Funny Leno
"More problems for America's creepiest mayor, San Diego's Bob Filner. An eighth
woman has now come forward to say that she was sexually harassed by him. She
said she would've come forward sooner but the line was too long."
Eric Scheske
Friday
It seems like the Catholic Church has a lot of patron saints of alcohol. Here's
a partial list I assembled from random Internet surfing: St. Augustine
(brewers), St. Arnold of Soissons (hop-pickers and Belgian brewers), St.
Dorothea of Caesarea (brewers), St. Amand (brewers, bartenders, vine growers,
and vintners)
Gilson
"The human mind feels shy before a reality of which it can form no proper
concept." Etienne Gilson, God and Philosophy.
Too many Christians, of course, know no such shyness. Bible and this morning's
newspaper in hand, they have all the facts and knowledge they need
GK
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
(Untitled)
It's been a rough week for Anthony Weiner. His campaign manager in the race for
mayor just quit because of Weiner's newest scandal. And it's tough finding a
replacement because every time he emails someone, they're like, “I'm not opening
Voegelin and Pressure
Voegelin with a Nock Kicker
History, said Voegelin, is "the perpetual task to regain the order under God
from the pressure of mundane existence."
That's the science of history? Heck, it's the science of everyday life. Just as
Plato noted that society is man
Monday
I have a few contemporary things to discuss, so today's Eudemon will revert to
the traditional TDE style. * * * * * * * Received in the mail: The Tumbler of
God: Chesterton as Mystic by Fr. Robert Wild. I'm looking forward to reading it.
From the back cover: Franz Kafka said
Friday
BYCU
If you haven't spent a lot of time with Zmirak's Bad Catholic series, you're
missing out. The material is flat-out brilliant. Content, prose, humor: it's all
there. I expect to draw a lot of BYCU material from Zmirak, including this
nugget:
William James
I've always meant to read more William James or, failing more by James, more
about James (“Do not read history. Read biography for it is life without
theory.” Disraeli). Early on, I read his Varieties of Religious Experience
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James#Philosophy_of_religion]
GKC
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