Eric Scheske

March Madness brackets are like children. Nobody wants to hear about yours.

Customs officials in Europe recently seized a shipment of cocaine that was addressed to the Vatican. Which can only mean that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford just received a giant box of communion wafers.

H.I.F. Okay, this might be one of the oddest history pieces I've ever read: 10 Strange And Obscure Secret Societies [http://listverse.com/2014/03/16/10-strange-obscue-secret-societies/]. This cult description, though probably not the most interesting, really cracked me up: > The Order Of The Occult

Possibly the best literary piece of 2014 so far: 50 best cult books: Albert Camus, Joseph Heller, JD Salinger and Thomas Pynchon are among the authors chosen by our critics for the 50 best cult books [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/10432344/50-best-cult-books.html] . Erudite and pithy.

My good friend Joseph Pearce is interviewed about the situation in the Ukraine [http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/the-issue-of-ukraine-and-crimea-is-complex/] . He offers some great insight, and for people like me ("Small is Beautiful"), this disconcerting observation: > Putin is despised by the left because he has spoken out against

My nephew's business is doing well. I told him I'd pass along this little piece of publicity to TDE readers. If you're involved in high school athletics and you want to organize something that your kid's team will never forget, seriously consider

H.I.F. Many of our Founding Fathers were smugglers. Smuggling is a response to an unjust regime. If a regime believes it has the power to deprive a mass of people of things they desire, or to tax them out of reach, it's a sign that the

So I'm sitting around with a group of guys yesterday, watching basketball and commenting on the horrible weather that's coming our way (they, being men, are bummed out because they can't golf; I, being queer, am bummed out because I can't garden)

The dude seems normal enough, but . . .

BYCU I need a drink. It's the first full day of Spring, and I woke up to snow accumulation. Sure, it'll burn off soon enough, but still. Another reason to drink: It's Friday and it's Round One of the NCAA Basketball Tournament