Eric Scheske

H.I.F. During 2012, my parish raised money to build a community center for a poor village in the Philippines. It doubles as a typhoon shelter. It paid big dividends last week. From USA Today [http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/11/18/philippines-typhoon/3626117/] : "

"Men's activities are occupied in two ways--in grappling with external circumstances, and in striving to set things at one in their own topsy-turvy mind." William James. Really? James captures my existence with those words, but I honestly kind of thought I was alone. Almost

I told Alex and Abbie that we saw Pope Francis twice while in Rome. They didn't want to be outdone, so they sent me this picture they took with him. (It's a cardboard cut-out of the Holy Father at their Ann Arbor church. Even though

A Week in Rome Marie and I went to Rome for our twentieth wedding anniversary. I like to say that because our oldest son is 20, so it raises eyebrows. Marie and I have actually been married 22 years, but we just never got around to doing anything special for

H.I.F. It's hard to imagine a strip club owner doing such a classless thing. You typically expect higher standards: "A wealthy Detroit man reportedly purchased the home directly next to his ex-wife and erected a giant middle finger just to spite her. The wild

Miscellaneous Rambling My first "real" post since returning from Rome. I plan on giving a complete account of my time in Rome on Monday. * * * * * * * Theodore Dalrymple's latest at Taki's Magazine [http://takimag.com/article/i_have_seen_the_future_and_it_is_idiocy_theodore_

A dog named Rupee has become the first dog to climb Mount Everest. His owner really threw the heck out of a Frisbee, and up he went. I'd be pretty mad if somebody told me we're going for a walk and then took me on a

Nock Notions Chesterton and Nock were contemporaries. Chesterton was just four years younger (GKC: 1874-1936; Nock: 1870-1945). A strong Chestertonian streak runs through Nock. I think it'd be a stretch to say they shared the same views, but they shared a similar attitude. I will be

On the road to St. Peter's Basilica. (And no, I didn't wear the same shirt the entire seven days I was there. I'm not sure why the pictures I've posted look like I was.)

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