Eric Scheske

I read Thomas Woods' short Beyond Distributism earlier this year. It's a pretty good book, and well worth reading if one is unclear on the differences between libertarian economics and distributism. He flays Belloc pretty harshly. Though I'm a Belloc fan, I never fully understood

I'm the unforgiving sort, I guess, at least when it comes to events. If I go to something three times, and all three times are as enjoyable as a genital-kicking contest, I don't go a fourth time. This rule applies to retreats, especially Catholic ones.

> “For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy.” - G.K. Chesterton #fallibility [https://twitter.com/hashtag/fallibility?src=hash] > — Catholic Thinker (@ThinkerCatholic) August 12, 2014 [https://twitter.com/ThinkerCatholic/statuses/499012044990218240]

> "It will never be known what acts of cowardice have been committed for fear of not looking sufficiently progressive." - Charles Peguy > — Catholic Thinker (@ThinkerCatholic) August 16, 2014 [https://twitter.com/ThinkerCatholic/statuses/500446438481231872]

A Random Passage Oh, to be a king in medieval Ireland! > Críth Gablach, the major eighth-century tract on [Irish] social status, states: 'There is, too, a weekly order in the duty of a king: Sunday for drinking ale . . . ; Monday for judgement, for the adjustment of túatha;

> Meet the Beer Bottle Dictator - The Daily Beast http://t.co/fwKYOWmaVv > — Simon Frost (@spli) August 14, 2014 [https://twitter.com/spli/statuses/500036242667737089]

Tastes pure and clean. And priced right. Sorry for the gay head-tilt on my part:

Another reason to embrace booze, at least moderately: “Gloominess does great harm to us and to those around us. It is a harmful plant that we must uproot as soon as it appears.” Francis Fernandez Alcohol is a crutch for those times when you must be with others but feel

> He may not have an M.B.A., but Pope Francis can teach a thing or two about running a business. http://t.co/1xhDkAiG73 pic.twitter.com/stkZAXrilF [http://t.co/stkZAXrilF] > — Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 14, 2014 [https://twitter.com/WSJ/statuses/500014207308693506] > OPINION:

Especially for us middle-aged NFPers: