Eric Scheske
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
Sunday
I had an enjoyable little evening with Marie, the two little kids, and the
eldest daughter last night: Mass, brief showing at a friend's graduation party,
bowling (with plenty of drinks), some arcade games, then a trip for fast food
and home to watch an old episode of
On Hollywood
“In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk.” Rita Rudner
“Half the people in Hollywood are dying to be discovered and the other half are
afraid they will be.” Lionel Barrymore
“It's a scientific fact. For every year a person lives in Hollywood, they lose
Friday
So I'm at a graduation party last Friday night. They had two drinks: Miller Lite
on tap and the "Ami Cooler." I was a little bummed there was no vodka, but the
host told me, "My grandfather had a bar in Ionia, Michigan. He would
Conan
We have a historic drought going on now in this state. Due to the drought,
California Governor Jerry Brown said he has cut back on bathing. As a result,
Californians have cut back on hanging out with Jerry Brown.
A federal court has ruled that the U.S. Postal Service
Thursday
Apologetics 101 from Orestes
Although Brownson was a collaborator with the radical Fanny Wright (and her
partner, socialist Robert Owen), and had veered strongly toward agnosticism
himself, he quickly found their anti-religion stance intellectually-clumsy. The
radicals taught that religion/superstition (the two are synonymous for radicals)
was coeval