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Eric Scheske

Tuesday

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly On the centennial of his birth, the influence of Catholicism on Marshall McLuhan's Catholicism gets a fair and good hearing. Perhaps the best essay of the year so far. . . . more>> [http://www.walrusmagazine.com/print/2011.07-media-divine-inspiration/] Simone

Monday

The Angel and the Idiots What do Lady Gaga and Mother Teresa have in common? A lot, according to this vapid piece at The Economist: The Angel and the Monster [http://www.economist.com/node/18772204]. The piece isn't sacrilegious (though it does recount some of Hitchens'

Something for Sunday Morning

True virtue has no limits, but goes on and on, and especially holy charity, which is the virtue of virtues, and which having a definite object, would become infinite if it could meet with a heart capable of infinity. St. Francis de Sales

Pictures from Mixology Clinic

BYCU

You watch Mad Men? Boardwalk Empire? If so, you've probably seen a lot of artists at work. Their art? The cocktail. I attended a private cocktail instruction last night at Big Cedar Distillery [http://www.incentivevodka.com/The-Vodka.html]. The instructor, Angie, is a mixologist. She also

Wednesday

Catholic Blog Surfing Well, I completely neglected the anniversary of the death of G.K. Chesterton. It was yesterday. Fortunately, the good folks at Supremacy and Survival didn't forget [http://supremacyandsurvival.blogspot.com/2011/06/gk-chesterton-rip.html] . It fittingly asks the question, "Will GKC be

Tuesday

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly My colleague: The baddest lawyer in New Jersey. No witness means no conviction. He's facing life in prison. . . . more>> [http://nymag.com/news/features/paul-bergrin-2011-6/] Comic books were hot. Smokin' hot. And then the bottom fell out.

Monday

Frugal Youth I've noticed something new among teens: frugality. For their prom dinner, for instance, the girls were excited that a parent agreed to host the dinner. Every family pitched in a dish for six couples, and the kids had a great dinner without spending $100 per couple

Something for Sunday Morning

The recollection of an injury is . . . a rusty arrow and poison for the soul. St. Francis of Paola

Friday

Football to Misdemeanors: BYCU You wanna spend $750 on a beer? Yeah, me neither (in the words of Pat Dailey, "I've got to be drunk to do that"). But if you're so inclined or so stupid or so drunk, you might want to try