Eric Scheske

> "Today, many on the Left have become so hateful of religion that Barr's speech strikes the ears of people like Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman as the handiwork of a Cossack propagandist." https://t.co/NKnPHVCEdz > — The American Conservative (@amconmag) October 16, 2019 [https:

Episode 48: Stillness [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2019/10/13/episode-48-stillness]

Hungry Like the Wolf [https://www.wsj.com/articles/wolf-resurgence-in-washington-state-tests-limits-of-civility-11570885202] When conservationist efforts are too successful . . . or too ideological. I can guarantee you this is a war between Seattle and eastern Washington. The wolves, nearly nonexistent in the northwestern state for almost a century, have grown in numbers about 28%

Ghost Soldier [https://www.military.com/off-duty/2019/10/02/was-there-really-exorcism-fort-bragg.html] Director Osgood Perkins is set to begin production on a new horror movie called "Incident at Fort Bragg." The studio has announced that it's based on a real-life incident involving Catholic priest Malachi Martin

Getting Poked Over the Coals [https://www.theringer.com/2019/10/4/20899034/poker-cheating-mike-postle-stones-gambling-hall-twitch-no-limit-holdem-sacramento-veronica-brill] I'm not a big poker fan, but this story is pretty interesting. How a Twitch-streamed no-limit hold'em player found himself at the heart of one of the most fascinating gambling controversies in

Focus, Man, Focus! [https://www.quantamagazine.org/to-pay-attention-the-brain-uses-filters-not-a-spotlight-20190924/] One of my favorite quotes: "In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention." Simone Weil Attentional processes are the brain's way of shining a searchlight on relevant stimuli

The Blog and Podcast Return Today. Just in time for . . . Pot Cafe Opens Today [https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/miley-cyrus-backed-cannabis-cafe-brings-amsterdam-to-hollywood-1.1323335] I favor legalization, especially when I've seen first hand people benefit from marijuana's medicinal capacities, but I can't get rid of the feeling that

Note: A death in the family has derailed TWE temporarily. Give me a few days . . . Baptisms at Practice [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/18/dabo-swinney-christianity-clemson-football-recruiting] Dabo Swinney's faith has aided in the recruiting that's made Clemson a college football powerhouse, while drawing the ire

Family matters are taking me out of commission for a few days. Enjoy this mix of regular stories and drinking stories. Priests Spray Drunks with Holy Water from Plane [https://abcnews.go.com/International/russian-priests-spray-holy-water-plane-stop-alcohol/story?id=65668588] I'm absolutely fascinated by this ongoing tornado born of Holy

Abortion Mysticism [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/opinion/pete-buttigieg-abortion-democrats.html] Douthat is the man . . . The unapologetic grisliness of a Klopfer, or a Kermit Gosnell before him, haunts a Buttigiegian abortion politics more than it does a “safe, legal, rare” triangulation, because it establishes the most visceral of contrasts