Eric Scheske

The garden received a devastating blow last weekend: I discovered that my grape crop (my self-proclaimed garden "crown jewel") has pretty much been wiped out by a fungus disease (Anthracnose). This is year three for my vines. For grape growers, you know that means that this was

It's hard to pick a favorite essay from I'll Take My Stand, but the lead essay by John Crowe Ransom, "Unreconstructed but Unregenerate," is a leading candidate. The essay spends ample time criticizing what Joseph Pieper condemned as the world of "total work,

Random Gin Thoughts Is it me, or do women drink "gin and tonic," whereas men drink "tonic and gin" (as in, "making love to his tonic and gin")? I've tried many types of gin since going on my gin kick two years

"A new report from sociologists has discovered the number one cause of prison overcrowding – the NFL."

You won't have that problem with the new TDE. If I quote it, I took it from a book (and, once in a great while, a respected site).

Perhaps my favorite Voegelin quote: "No one is obliged to take part in the spiritual crisis of a society; on the contrary, everyone is obliged to avoid this folly and live his life in order." Science, Politics, and Gnosticism. This, of course, is easier said than done. Unless

If you're still following the "New TDE," be sure to read the quotes. I know there's a tendency to skip over quotes, but that'd be a bad idea. I key-in the quotes myself. In the interest of time, I keep the