Eric Scheske

"My love of peace and quiet inclines me always to want to do nothing. This drag to take my ease is like the pull of gravity. Will it always be so? My first impulse is always to say no. God forgive me for this unwillingness which pollutes all my

Miscellaneous Rambling World Youth Day 2016 starts next month. My daughter Abbie still gets elated, thinking about her experience in Rio de Janeiro in 2013. I never knew what exactly to think about WYD, but after seeing its effects first-hand, I endorse it. This WYD is in Krakow. This nifty

Miscellaneous Rambling Return from Vacation Day. It's not nearly as sad as it sounds, but then again, I worked most of Friday and a little bit on Saturday, so it's not like I'm walking back into a hell hole of uncertainty. Like most things,

"Dwight Eisenhower, who had admired Hitler's autobahn and got one of his own: the tellingly titled National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Cohesive working-class neighborhoods in countless American cities were sacrificed to the Road Warriors." Bill Kauffman. The destruction of Detroit's Corktown is

The Telegraph had perhaps the best passage I read yesterday about Brexit [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/politics/britains-decision-to-leave-the-eu-is-hillary-clintons-worst-nigh/] , in speculating what the vote could mean for Trump: > As Brexit proves, working people around the world are in no mood for common sense. They are angry, restless, uncooperative.

The fire happening now in California's Lake Isabella area

Interesting [http://www.bbc.com/news/politics/eu_referendum/results]. If you take Scotland (the public assistance capital of the Isles) out of the mix, it wasn't even close: 53.4% to 46.6%.

BYCU Whoa! Hot dog! The preliminary reports out of Britain were wrong!!! It's a major step away from globalization. I honestly never thought it would happen. Even if, I figured, British voters overcame the elites' marketing campaign and mustered the votes, the elites would rig the final

Brexit fails: 52%-48%. It's not official, but that's the news leaking out of Britain.

"I love the Maritains for their love for St. John of the Cross." Dorothy Day. And I love Dorothy Day for her love of the Maritians for loving St. John of the Cross. And you, dear TDE reader, can love me for loving Dorothy Day for her love