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Is New Year's Eve Still the King of Alcohol?

Is New Year's Eve Still the King of Alcohol?

New Year’s Eve is dead. It’s not the biggest bar night of the year. It’s not even the biggest drinking night in general. I base those claims on a (very scientific and statistical) review of the facts. First, I spent four minutes on internet searches, which brought

Everlasting GKC for Advent

Everlasting GKC for Advent

Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" as a rejoinder to Neil Young's smug "Southern Man. Likewise, GKC wrote The Everlasting Man as a rejoinder to H.G. Wells' Outline of History. In both cases, the rejoinders won. The Everlasting Man explains history as part

Satire Can Save Us

Satire Can Save Us

This was previously published as an "Outside the Modern Limits" newsletter. I normally don't send them again as a Substack newsletter, but I did this time because I edited almost every sentence and added a bunch of footnotes. It's the same product, but entirely

Drinking with Children

Drinking with Children

The first Christmas card Tis the season . . . to get kids drunk. The very first Christmas card showed a young child drinking mulled wine. It was 1843, the year Dickens' Christmas Carol came out. One of the works of art proved very popular, selling out its first edition in six

Eric Scheske's Substack Has Launched

Eric Scheske's Substack Has Launched

Many of you just received an email from the Substack platform. I hope that's alright.

Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine

“I am propelled along by my activities, for I am merely a cog in their great machinery.” Benedict XVI, The Blessing of Christmas Benedict has a paradoxical way of writing at times. I guess that makes sense: all truth is ultimately paradoxical (the Divine Man, the Crucified God, the Almighty

Why I Don't Stay Informed

Why I Don't Stay Informed

I'm glad the Establishment didn't succeed in destroying JRE during COVID. It’s pretty much the only way I stay informed to the extent I want to be informed. I agree with Nassim Taleb’s observation that there’s no reason to read the daily news,

Newest at Substack: McGilchrist Explains Huxley

Newest at Substack: McGilchrist Explains Huxley

If the left hemisphere's grip on people's minds can be loosened, McGilchrist says, their perceptions will change. They will see "into the depth of things . . . all at once [and] recognize them for what they are, no longer overlaid by our projections." When this happens,

Six Maniacal Observations from G.K. Chesterton

Six Maniacal Observations from G.K. Chesterton

They'll help make sure you don't think like a maniac

Deadpool Doesn't Matter

Deadpool Doesn't Matter

Endgame ended me. After that, I pledged never to watch another Marvel superhero film. And it wasn't because I barely survived the CGI waterboarding. And it wasn't because Brie Larson, adorable in 21 Jump Street, was insufferable as Captain Marvel, giving us the biggest fall in