Eric Scheske

> In a time of pandemic, churches must not join the stampede of fear. https://t.co/LByR9c7frT > — First Things (@firstthingsmag) March 17, 2020 [https://twitter.com/firstthingsmag/status/1239915642406371328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Tuesday Ramblings In this week's podcast, I urge everyone to read Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. I read it years ago and have frequently dipped back into it over the years. I considered myself well-versed. Not so, at least compared to Ryan Holiday, The Stoic Dude, who read

New Episode Released Marcus Aurelius, Pax Romana, Beginning of Christianity [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2020/3/15/episode-67-marcus-aurelius-pax-romana-beginning-of-christianity] 27 BC to 313 AD We're at the year 27 BC. Octavian wins the Civil Wars. He becomes the

Party Down on Corona Well, the Joe Rogan episode about the Coronavirus was a bummer [http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/michael-osterholm]. It turns out, the assurances of all our young people to the contrary, the virus is a real threat. Moreover, there's no vaccine and there'

Midweek Ramblings I saw an interesting Tweet this morning. It was to the effect, "Coronavirus is everywhere, so there's no use trying to avoid it." I wouldn't be surprised if the sentiment is accurate, but in the details, it's surely lacking. I

Coronarambling Man, there's so much "news" out there about Coronavirus. As most of you know, I put very little faith in the news, but as my loved ones know, I'm hopelessly self-centered and freak out at things like epidemics. At times like these,

New Episode Released The Death of Socrates and the Rise of Rome [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2020/3/8/episode-66-the-death-of-socrates-and-the-rise-of-rome] Show Notes 399. Socrates is forced to drink hemlock. This is one of those things that deserves

Uses for Booze I see Bill Clinton has bared his soul about the Lewinsky standard, stating that he allowed Monica to serve him in order to alleviate the pressures of the job [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8078733/Bill-Clinton-says-having-sex-Monica-Lewinsky-manage-anxieties.html]

Decent Self-Help Advice I normally don't find articles like this terribly helpful: The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People [https://medium.com/mind-cafe/the-7-habits-of-highly-ineffective-people-44b0ff317be] . I tend to find the advice either blase or informed by a bad worldview ("

The Close Talker Congratulations to Joe Biden. The Establishment has their candidate in the driver's seat. I look forward to the "Sleepy Joe" references, the close talking, the awkward touching, and a #MeandJoeToo movement. There is one thing I despise: unwanted touching and close talking. I