Eric Scheske

Wicked This story might be the most significant item of the year: Administration wants to allow only 28 cents on a dollar donated to charity to be deducted–even though the top tax rate for the wealthy donors who make most use of the deduction is 39.6% [http://www.

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

Well, that was a bummer, but I suspect Louisville is merely the better team. It was frustrating that we didn't adjust quickly enough to a hot hand late the first half ("Put a man on him already!"), but it was a good game. Congrats to the

The Finals and Wives Okay, I told you my Michigan Wolverines were going to slice through the tournament. Some of you no doubt didn't believe me, but remember: I predicted it here [https://thedailyeudemon.com/27537/]. Of course, I didn't actually believe it myself. I was

"To work well we must first of all work hard, using our time well. It is difficult, impossible even, for a person to live a spirit of sacrifice and remain spiritually alert, practicing the basic human virtues, unless he uses his time well." Francis Fernandez

From the Notebooks I've read a fair amount writing by St. Thomas Aquinas, at least when compared to what I've read of other authors. When compared to how much he wrote, I've read only a little. I have, however, read a lot about Aquinas.

"IT'S OFFICIAL: Canned craft beer is no longer evil." Link [http://articles.philly.com/2013-03-22/news/37906513_1_cans-boston-beer-small-brewers] . I'm glad to hear that. I always enjoyed drinking out of a can. I was also a beer can

Weather Woes The weather has been atrocious. How atrocious? Check out the following, and also note the prediction: it's going to continue to be atrocious: "Just-completed March did an end run around historic temperature trends here by becoming one of only 8 in the past 142

Since the 1980s, I've heard that the NBA is crooked, and I've heard it from reputable sources. The refs supposedly fix the games. The question is, do they fix games for their personal profit or at the direction of the League? I incline to the view

Trifles The backyard garden is beginning to take shape. I went to the city compost site and grabbed over 500 pounds of decomposed wood chips yesterday. I mixed a chunk of it with "primo" compost (mostly, kitchen scraps) to balance out the carbon and nitrogen, dumped about 200