Eric Scheske

"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

H.I.F. "[D]espite ample evidence that Islam's tentacles were all over the Orlando attack, much of the progressive media turned the focus to guns and homophobia. This was not Islamic terrorism, they insisted, it was an NRA-enabled hate crime against gays. (In case you

Well, I've made it official: I'm a big fan of Taki Magazine. I have now added it as a favorite to Google Chrome and iPhone Safari. I think it produces at least five great pieces a week and, more importantly, the ratio of great pieces to

Miscellaneous Rambling Welcome to the longest day of the year. If you want to know more about the summer solstice than I, click here [http://www.vox.com/2016/6/19/11966856/summer-solstice-2016]. So what saint can we spend the longest day of the year imitating? None. According

Pretty much sums it up: Government programs = reallocation of wealth = reallocation to those closest to the people doing the reallocating.

Bullets Curses! Trader Joe outlets in Michigan don't sell liquor! Dang. I was really looking forward to trying their Jail House Gin. The garden is in full swing. We snagged over $100 worth of strawberries, with a few quarts still left in the tank. The peas were really

I know TDE is a reward in itself: the witticisms, whimsy, erudition, humility. But once in awhile, I like to give TDE a tangle benefit. Today is that day. I learned about the vodka pictured above from a friend who used to distill and sell his own vodka. His vodka

"The Bushies and their courtiers, who know as little of our history as Janet Jackson knows of Jane Austen, haven't the faintest idea that Republicans have often been the party of peace and non-interference in foreign wars. As President Benjamin Harrison once remarked, 'We have

Ah, so it's not unique to me: "Thief, hypocrite, lacking in hospitality, charity, and brotherly love, lazy, a malingerer, expecting others to do all the work while I went traveling around the country, a liar, cheat, deceiver, perverter of Peter's teaching. People have so trembled

Miscellaneous Rambling A page of my life will come to a close this week. After ten seasons as a dugout coach (actually, nine as dugout coach, one as head coach), my last regular season little league game is this Friday. I admit: I'm greatly looking forward to it.