Eric Scheske

Marco . . . Polo [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2019/09-10/explorations-of-marco-polo/] Western civilization's first secular bestseller. The world-famous explorer Marco Polo is credited with many things, but perhaps the greatest is compiling one of the world's first best-selling travelogues. Published around 1300, the book chronicles his

Brews You Can Use Friday the 13th. Harvest Moon. You better drink heavily. E-Drunk [https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2019-08-29/e-scooters-plus-drinking-a-fast-pass-to-the-er] I like the new e-scooters. I like drinking. I also like to combine them, but it's not advised. Drinking and driving an electric scooter doesn&

TDE is now "simulcasted" at eudemonpodcast.com [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-blog-1]. Same content, different format. There are no plans to abandon this site, but I am struggling with how to make this site look better. TDE is one of the oldest blogs on the Internet, and it&

Taki Thursday Gay Penguins? [https://www.dailywire.com/news/51657/theyre-turning-frickin-penguins-gay-michael-j-knowles] Yes, of course. This Daily Wire (Ben Shapiro) article is annoyed that the SJWs have misappropriated penguins to advance their alphabet cause (LGBTQUIA . . .), but I say, "The penguins be your poster child." If the reasoning is, "

Happy 9/11 Day. Reminder to my right-leaning readers: "God Bless the U.S.A." is not the national anthem. Rare Harvest Moon [https://www.prevention.com/life/a28980703/harvest-moon-2019-september-friday-the-13/] This Friday Before fall's official arrival on September 23, a rare sighting of the Harvest Moon

Burning Man and Econ Man [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/05/upshot/paul-romer-burning-man-nobel-economist.html] Interesting piece. Romer was on Econtalk last April [http://www.econtalk.org/paul-romer-on-growth-cities-and-the-state-of-economics/] . I can virtually guarantee you the NYT gives a leftward slant to Romer's views, but the piece is still worth

New podcast episode posted: Nietzsche [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2019/9/8/episode-44-nietzsche] . Nietzsche and Slave Morality Nietzsche and Detachment Nietzsche and Zen Lightning Segments White Privilege II

Mr. Rogers/Hanks' Neighborhood [https://apnews.com/5af277479f6b469e8f3e8f22c6978d84] I have mixed feelings about this movie. Rogers was a wannabe Catholic . . . maybe (link [https://angelusnews.com/news/mike-aquilina/the-catholics-in-mister-rogers-neighborhood] ). “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” starring Hanks as the host of “Mister Rogers Neighborhood,” premiered Saturday night at the Toronto

Find Your Own Calcutta [https://i.redd.it/33ypjh24p2l31.jpg] A Mother Teresa pic and quote. Channeling Joseph Pieper [https://thepointmag.com/2019/criticism/idleness] With male labor-force participation rates in decline and the concept of universal basic income nudging into the mainstream, idleness has taken on new political urgency.