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# Monday
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/38230/
- Published: 2015-10-19T07:27:33.000Z
- Updated: 2015-10-19T07:27:33.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Miscellaneous, #wpChunk

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Miscellaneous Rambling

Ah, one of nature's great gifts is unfolding: the Indian Summer. We had a freeze Saturday night, followed with gorgeous weather on Sunday and a gorgeous forecast for the next ten days. It's definitely my favorite time of the year, weather-wise. \* \* \* \* \* \* \* Interesting essay at the Imaginative Conservative: [Irving Babbitt and the Buddha](http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2014/10/irving-babbitt-buddha.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). I can't say I know much about Babbitt, other than that Sinclair Lewis hated him (hence the name of his anti-hero in *Babbitt*), and Lewis was a progressive and alcoholic and terrible husband/father, so that gives me reason enough to like Babbitt. I remember long ago, however, concluding that his New Humanism was a terrible idea since it was a secular attempt to instill virtue without God. \* \* \* \* \* \* \* Fun little piece: [Ayn Rand Really, Really Hated C.S. Lewis](http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/03/ayn-rand-really-really-hated-c-s-lewis?ref=thedailyeudemon.com): "Rand was no fan of C.S. Lewis. She called the famous apologist an 'abysmal bastard,' a 'monstrosity,' a 'cheap, awful, miserable, touchy, social-meta­physical mediocrity,' a 'pickpocket of concepts,' and a 'God-damn, beaten mystic.' (I suspect Lewis would have particularly relished the last of these.)" \* \* \* \* \* \* \* Even though I agree with most things Rand says about the role of the free market and the corruption wrought by big government, she is an embarrassment. I find her prose tiresome and her personality appalling. \* \* \* \* \* \* \* Last year, I was working with a group of community leaders in the county. As part of the process, I had to talk with a German woman in Grand Rapids about economic development. I later told the community leads that, though she was a little bit helpful, it was somewhat painful and described her as "Ayn Rand without the charm." They immediately "got" the joke. \* \* \* \* \* \* \* While surfing yesterday, I discovered a book by Russell Kirk that I didn't even know existed: *[America's British Culture](http://astore.amazon.com/theimaginativeconservative-20/detail/156000066X?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)*. I thought that, not only did I know of every Russell Kirk book, I thought I owned them all. Apparently not.