Eric Scheske

> I guess the testimony of millions upon millions oppressed, tortured or dead doesn't carry weight like it used to.https://t.co/Q70cM3KvuT > — Catholic Thinker (@ThinkerCatholic) August 6, 2017 [https://twitter.com/ThinkerCatholic/status/894010839606468608]

The problem is, Europe would rather fall into the grave than have its religion: > A people without the knowledge of their past history,origin & culture is like a tree without roots.@TheAnchoress [https://twitter.com/TheAnchoress] https://t.co/zAtt8Z8LWg > — Catholic Thinker (@ThinkerCatholic) August 5, 2017 [https:

BYCU I'll admit to something autobiographical that I find both disturbing and appealing: I always feel like drinking after going to confession. Okay, not right after I go, but later that evening, I'm usually in a joyful mood that calls for a handful of drinks. It&

Miscellaneous Rambling There's a Thomas a'Kempis Twitter account. I went ahead and followed it, even though TaK wasn't particularly fecund in his literary output. John Vianney's feast day tomorrow. He's the first parish priest to be canonized. The fact that

"[W]e shouldn't be surprised to find so many deeply devout men among the greatest of mathematicians. Blaise Pascal, inventor of probability theory, is one of the most penetrating theologians who ever lived. Leonhard Euler was the Johann Sebastian Bach of German mathematics in the 18th century:

Miscellaneous Rambling I saw Dunkirk on Sunday. Excellent movie. I give it a "9." Highly recommended. If you go see it, I recommend you read this piece about the sound illusion that heightens the tension for nearly two straight hours [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/

> 13-year old starts produce business https://t.co/3MHzMeSrsh > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) August 1, 2017 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/892196080313671680]

Miscellaneous Rambling Settling in after a long vacation in Alpena, Michigan. Regular blogging will resume, subject to the exigencies of getting the practice and produce site back in order. Vocations film from 1962. Link [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uOPK7IXF9A]. I only watched the first five minutes, but it

I'm back from vacation, my annual pilgrimage to the family cottage in Alpena. I'm putting together a short book about Albert Jay Nock (hopefully, available later this year). On my last night in Alpena, I snapped this picture of Nock's Episcopalian church, which his

Brews You Can Use Just when I think I've heard of everything in the drinking world, at least those things that have been around awhile, something else appears. This time, it's Buckfast Tonic Wine [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckfast_Tonic_Wine], a caffeine-infused wine