Sign in Subscribe

Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Can't Afford a Private School?

Gary North at Lew Rockwell continues his intelligent broadsides against the public school system. In this excerpt, he responds frankly to a woman who says parents can't afford private schools: > I see. Because they have monthly car payments for cars they bought new, plus mortgage payments, plus

Brews You Can Use II

> British brewer Bath Ales claim that their Wild Hare organic beer won't give drinkers a hangover because it contains no artificial ingredients or chemicals. Link [http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15562721%26method=full%26siteid=89488%26headline=a%2dgood%2dhead%2don%2dit-name_page.html]

Brews You Can Use

"The U.S. Marines' first recruiting station was in a bar." You can find that and much more drinking trivia here [http://www2.potsdam.edu/alcohol-info/FunFacts/AlcoholTrivia.html#.]. We haven't verified the accuracy of the trivia, but many of the facts are known

Blogger Book Game

This has been flying around the Catholic blogosphere for awhile. On Nothing [http://onnothing.blogspot.com/] tagged us (thanks, man), so we'll play along, though we honestly don't know who to tag at this point since all the blogs we read have already played. We'

New Blog

The clever Peter Floriani has started a blog: Frances Blogg, named after GKC's wife, "Frances" being her first name and "Blogg" her maiden name. Says Peter, "Frances Blogg was dedicated to G. K. Chesterton. So is this blog - and so you can expect

Prom Fever

When real religious rituals lose their force, pseudo-rituals will rise to take their place: > Inviting a date to the prom has never been easy. The sweaty palms, the stomach knotted by fear and anxiety. The nervous questions, muttered sotto voce, followed by equally breathless answers. > But that

Peterson on Pieper

The new Gilbert Magazine arrived this week. In the Miscellany of Men Department, John Peterson provides a splendid overview of one of our favorite philosophers, Josef Pieper. No link available. Excerpts: > [Pieper] never used technical language, preferring instead the language of common sense, the language of the people. But

Catholic Schools and Their Silent Fathers

National Catholic Register has a nice cover story this week about the Wichita, Kansas diocese. The diocese implemented a highly-successful stewardship program that emphasized Catholic schools. The result: Its 38 schools are now thriving and tuition free. We're guessing the Wichita bishop preaches the importance of a

The Cross and the Crescent . . . Together?

Interesting piece at Tech Central Station about the Christian/Muslim alliance in Lebanon. Link [http://www.techcentralstation.com/052505D.html]. Concluding paragraph: > Beirut may be the only place in the world where you can buy a necklace with a Christian cross and a Muslim crescent moon fused together as

Babymoons. Yuck.

Feel like getting nauseous? Check out this story about "Babymoons." A babymoon is when new parents take their babies on a fancy trip. Link [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/050530/30diversions.htm]. Excerpts: > The travel industry is paying attention. The luxury market in particular is