Brews You Can Use
Tonight, I drink. It’s my Dad’s anniversary of his discharge from the Marines. I gave him a “dinner and drinks” certificate for Christmas. He’s cashing it in for this …
Month: January 2009
Thursday Bites
A friend forwarded this latest “end all, be all” of web surfing: allmyfaves.com. It’s a pretty good site. I’ve bookmarked it. __________ Ah, crap: Pepsi is now using its …
The Wednesday Eudemon
I wasn’t raised in the Detroit area, but I had lived there for two summers. In addition, during my college years in Ann Arbor, I had regularly attended Red …
Tuesday Miscellany
I watched Idiocracy with my wife and older children on Saturday. It’s the funniest dark comedy I’ve ever seen. The premise: a young man wakes up 500 years in …
Feature Essay: Brownson III
His Influence Perhaps the most striking aspect of Brownson’s thought is his perceptiveness. Although he concentrated on contemporary American issues, writing what is known as “periodical literature,” the truths …
Something for Sunday Morning
“Gloominess does great harm to us and to those around us. It is a harmful plant that we must uproot as soon as it appears.” Francis Fernandez, In Conversation …
Brews You Can Use
Light drinking news this morning. Couple of reasons: I took my oldest children to Mall Cop last night (my rating: 5, but better than I though it’d be), with …
Weekly Mini-Review
Some new, some old. Some in progress, some finished. Some repeats, some originals. In Conversation with God, Francis Fernandez, $129.65. This is a flat-out classic. I bought it on …
The Ignorant Non-Keynesian
That’s me, walking a mile to the office in a charcoal gray topcoat in 5-degree Michigan weather, hat on my head, iPod headphones in my ears, my brows furrowed. …
Tuesday Miscellany
So I was in charge of dinner Saturday evening. I picked Taco Bell, with a Hot-n_Now (regional fastfood burger franchise) for the non-Mexican eaters. Final damage: 8 hamburgers, 5 …
Feature Essay: Brownson II
His Conversion Although Brownson hadn’t given any serious thought about Catholicism until the 1840s, it would be wrong to suppose that he hadn’t made any progress toward the Church …
Something for Sunday Morning
Affability should be “the framework of human relationships . . .”. It is “scarcely noticed, but when it is lacking it is greatly missed. . . . e must …