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Eric Scheske

The Barbarians II

Ruminations on the Fall of Rome There were many other barbarian “tribes” milling around the Empire's borders, but of those who (by conventional understanding) initially set up kingdoms in the old Roman Empire in the West, all of them were forces within the Empire that worked with the

The Barbarians I

Ruminations on the Fall of Rome Mike Duncan, of The History of Rome podcast, on the coming war between Theodosius and Maximus (in the late 380s). Here's Duncan's description of Theodosius' army: “Theodosus' top field generals, Ricimer and Ricimer's nephew, Arbogast, were

Saturday

If you're crunched for a Father's Day gift this year:

Friday

Brews You Can Use This is one of the coolest things I've seen in awhile, even though I can't imagine I'd ever buy it: Palcohol (powdered alcohol) [http://abcnews.go.com/Health/palcohol-powdered-alcohol-approved-feds/story?id=29580363] . Of course the neo-

Meyers

A new study suggests that marriage is more beneficial for men than women. The results of the study were shouted at me through a locked bedroom door. Emerson College officials said that starting in 2016 they will offer students the opportunity to major in comedy. Or, you can just take

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Meyers

Donald Trump announced today that he is running for president. And based on the amount of bronzer he uses, he's also running for president of the Spokane NAACP.

GKC Wednesday

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

Tuesday

A great distinction In his meditations on the growing tension and eventual war between the North and the South, Orestes Brownson favored the South's “personal democracy,” which he contrasted with the North's “humanitarian democracy.” The South's personal democracy recognized the individual's freedom

Monday

Monday Miscellany After reading The Leek last Tuesday, eldest son Alex told me that there is already a Catholic Onion out there: Eye of the Tiber [http://www.eyeofthetiber.com/]. It looks pretty good. About themselves: "We were the only Catholic news agency to report that Pope Francis had