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Eric Scheske

Wednesday

C.S. Lewis was a very good debater. He wasn't as viciously clever as Belloc, nor as disarmingly effective as Chesterton, but he was good. They say he never lost a debate while at Oxford. Until he ran into Elizabeth Anscombe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._E.

Tuesday

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly This guy broke into Auschwitz. Perhaps the best link in today's post. . . . more>> [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/8388863/I-was-the-man-who-broke-into-Auschwitz.html] And Germany still can't get over the Nazis. Is that what's driving its opposition

Monday

More Hans Hans-Hermann Hoppe might be the most original thinker on the face of the earth today. Over the weekend, I found this lengthy interview [http://www.thedailybell.com/1936/Anthony-Wile-with-Dr-Hans-Hermann-Hoppe-on-the-Impracticality-of-One-World-Government-and-Western-style-Democracy.html] with him. I have only grazed it, but I have downloaded it for close reading later. I'

Something for Sunday Morning

"We can do no great things--only small things with great love." Mother Teresa

Friday

Drunk Dating What's the hardest part of giving up drinking? The buzz? The relaxation? The good times? The taste? Nope. If you're single, it's the difficulty of dating, according to this guy [http://www.salon.com/life/life_stories/index.html?story=%2Fmwt%2Ffeature%

Wednesday

The Ruling Class You've seen cyber-lists about the horrible state of the U.S. economy. This site [http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/rich-vs-poor-14-funny-statistics-and-14-not-so-funny-statistics-about-this-economic-recovery] has taken the exercise one step further: it has juxtaposed fourteen financial facts about the Ruling Class against fourteen financial facts about the Subjected. Some of

TEE

The Evening Eudemon JPMorgan: "The Likelihood That The Portuguese Government Will Fall This Week Looks High" Link [http://www.zerohedge.com/article/jpmorgan-likelihood-portuguese-government-will-fall-week-looks-high] . Supreme Court Gives Fed 5 Days to Release Emergency Bank Loan Details; An Important Step in the Right Direction. Link [http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2011/

Tuesday

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly Four minutes of chess. If no winner, three minutes of boxing. It's chess boxing. Iceland. . . . more>> [http://www.wired.com/playbook/2011/03/chess-boxing/] Josef Pieper, we hardly knew thee! And the author of this otherwise fine piece about leisure apparently

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The Evening Eudemon Related to this morning's post: "The United States Department of Justice delivered a very clear and unfortunate message on Friday: 'Attempts to undermine the legitimate currency of this country are simply a unique form of domestic terrorism. While these forms of anti-government activities

Something for Sunday Morning

"Outward restlessness often goes together with inner listlessness. . . . A recollected person, however, who is able to concentrate, to become still, and to withdraw into himself, is inwardly awake. The states of quietness and inner alertness belong together, supporting and determining each other." Romano Guardini