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Eric Scheske

Friday

An excerpt: “I don't disagree that alcohol ruins lives, but those lives would get ruined one way or the other. It's kinda like gun control. By restricting guns, you keep them out of law-abiding citizens' hands. The lawless will get their hands on them.

Thursday

In honor of the Flannery stamp, I dusted off an abandoned essay and resurrected this excerpt In one of his last works before his masterpiece, The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoyevsky wrote The Dream of a Ridiculous Man. In this story, the narrator goes to another solar system and lands on a

Meyers

In the world of soccer, after the arrest of numerous other officials, FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced his resignation this afternoon. Sepp Blatter doesn't sound like the name of a guy who's stepping down. It sounds like the reason. If elected, Lindsey Graham would be the

Conan

In a recent interview, the Pope revealed he doesn't use the Internet and he hasn't watched television since 1990. Then he announced his plan to make Bill Cosby a saint. The Grateful Dead are putting out an 80-disc live performance box set. No word yet

Fallon

According to an email from his staff, Donald Trump is set to announce on June 16 whether he will run for president. Seriously? At this point, Donald Trump announcing whether he's running for president is like soccer's World Cup – it happens every four years and no

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

If you didn't hear this neat piece of news: > The new Flannery O'Connor stamp. http://t.co/JS9V5RnI2d pic.twitter.com/lerrbXaiRv [http://t.co/lerrbXaiRv] > — David Scott (@DScottLA) May 28, 2015 [https://twitter.com/DScottLA/status/603798782992605184] "Award-winning American author and

Monday

Miscellaneous Rambling The official (albeit rough) figures from the graduation party: 98 adults (21 or over), 15 or so little kids (pre-teen), and about 60 teens. Alcohol consumed (roughly): four fifths of hard liquor, two bottles of wine, and six cases of beer. So, approximately 250 drinks total (170

Sunday

A TDE reader sent this along, with the observation that they probably just changed the label on their Bud Light cans: > Anheuser-Busch brewery cans water instead of beer to aid Texas and Oklahoma flood victims | http://t.co/mTsyhAKksg > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) May 30, 2015 [https:

Saturday

Whew, the metaphysical hangover. We had Jack's grad party last night. Whatta whirl . . . last night and this morning. The thing I hate most about parties is that I always, without fail, wake up groggy and thinking about all the guests I didn't even say "hi&