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Eric Scheske

Friday

Brews You Can Use I go to Frankenmuth most summers for its annual Bavarian Music Festival. Frankenmuth is a village in the middle of Michigan that is designed like a Bavarian town. It's probably the second quaintest spot in Michigan (Mackinac Island is the most quaint). It looks

Thursday

Miscellaneous Who else is climbing on the gold standard bandwagon? Maybe Steve Forbes. Link [http://www.zerohedge.com/article/steve-forbes-us-will-likely-have-gold-standard-within-next-five-years] . * * * * * * * Value investor Jeremy Grantham is bearish on U.S. stocks. He would seek refuge in blue chips and emerging

Wednesday

Return of Catholic Blog Surfing Awhile back, I selected Wednesday as my statio . The spiritual masters suggest you select one day during the week to stand watch, to put forth the extra effort to be good. I can't say I've noticed a big difference between my

Tuesday

Liars, Liars Unbelievable: Last Friday, it was reported that Greece was threatening to quit the Euro Zone and there would be an emergency meeting. The Eurogroup Chairman flat-out told the media that there would be no meeting. And now, it looks like he simply lied. Why? To preserve the

Monday

Jacobs You don't hear much about Siger de Brabant these days. He's a Latin Averroist (fan of the Muslim philosopher, Averroes), who taught a lot of bizarre stuff, but in particular, he taught there were two types of truth: philosophic truths and religious truths. His framework

Something for Sunday Morning

"Be happy and make it a special point to become God's sign of happiness in your community." Mother Teresa

Friday

Hail the Drinking Club! Tonight, I drink. The drinking club awarded my son a scholarship, and they're hosting Marie, Alex, and me to a steak dinner. I'm really looking forward to it. I always refer to it as "the drinking club," which I intend

Selections from Lau Tzu's Tao Te Ching

Selections from the Tao Te Ching I read the book earlier this year. I can kinda understand why Catholic convert John Wu began his translation of the Book of John with, "In the beginning was the Tao." Enjoy: Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet

Tuesday

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly Are you "flipping hamburgers" or "making magic"? It depends on where you work. At Disney, all the modern day indentured servants ("interns") are making magic. . . . more>> [http://www.guernicamag.com/features/2620/perlin_5_1_11/] South

The Evening Eudemon

The man who Tweeted the attack that captured bin Laden (with Tweets) [http://www.zerohedge.com/article/meet-man-who-live-tweeted-bin-laden-operation-unknowingly] . Kinda interesting.