Eric Scheske

More Miscellaneous Rambling St. Francis' feast day today. One of my favorite anecdotes: St. Francis journeyed to Egypt in the middle of the Fifth Crusade and walked into Saracen territory to convert the “Soldan of Babylon” (the Muslim ruler of Egypt and the Holy Land), even though the Soldan

Miscellaneous Rambling This was wardrobe-changover weekend. For a large family, we live in a small house. Only 2,100 square feet, a "hardship" that is significantly alleviated by an additional 2,100 square feet of living space in the basement but alleviated enough. The result: Marie and my

> Things I trust more than Hillary and Trump pic.twitter.com/gEhVzDCPSw [https://t.co/gEhVzDCPSw] > — Meninist (@MeninistTweet) October 1, 2016 [https://twitter.com/MeninistTweet/status/782283220826009600]

The Month of the Saints: Lisieux, Francis, Avila, Bruno, Ignatius of Antioch, Luke, Anthony Claret, Simon, Jude, John Paul the Great, and John XXIII.

Great police report. Note: I haven't verified the reliability:

Wednesday was "National Drink Beer Day." Wednesday isn't a bad drinking day. When I was in college, it was Number 3 on list of party days (Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, Thursday, Tuesday, Monday, Sunday . . . at least in my cloudy estimation/recollection). But still, you'd think

"The reality of scheming, planning, wondering, planning, uncertainty as to what to do. The lot of most people. It occupies so much of one's thoughts, one can well see how people can think these days so little of God." Day "It is so hard to

Gavin McInnes makes an interesting assertion: Inner-city life isn't dangerous [http://takimag.com/article/rioting_the_unbeatable_high_gavin_mcinnes/print#axzz4LMpFjYt7] . It's non-stop fun and adolescent behavior, and the riots are merely the ultimate high. I think he overstates the case, but he has a

Funny stuff. PG-13.

Miscellaneous Rambling If you missed it, Bishop Chaput's lecture earlier this month at Notre Dame is a must read [http://www.catholiceducation.org/en/controversy/politics-and-the-church/sex-family-and-the-liberty-of-the-church.html] . Excerpt: "But here's my larger point: We've reached a moment when our political thinking and