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Eric Scheske

Thursday

From the Notebooks Is democracy better than monarchy? I've long thought that question deserves more attention, but I've long thought that a prudent American doesn't ask it, since many Americans view such a question as either treasonous or insane. In fact, it's

Wednesday

Extraordinarily busy days at the office. Just this great pic today:

Tuesday

From the Notebooks The Nock on Babbitt? It's interesting that Sinclair Lewis labeled the repressed character in Babbitt after Irving Babbitt, the Harvard professor from Ohio who emphasized that, for America to survive, men must restrain their appetites. Lewis' use of the eponym was meant as an

Monday

Bullets If you needed confirmation that Olympic athletes are pigs, look no further [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/most_of_the_iWUNgznLeBhhff7VI9wlSP]: "no matter the host country, it's always a struggle keeping booze and condoms in strong supply." * * * * * * * I saw Spider Man yesterday. Very

Something for Sunday Morning

“To give free reign to the senses is to shackle the soul, to shackle the senses is to liberate it.” The Philokalia

Saturday

Autobiographical Corner The weather is so hot, the thermometers have stopped working. My iGoogle homepage application said the temperature in my town would hit 108. That's what a local radio station announced, too. My friend's car thermometer said it hit 107. Another friend's car

Friday

The best vodka this side of the Pecos River [http://www.incentivevodka.com/] now has a finished tasting room (well, almost finished). This is a pic I took of the outside two weeks ago. If you're in the area, stop out. It's a unique drinking experience.

Thursday

Garden pic from yesterday: peppers in the foreground, then The Verdant Pathway, then watermelons (next to trellis), brussels sprout, tomatoes to the right, grapes further back. This is about 40% of my garden. Garden Stuff Whatta hard year to garden. The Spring was hot, then cool, then hot again . . . and

Wednesday, July 4th

From the Notebooks Many conservatives today seem to think Russell Kirk [http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=16-05-041-f] wasn't a libertarian, and if memory serves, he didn't consider himself a libertarian (though he, on more than one occasion, confounded Rothbard's anarchism with

Tuesday

Two Things Whew, things are a whirlwind at the office. Not much today. I just have a few quick things: 1. This piece from the current issue of The Atlantic about John F. Kennedy [http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/jackie-and-the-girls/9000/]. Man, I knew the guy was