Eric Scheske

> "One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputation." > — Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) June 17, 2017 [https://twitter.com/ThomasSowell/status/876123036575039488]

For well over a year, I've looked for The Lost Weekend [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Weekend_(film)] on my Roku, but I've never been able to find it. Then last Saturday night, I stumbled across it on TCM. I was pretty stoked. I

The Eastern Orthodox recognize the prophet Amos today. I don't know a lot about Amost, but I remembered Eric Voegelin spent some ink on him, so I grabbed his Israel and Revelation of the shelf. I didn't see a lot about Amos, but I was interested

Expecting a big harvest later this week. I think I've fallen in love with this stuff:

"Morley, the son of distinguished Quaker stock (though he adopted his mother's Episcopalianism), had won a Pulitzer Prize for his Washington Post editorials. He stepped down after seven years (1933”“40) as the Post's editor because he understood what the forewinds of war portended: '

Miscellaneous Rambling Whew. Another whirlwind weekend. Every day is a flat-out sprint, with an occasional breather for Mass or gin. I'm grateful for those two breathers, but awfully tired of sprinting. The site now has a professionally-installed sprinkler system. It's just a beginner's model,

The site is coming along:

Of course, school isn't out in Michigan public schools yet. I believe the public schools are continuing their push for year-round schooling by gradually shrinking the summer vacation schedule. The reason? The breakdown of the urban family has resulted in home conditions that cause kids' learning to

Brews You Can Use My youngest son told me earlier this week that beer commercials aren't allowed to show people drinking. I thought about it and thought, "Heck, he might be right. I don't ever recall seeing someone take a wig on an advertisement. Fricking