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Eric Scheske

Preparing for Catholicism's Preeminent Role in the West after Democracy Collapses?

Preparing for Catholicism's Preeminent Role in the West after Democracy Collapses?

Kevin Vallier's analysis of Patrick Deneen's newfound Statism in this podcast episode is really interesting. Deneen wrote Why Liberalism Failed. It got a lot of press, especially after Obama included it on his 2018 reading list. Obama liked his insights but disagreed with Deneen's

Thomas Sowell's Hemispheres

Thomas Sowell's Hemispheres

My first attempt to flush out the phenom that is Thomas Sowell

Celebrating the Overlooked

Celebrating the Overlooked

I appreciate any effort to rescue the neglected noble: those little things that are good but nobody notices. It could be a person, it could be a garden.

The Dorothy Parker and Florence King Reincarnate

The Dorothy Parker and Florence King Reincarnate

But she's going on maternity leave

The Anti-Drinking Campaign Picks Up Steam

The Anti-Drinking Campaign Picks Up Steam

Excerpts from two recent articles

Cells of Peace

Cells of Peace

I keep a handful of books on my Kindle that I read from sporadically. These aren't books that I dive into, but rather books that I read at odd moments when I don't feel like reading anything else. One of them is E. Michael Jones'

"No Amount of Alcohol is Good for You--That Much is Clear"

"No Amount of Alcohol is Good for You--That Much is Clear"

The idea that moderate drinking is healthy has been debunked . . . currently

Capitalism and Communism are Flipsides of the Same Coin?

Capitalism and Communism are Flipsides of the Same Coin?

Rod Dreher calls Niall Ferguson's first column for The Free Press a "banger" and he's right. Ferguson highlights an alarming number of similarities between the last years of the Soviet Union and the United States today. Does it mean the United States is reaching

The Left Hemisphere Larps

The Left Hemisphere Larps

LARPing, Reality, and FraudThis nascent essay needs work, but it’s a decent blog post. The essay could take a few directions. E.g., Fantasy role-playing is fun, but now take your character into the real world. You’re Kick-Ass, coming to beat that inner-city thug, only to find yourself