Eric Scheske

"Hungary has refused to grant minority rights to the self-proclaimed descendants of Attila's Huns, who rampaged across parts of Europe in the fifth century." LINK [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1344048.htm].

In the Introduction to Remembered Past (see below), we found this beautiful but somewhat depressing passage: > With somber fortitude, Lukacs continues to remind us of a world, very different from our own, that rested on the cultivation of manners and morals, on a luxuriant inner life, on the ideal

The phrase "South Park Conservatives" (apparently coined for the first time in 2002), is making headway again. This time, in a book written by the same person who wrote the 2002 article. LINK [http://www.techcentralstation.com/100702A.html]. Excerpt: > The name stems from the primetime cartoon

We received a copy of ISI Book's new publication, Remembered Past: John Lukacs on History, Historians, and Historical Knowledge [http://www.isi.org/books/bookdetail.aspx?id=283d712d-f2b1-4530-b22f-8e0b3b0ade25] . It's a thick volume that we delved into immediately. Eric had been acquainted with

"In the fourth sordid case involving city teachers this week, a Queens English instructor is under investigation for having sex with two female students . . . ". LINK. [http://nydailynews.com/news/v-echo/story/300442p-257218c.html]

Betting on the new Pope is running wild, according to this story [http://nydailynews.com/news/v-echo/story/300338p-257119c.html]. Two excerpts: > "The level of interest has been nothing short of phenomenal," said Darren Haines, spokesman for top Irish bookie Paddy Power, which already has

Postings often become a little more cerebral on the weekends, mostly because current news items worth posting slow down, thus requiring us to find other material, but also because we welcome the opportunity to offer different fare. Blog readership drops by about 30% Friday through Sunday, so if we'

Riesling Friday night. Yes, it might be more of a girly wine, but that's all right. Eric walked downtown yesterday afternoon to his favorite shop and picked up a couple bottles of wine, including an inexpensive Riesling. He opened it when Mrs. Scheske went swimming, leaving him with

Long-time readers of this blog may remember our extended review of the Penguin Book, Cannibal, about the German maneater, Armin Meiwes. At the time, we mentioned that he received a mere eight-year sentence and had a lucrative movie deal in the works. This story [http://story.news.yahoo.

Here's another article (this time, the New York Times) about the conservative vanguard that marches forward after JPII's death. LINK [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/14/international/worldspecial2/14youth.html?oref=login] . Two excerpts: > No matter who is chosen as the next pope, John