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Eric Scheske

Tuesday

From the Notebooks In Orestes Brownson's meditations on the growing tension and eventual war between the North and the South, he favored the South's “personal democracy,” which he contrasted with the North's “humanitarian democracy.” The South's personal democracy recognized the individual'

Monday

Happy Halloween If you want to see the difference between adults and children, look no further than Halloween. For little kids, Halloween is the biggest holiday of the year after Christmas. When kids get older, Halloween fades in importance. My first child was old enough to enjoy Halloween when I

Carved My Own Pumpkin

First in 35 years: -- Mobile post

Something for Sunday Morning

"If we were bodily immortal we would feel no such need for technical gadgets saving time time by conquering space." Erik Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddin

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But I am of the opinion that a centralized administration is fit only to enervate the nations in which it exists, by incessantly diminishing their local spirit. Although such an administration can bring together at a given moment, on a given point, all the disposable resources of a people, it

Friday

Just sittin' around drinkin' with the rest of the guys/Six rounds bought, and I bought five. Roger Miller. Possibly my favorite song lyric of all time. BYCU How long can I survive on beer alone? "Not more than a few months, probably. That's when

Thursday

Late meeting last night. Today, just a few fall pictures from my neighborhood.

Wednesday

Drinking Corner Everyone is getting into the craft beer business. A client recently sent me this link to The Abbey Beverage Company [http://www.christdesert.org/Abbey_Beverage_Company/index.html]. The Benedictine monks of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert (New Mexico) control 84 % of the Abbey Beverage

Tuesday

The Philosophical Life A rambling little piece Alex is a Freshman at the University of Michigan. He's taking "Introduction to Philosophy," and he's really digging it. I guess he went in with one advantage: a father who encouraged him to take the subject seriously,

Monday

Language Poverty The cold weather is coming back. That means it's time to beat the "fuel poverty" drum. According to the mainstream press, a person lives in fuel poverty if he must spend 10 per cent of his annual income to keep his home acceptably warm.