Eric Scheske

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly Who has, by far, produced, per capita, the largest number of liberal women in America today? The Order of Notre Dame through its progressive vehicle, Trinity College. . . . more>> [http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/julyaugust_2011/features/the_trinity_sisters030380.php?page=all&

Happy Fourth of July. I don't blog much on the holidays because people don't surf much on the holiday. For today, I have just two things: (1) This story of a stupid experiment from the 1970s (were there any good experiments from that decade . . . or from

"Men must face squarely-and early-the fact that they will die." Gheon

I recently ran across perhaps the best drinking quote in history. By itself, it makes an edifying BYCU for this slow blogging week: "THE hour of absinthe is over. We shall not be much further troubled with the little artists who found Dickens too sane for their sorrows and

The Libertarian Political Philosophy in a Nutshell "Society, it should be kept in mind, is a group of people who cooperate with one another in order that they may severally and individually improve their circumstances, and the techniques by which Society achieves its purpose are production and exchange. There

Quick Reference: "The idea that A could at the same time be non-A or that to prefer A to B could at the same time be to prefer B to A is simply inconceivable and absurd to a human mind." Ludwig von Mises. Surely a few people

Pornography and Idiocy (from 2004) Writing about pornography is kinda like making pornography: what are you going to say (do) that hasn't been said (done) before? The director of a pornographic movie tries to think of something that hasn't been done before ("Three guys with

“All fear arises from the love of something.” St. Thomas Aquinas