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Eric Scheske

Tuesday

Miscellaneous Rambling Fr. James Schall offers his insights into the Pope's visit last week [http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Blog/4225/is_it_good_for_the_pope_to_be_a_star_reflections_on_the_papal_visit.aspx] . Schall is clearly leary of Pope Francis, including his naivety in economic

Monday

There's certainly angst over the upcoming Synod on the Family. I've been catching snippets from Rorate Caeli [http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/] and John Zmirak's Twitter feed [https://twitter.com/JZmirak]. Rorate Caeli seems to think the pro-gay position is already baked into the outcome.

Sunday

> "All men matter. You matter. I matter. It's the hardest thing in theology to believe.” - G.K. Chesterton pic.twitter.com/hQzMwuCnCw [http://t.co/hQzMwuCnCw] > — Catholic Thinker (@ThinkerCatholic) September 24, 2015 [https://twitter.com/ThinkerCatholic/status/646892070267973632]

Saturday

Three Posts in One I have three posts for this morning, but time for only one. So you, TDE reader, are hereby the beneficiary of three posts combined into one efficient, pithy, post: 1. Jobs report yesterday was abysmal, but the stock market rallied. If that doesn't scream

Friday

BYCU A statement from Dr. Obvious: The Internet really pumps out novelties in the area of drinking. If you subscribe to the (in)correct Twitter feeds, you'll see an unusual drink every day, often more than one. Come Christmas, hundreds (billions?) of holiday drinks will be splashed across

As We Prepare for Absurd Pink October

TIL: In a report from 2013, most of the funds raised by the NFL don't fund cancer research. In the end, after everybody has taken their cut, only 8.01% of money spent on pink NFL merchandise is actually going towards cancer research.

Meyers

The CDC is accusing Big Tobacco of using different flavors of e-cigarettes to try and lure in young people. They're especially concerned about the newest flavor, Cheerios in a Ziploc Bag.

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Daughter Meg is having a good cross-county season her freshman year of high school. Here she is with daughter Abbie after clocking 18:58 last weekend in Jackson, Michigan:

Thursday

More good passages from his Poetry Night at the Ballpark and Other Scenes from an Alternative America "[T]he Cinematic World On Its Head Act of 1991 . . . mandated that all judges in movies and TV be stern black females while the meaty criminal parts must go to white actors,

Meyers

A referee in a professional soccer match in Brazil pulled a gun out during a game last week because he was tired of being treated poorly by players and coaches. And then out of habit, several players fell down and pretended they had been shot. China is now home to