoy our first 60-degree sunny day while listening to a podcast (great tripartite multitasking). I by chance selected one of the most charming podcasts I've ever heard: "Two Roads, One Truth." The lecture basically revolves around what Eric Voegelin described as "Immanent Gnosticism," an ersatz-religion that confines itself to the mundane sphere (think: Fascism, Communism, Progressivism).

It's by a guy I'd never heard of: Gerard N. Casey. He turned out to be one of the best academic speakers I've heard, he's brilliant, and he's a libertarian. But the similarities between him and me don't stop there! He converted to Catholicism as an adult, obtained a graduate degree from Notre Dame, and studied under Ralph McInerny (I converted at age 25, obtained a law degree from N.D., and one time introduced myself to McInerny after Mass ("Hi. I'm Eric Scheske. I'm a pretty big deal around here; write a blogging column for, ahem, the Register . . . ")).

When I got home, I searched the Internet for Gerard Casey material, but there's very little out there. I'll read this article later. If anyone knows much about the guy or where I can find more of his work, please let me know.

(BTW: I trust you will note the sarcasm in the second paragraph above.)

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Perhaps my favorite GK Chesterton verse:

“For the Great Gaels of Ireland
Are the men that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry
And all their songs are sad.”

And a good joke:

A man is walking through Belfast at night. He felt a gun against the back of his head and heard: "Are ye Catholic or Protestant?" The man thought for a second and answered, "I'm an atheist." There was a pause, then the voice said, "Catholic atheist or Protestant atheist?"