Eric Scheske

Kontent from the Kindle “Equalization of wealth, progressive taxation, nationalization of industries, the raising of wages and improvements in working conditions, worker-management councils, housing ventures, death taxes, unemployment insurance plans, pension systems, and the enfranchisement of formerly voteless elements of the population have all been, in one country or

A Few Random Passages I enjoy works that impart broader truths in the context of a narrower subject. A great example from Kingsley Amis' Everyday Drinking: > Never despise a drink because it is easy to make and/or uses commercial mixes. Unquestioning devotion to authenticity is, in any

Kontent from the Kindle A truer political truth there never was: "The Populists, as do all reformers, assumed that social good can be achieved through political action. They ignored the age-old fact that whenever the government does 'good' it acts in the interests of some at

Great piece The Imaginative Conservative about the recent reissuance of Russell Kirk's Eliot and His Age [http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2011/02/faith-of-men-of-letters.html] . This is one of the few books of Kirk's I haven't read. I was able to

Miscellaneous Rambling Great weekend. I attended a high school reunion Friday night. About fifteen years ago, I pushed hard to hold "all-class" reunions on the evening before the main reunion. The idea has taken off, so this year, it's the Class of 1985's

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

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

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

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