Sunday
Garden almost ready for planting.
Eric Scheske
Saturday
Not much today. The Springsteen concert Thursday night went very late, then we
came home to out-of-town company and Abbie's final high school play.
A few quick words on Springsteen: You better be a HUGE fan, if you go to his
concert. He started an hour
Friday
It's been years since I spent more than $10 on a bottle of wine, but I bought
this bottle a bottle of Marietta Old Vine earlier this week. I'm waiting for a
special occasion to drink it. I suspect the special occasion will arrive in a
Thursday
Bullets
What nation is the rudest to its tourists? Nope, it's not the United States.
It's France
[http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2012/04/11/where-are-worlds-rudest-countries-for-travelers/]
(shocker, shocker). I've never been to France, but I've talked
Wednesday
Ryan the Catholic
Hats off to Paul Ryan. He hit the trifecta: He referenced his Catholic faith in
a positive way, he knows what the principle of subsidiarity is, and he says the
principle (and other Catholic teachings) inform his public decisions. Link
[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/
Tuesday
Bullets
When the bastards rise, who opposes them? Virtually always, it's people of
religious faith. They're the only ones with the guts to stand up, whereas the
atheists tend to be complicit in the tyranny. That, anyway, according to Robert
Higgs, who points out that it&
Monday
The Bible and Anarchy
Jacques Ellul was a Christian anarchist, and he wrote a nifty little book about
his reasons: Anarchy and Christianity. It's not the greatest book in the world,
but it reads smoothly and its arguments are easy to follow.
Essentially, Ellul, a Bible-first Protestant,
Wednesday
Nockian Corner
"I have always lived close to the windward side of poverty, sometimes in pretty
squalid surroundings, but I thank the Lord that I never had to live in a
real-estater's suburb." Albert Jay Nock, The Book of Journeyman.
This sentiment resonates with me.
Tuesday
Bullets
What makes it even worse: The portions are shrinking. Prostitute barters sex
for
McDonald's hamburgers
[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/prostitution/sex-for-cheeseburgers-749801].
* * * * * * * That hooker couldn't have enticed these guys: Asexuals
[http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/04/life-without-sex-the-
Monday
Schizophrenia and the Saint
Frank Chodorov wrote of the "conscious schizophrenic." The "C-S," according to
Chodorov, is a person who intuitively latches onto values that don't fit into
the existing social order, so he yearns for something better than what he can
find