Eric Scheske

Look Homeward, America, Bill Kauffman. ISI Books, 2006. Strong, deep, readable, desperate, fun. All those adjectives–even those that trip over one another–fit this book. It's such a good book, it made me want to quit writing. “If someone like Kauffman, with his erudition and talent, isn&

> When political correct ideology trumps reason and seeps into our culture you end up with silly headlines like this. The fact is, regardless of my opinion about my biological gender, age, ethnicity, family lineage, personal history, etc...they simply are what they are. https://t.co/o1PWAMnR8p > — Fr.

Miami Rambling Before I do the Miami rambling, please note that I was able to get a podcast episode into the pipeline before I left. You can listen to it below. You can find the show notes here [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/blog/2019/2/17/episode-23-dumplin-defecating-in-public-seinfeld-and-entertainment-in-the-abyss] . Miami is pretty

I returned from Miami Beach today. It was bachelor party weekend for my future son-in-law. Here I am, crashed yesterday at the remarkable Wynwood Walls Urban Graffiti art exhibit in Miami [http://www.thewynwoodwalls.com/]. Regular blogging resumes tomorrow. You can find more Tweeted pics at The Weekly Eudemon Twitter

> Remembering The Road to Serfdom (essay by Bradley J. Birzer) https://t.co/SIbpol4R2z > — ImaginativeConservat (@imaginativecons) February 19, 2019 [https://twitter.com/imaginativecons/status/1097971637704642560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Yikes, this sounds awful: > Arriving fingers crossed tomorrow (8.2.19) New Lemon Grass Gin #excited [https://twitter.com/hashtag/excited?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] #free [https://twitter.com/hashtag/free?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] #tasting [https://twitter.com/hashtag/tasting?src=hash&

From the Notebooks Every form of state action has the effect of reducing human cooperation. If the state will take care of it, why meet my buddy at the end of the street to take of that flooding problem that's hurting our lawns? If the state will take

Miscellaneous Rambling Shew. Crazy days. Lots going on . . . on all fronts. I'm also sensing spring in the air. Marie says I'm hopelessly optimistic when it comes to spring, but I can sense it. I tell you, I can sense it. A man died after catching fire

It's not the urbane humor I fancy myself bringing to TDE, but it cracked me up: > Home Depot 'bomb threat' turns out to be man warning of 'blowing up' bathroom https://t.co/FMRe4tsOf4 via @local4news [https://twitter.com/Local4News?ref_src=twsrc%

Miscellaneous Rambling The new podcast is up: Episode 22: History of the Old Testament in 8 Minutes, Gin and Tonics, Three Ho-Hum Derrida Conclusions [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2019/2/16/episode-22-history-of-the-old-testament-in-8-minutes-gin-and-tonics-three-ho-hum-deconstructionist-conclusions] . Show Notes: The Old Testament. I summarize the OT in about eight minutes. The segment is closer