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Eric Scheske

St. Patrick and Sundry

St. Patrick and Sundry

Black St. Patrick's Day According to the Spectator, St. Patrick's Day is the biggest bar night of the year, surpassing even my favorite holiday, Black Wednesday. For a country like Ireland, as devoted to its faith as to a good party, the fact that St. Patrick’

You Can't See Their Faces on Route 66

You Can't See Their Faces on Route 66

The Blurry Allure of the Open Road

Twelve Aquinas Aphorisms

Twelve Aquinas Aphorisms

Simple observations from the medieval poster boy will give you new perspectives

Hey Dude, Let's Inherit the Kingdom

Hey Dude, Let's Inherit the Kingdom

If you want to inherit the kingdom, look with the eyes of the little child. Or maybe drink a few cocktails. Here's the thing about kids: Their prefrontal cortexes aren't developed. Their PFCs don't fully develop until their early twenties. PFCs control analytical thinking.

Albert Jay Nock, Our Enemy, the State: Summary

Albert Jay Nock, Our Enemy, the State: Summary

I think this minor classic boils down to a handful of points: 1. State power comes at the price of social power. If the state will take care of something, then people won't. As social power collapses, so does society. This is Nock's best insight, and

California was a Hot Bed of Libertarianism

California was a Hot Bed of Libertarianism

Given the ideological condition of the Golden State today, it must've been the most-failed ideological movement in history My opinion of Gavin Newsom, Eric Garcetti, and other imbecilic politicians in California is strongly colored by Joe Rogan, who has an extremely low opinion of them. So whereas I

More Bud Lite Fun, but Not Nearly Enough

More Bud Lite Fun, but Not Nearly Enough

Bud Light Missed Out on the Super Bowl Party I don't deny that the boycott has hurt, but that swill is still the second most popular brand out there. We have way too many trannies and pinko-trannies in this country. Kid Rock even pulled back on the boycott

The Inherent and Severe Limitations of Thinking

The Inherent and Severe Limitations of Thinking

In the early 1990s, I practiced law with a lot of impressive Jewish attorneys. One, particularly so. He was brilliant, aggressive, and driven. He also held a Ph.D. in philosophy. I always wanted to ask him why he got a doctorate in philosophy and then went to law school,

Left-Hemispheric Knowledge

Left-Hemispheric Knowledge

💡I wrote this short essay 15 years ago, before I was even aware of the hemisphere hypothesis. This passage from the essay captures well the problem with left hemisphere thinking: "It takes a proud person to take incomplete knowledge and respond as though he has a complete grasp of