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Eric Scheske

Thursday

Some things never change. Writing about Bacon's Rebellion (1676) in his People's History, Howard Zinn discusses Nathaniel Bacon's “Declaration of the People,” saying it “shows a mixture of populist resentment against the rich and frontier hatred of the Indians. It indicted the [Governor] Berkeley

Fallon

Tim Tebow said that he's staying in shape in case he gets another opportunity to play in the NFL. Then his boss said, “That's great, but these Waffle Tacos ain't going to make themselves, so . . .”

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 file full

Tuesday

In his most recent collection of essays, Joseph Epstein recounts growing up in the 1950s. It sounds like a pretty good era. This passage really struck home with me: > Play was not yet organized. The endless cycle of lessons and special tutoring for middle-class children had not begun in

Monday

Miscellaneous Rambling I spend hours in my garden. I spend a fair amount of time walking. I occasionally am forced to drive an hour or more in my car. I burn through good audio programs like Rob Ford burns through crack. I'm constantly running out of good free

Sunday

Is the Catholic Church serious about promoting priestly vocations? Then it needs to get rid of female altar servers. Now don't get me wrong: The girls who have stepped up and served (especially in my parish) have been a real blessing. We have troubles getting enough altar servers

Frustrating

H.I.F. Speaking of gardens: I just want to keep my nose buried in mine: Male student named Connecticut school's prom queen [http://news.msn.com/us/male-student-named-connecticut-schools-prom-queen#tscptme] .

Friday

BYCU I never knew this: "With more breweries per capita than any U.S. city, Asheville, N.C., has become a sort of Napa Valley of beer." Of course, the bigger boys now want some of the action, too: "Outsiders have noticed that Asheville's locally

Thursday

Thinking about starting an online local newspaper? You may want to check out this essay by Bill Kauffman about The Batavian [http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-hyperlocal-beat/]. Excerpt: > Five years of 12-hour-a-day and seven-day-a-week workloads later, Owens has embedded The Batavian in the public mind. From his office on

Interesting

H.I.F. This has a strong ring of truth to is, at least to me: "The truth is, processed foods contain carefully orchestrated flavors and other sensory factors designed to be as addictive as possible. This is in stark contrast to whole foods, the taste and consistency of