Eric Scheske

"At the root of insincerity lies pride. This vice prevents a person from submitting to God, recognizing his dependence on God and doing what God wants. A proud person has difficulty in even recognizing that he is doing wrong and needs to correct his behavior. When this vice takes

Violent Cities This story caught my eye: San Pedro de Sula (Honduras) is the world's most violent city [http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2013/02/08/honduran-city-is-world-murder-capital-juarez-drops-for-second-year-in-row/] . I've long taken an interest in

BYCU The beer world has grown complicated. Eric Asimov counts the ways [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/b/beer/index.html] . Excerpt: "Nowadays, the beer shelves are so crammed with brews labeled Maximus, Monstrous and Imperial that you feel as if you've stumbled into

Eclectic Thursday I don't pay much attention to college football recruiting, but this caught my eye: Ole Miss may have snagged the top-rated recruiting class in the nation yesterday [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-06/top-high-school-football-recruit-nkemdiche-selects-mississippi.html] . I

Bullets I don't get involved much in the gun control debate, but this quip yesterday made me smile: "If guns kill people, how does anybody get out of a gun show alive?" * * * * * * * Who could've possibly seen anything like this coming: " Prison guard pregnant

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

This piece of sophomoric humor comes from my Sophomore, Jack. It cracked me up, plus it's a little politically incorrect, so I've posted it, albeit with slight reservations. * * * * * * * I'm trying hard to start most or all of my garden from seeds this year, but

"How can you dare ask others to keep your secret, when that very request is a sign that you aren't able to keep it yourself." Escriva

BYCU Not much today. I'm celebrating the end of January, but my schedule doesn't allow much drinking this weekend, so I'm not terribly motivated to post drinking items. Just two things today: 1. I saw one of the oddest items on eBay this week: