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Eric Scheske

Happy Thanksgiving

What a good year it's been. Plenty to be thankful for, little to be upset about. Here's the plate of quotes I like to present every year on this day: “Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.” Samuel

Wednesday

Special Black Wednesday BYCU Edition It's the biggest drinking nights of the year and possibly my favorite evening. Last year's festivities were squelched when I ran over a fire hydrant about two blocks from my house, on my way to pick up a friend to head

Tuesday

Pit Bulls Thoughts in response to stories like these: Three pit bulls that slaughtered 42 goats captured [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/pit-bulls-kill-goats.html]. Can someone help me understand the pit bull debate? From my (admittedly-limited) perspective, pit bulls are inherently aggressive and dangerous

Monday

Time to Melt? Thoughts triggered by this piece: Wall Street Analysts Everywhere Are In Agreement: THE WORLD IS ENDING [http://www.businessinsider.com/apocalyptic-analyst-notes-2011-11]. After the sharp drop in stocks Friday afternoon, the bears were out in force this weekend. I suspect things will be fine,

Something for Sunday Morning

"An hour of study, for a modern apostle, is an hour of prayer." Escriva.

Friday

BYCU The writing isn't great, but a young Irishman has penned a decent piece: 17 Cultural Reasons this European Never Wants to Live in America [http://www.fluentin3months.com/no-usa-for-me/]. I don't agree with all of it, but he raises some good points

Thursday

Nockian Corner I mentioned last week that I was in the process of comparing the political theories of Orestes Brownson and Albert Jay Nock. Someone could, with disturbing insight, ask, "Why bother?" My answer is simple: I'm smitten with Nock, but I'm more smitten

Wednesday

A TDE reader sends this along: Paul I had given up on Ron Paul, but I'm beginning to hear more about him. Most recently: "A new Bloomberg poll of likely caucus participants shows a four-way tie in Iowa, with Rep. Ron Paul joining Mitt Romney, Newt

Tuesday follow-up

Sorry for this morning's incomplete post. Internet problems. Hopefully, I'll be hitting on all cylinders tomorrow morning.

Tuesday

Access to the Best Inside Information of All I never watch 60 Minutes. I used to watch, but then I read years ago that they film something like 30 hours of footage for each segment, thereby allowing them to slice and dice virtually any story to get the public verdict