Eric Scheske

Monday Miscellany I stumbled across this feature last week: The worst nativity sets [http://whyismarko.com/2011/27-worst-nativity-sets-the-annual-growing-list/]. The list is at 27 and, I fear, growing. There are some funny ones over there. Three of my favorites: Montgomery Fellow southern Catholic and

"God does not look for big things--He looks for how much love we put in the giving." Mother Teresa

Congress just lifted a ban on producing and exporting horse meat. Or as Taco Bell put it, “There was a ban on that?” -- Mobile post

Deluge Just Getting Started? Boy, the market boomed yesterday. What caused it? I guess it depends on your perspective. Maybe you think the governments have now coordinated a plan to save the world economy, so the market will improve with the improving world economy. If so, you're naive

Top Bishops If you missed it last week (it was flying around the Catholic blogosphere), there is now a American Catholic Hall of Fame. I'm not clear on when the Hall started, but they inducted their first bishops earlier this month [http://www.thegregorian.org/blog/hall-of-

QE3 v. Wine Stocks surged yesterday on news that Bernanke was ready to unleash Quantitative Easing Part 3 (parts 4, 5, and 28 are presumably also on the runway). But at least one indicator says stocks are ready to plunge anyway [http://www.zerohedge.com/news/fine-wine-rolls-over-

"Foster those noble thoughts, those incipient holy desires . . . A single spark can start a conflagration." Escriva

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