Eric Scheske

Kontent from the Kindle "The Weimar Republic, the near-republican Italian monarchy, the Spanish republic, the decolonized' free nations from Haiti to Tanzania, from North Vietnam to Indonesia, Latin America from Santo Domingo to Buenos Aires–all have been grievous disappointments to 'progressive' Americans, all terminating in

Perhaps one of the most-interesting things on the web this morning: Does the US Need a Nationwide Exorcism? [http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/does-the-us-need-a-nationwide-exorcism/] It's from the National Catholic Register and it made it to the top of line of Drudge this morning. It concedes that a nation-wide

BYCU Like last Friday, I present a nifty little thing that shouldn't even exist: The Field Guide to Drinking in America: A Traveler's Handbook to State Liquor Laws [http://overcupbooks.bigcartel.com/product/the-field-guide-to-drinking-in-america] . * * * * * * * I guess I need to get out more: Coconut apparently is a

Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine [http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson sent me a file full

Miscellaneous Rambling Nice holiday weekend. Unfortunately, I did my celebrating Friday night, with the result that I wasn't terribly inclined to celebrate Saturday night, so I laid in bed and read while my town had fireworks going off all over the place. * * * * * * * Michigan has an insane law regarding

The persecution potential picks up steam: > Catholic School Teacher Fired for Same-Sex Marriage Files Federal Lawsuit http://t.co/0IIHWmVCLp > — Eric (@sturgiseric) July 3, 2015 [https://twitter.com/sturgiseric/status/616929377192816640] > From LA Times: Faithful churches and synagogues will lose their tax exemption in Hillary's

I made my first post to Reddit this morning. It's currently in the top spot in the "Catholicism" subreddit. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Catholicism/] https://www.reddit.com/r/Catholicism/comments/3c3bof/i_cant_tell_whether_st_francis_is_blessing_this/?ref=share&ref_

> “They ate based on how successful the firework displays were.” http://t.co/plq0lMFnwN pic.twitter.com/gce16C2rHX [http://t.co/gce16C2rHX] > — Forbes (@Forbes) July 4, 2015 [https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/617252007666130944] > How likely are you to get hurt by fireworks this Fourth of July? We

Brews You Can Use This is a pretty neat article, though it's depressing that the subject matter even exists: Ten Places in the USA You Can Legally Drink on the Street [http://www.drinkmemag.com/10-places-in-the-usa-you-can-legally-drink-on-the-street/] . Since most people are on holiday today, I'm not going