Eric Scheske

Theology on Tap went alright. The biggest problem was the venue: The restaurant was filled, resulting in a lot of background noise. The lecture itself was a bit more dense than the last one (I had 40 minutes to pack in 75 years of history, instead of 30 minutes to

Tonight's Handout: Nominalism William of Occam (Early 1300s): All is the way it is because God says so. Common sense be damned b/c it detracts from God's glory. Does God ordain something because it's good for humans? Or is something good because God

Miscellaneous Rambling The second lecture in my 7-part Theology on Tap session is tomorrow night: "The Reformation: Causes and Early Years." It basically goes from 1350 to 1525. The November lecture will from 1525 to 1650. Our parish administrator puts the over-under attendance at 30. We'll

Miscellaneous Rambling I guess Saturday Night Live tooks swipes at Harvey Weinstein: "The real burn came from Colin Jost and Michael Che at the Weekend Update desk. After reporting that Weinstein was headed to a rehab center, Jost fired back: 'He doesn't need sex rehab. He

> Social media is a great opportunity to love one's neighbor....and enemy. I think the way we respond even to anonymous trolls matters. > — Fr. Jonathan Morris (@fatherjonathan) October 11, 2017 [https://twitter.com/fatherjonathan/status/918144160212946944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

When Frank Chodorov condemned the Communist hunts of the 1950s, someone asked him, "Well, what would you do about Communists in high government offices?" Chodorov responded, "Get rid of the high government offices." (Rough quotes.)

Nock sighting: > On Albert Jay Nock and the Russian Roots of a Gentleman Anarchist (essay by Glenn Davis) https://t.co/vUti7m4hwH > — ImaginativeConservat (@imaginativecons) October 14, 2017 [https://twitter.com/imaginativecons/status/918997328127766528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] It's mostly about Nock's relationship to Russian

According to a new poll, Arabic is now the most common language among new immigrants to the U.S. The second most common is whispering. “What the hell is going on here?”

BYCU Cocktails are like anything else: You get out of them what you put into them. Actually, I don't really believe that cliche, but still, it holds for the cocktail. For a few years now, I've been looking for that perfect concoction: a delicious drink that

Bullets **Blade Runner 2049 is killing it! 8.6 on IMDB! 88% on Rotten Tomatoes! So despite its 2.75 hour run time, I took Marie to it last night. And was bored stiff. It's terrible, absolutely terrible. Every scene was drawn out, it moved slower than a