Eric Scheske

The dude was, what, selling loose cigarettes? For that, he was confronted by a team of cops, put in a chokehold, and killed even after pleading "I can't breathe"? I had little tolerance for the Michael Brown protesters, but my sympathies are with the black man

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 Another long Thanksgiving weekend goes in the record books. This one might go down as one of my heaviest-drinking campaigns. On Wednesday, I drank about a dozen vodka-tonics, though I never felt very drunk and I woke up with a short-lived hangover. A testament to the pureness of

A Random Passage "Society desperately needs enclaves like monasteries and universities wherein men and women have . . . leisure. But we should never forget that the primary place of leisure and of the knowledge of the higher order of things begins and ends almost always in our homes." James Schall,

Kontent from the Kindle I knew Hollywood had a heavy Jewish influence, but I didn't realize it was pretty much entirely Jewish, albeit of the type who assimilated. A few passages from Thaddeus Russell's Renegade History: Emanuel Goldenberg became Edward G. Robinson, Betty Perske became Lauren

Going on now. Link [https://philosophynow.org/issues/105/News_November_December_2014]

“Thanksgiving Day originated in New England when the Puritans realized they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, instead of getting exterminated by their neighbors, the Indians.” Mark Twain “Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.” Samuel Johnson “Beggar that I

> Coming: Special BYCU, 8th Anniversary Edition. Lengthiest Black Wednesday edition ever. GKC, Nock, and more pic.twitter.com/gBsBxErBZm [http://t.co/gBsBxErBZm] > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) November 23, 2014 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/536516955059269632]

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