Monday
Humorous, Informative, or Frustrating Some may have noticed that TDE has gone back to its roots: multiple postings during the day. This won’t necessarily be a regular occurrence, but …
Month: September 2013
From Reddit’s Today I Learned: “TIL Sugarcane is the world’s largest crop. In 2010, it was cultivated on about 23.8 million hectares, in more than 90 countries, with a …
Leno
“A North Carolina woman stabbed her roommate’s ex-boyfriend because she claimed he wouldn’t stop playing Eagles music. He’s OK, but apparently she stabbed him with those steely knives but …
Friday
Great Merton anecdote: “Over Labor Day , Merton and Joe Roberts went to Philadelphia, arguing over mysticism and the Catholic Church, drinking so much that it took several days …
I appreciate Pope Francis’ efforts to emphasize the Church’s pastoral mission, but I wonder if he appreciated that he was giving hope to the hopelessly left-wing in the RCC. …
Clives Kierkegaard
Kierkegaard discusses at length the ideal “knight of faith” in Fear and Trembling (probably the pioneer work of existentialism). Kierkegaard’s knight of faith is a man who fits in …
Received in an Email
“Factoid from the Wall Street Journal: On a game day, Dallas Cowboys Stadium, what with air conditioning, giant scoreboards and all, consumes more electricity than the entire nation of …
GKC Short
Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine, I was responsible for the “Tremendous Trifles” column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC …
Adventure v. Books
“The profoundest lessons are not the lessons of reason; they are sudden strains that permanently warp the mind.” Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams (Houghton Mifflin, 1973), p. …
Monday
Autobiographical Corner A good weekend, a very good weekend indeed. Unfortunately, it started off with a scorching hangover headache Friday morning . . . after a mere two tall …
I am Not a Crook
“This is the United States of America, we’re not some banana republic. This is not a deadbeat nation. We don’t run out on our tab. We’re the world’s bedrock …
Catholic Lane
My latest over at Catholic Lane: On Charity. It’s not my favorite piece: It’s pretty compact without much flair (no cogent quotes and clever anecdotes), and I’m concerned that …