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Eric Scheske

Tuesday

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly Are you a former cold war warrior like your TDE blogger? You might want to check out some Leebaert book. . . . more>> [http://www.independent.org/blog/index.php?p=9564] Do you have a hard time making decisions? It might just be a

Monday

On Camus I've long enjoyed Albert Camus [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus]. I was forced to read The Stranger in high school, and enjoyed it so much that I went on a local radio station to talk about it. In my early thirties, I read The

Something for Sunday Morning

"Meekness above all makes men masters of themselves.” St. Thomas Aquinas This quote is in my STA Top Ten. It's true (of course, STA wrote it), but it also has a cool paradoxical air.

Friday

NYBYCU We're in the throes of planning our trip to New York later this year. Imagine my excitement when I ran across this nifty site: The Ultimate Beer Guide to NYC [http://newyork.timeout.com/restaurants-bars/bars/926029/the-ultimate-guide-to-beer-in-nyc] . Unfortunately, none

Thursday

Politically Incorrect Speech Upheld In case you missed, it a federal Court of Appeals court seems to have brought a dose of common sense to its First Amendment jurisprudence. A high school student wore a shirt that said, "Be happy, not gay." She wore it the day after

Wednesday

Ride the Wave I came into an easy $80 a few weeks ago, so I splurged on something that has long intrigued me: a shortwave radio. I bought a Grundig G4000A. The model was recommended by a "survivalist" blogger as a solid less-expensive radio, and the Amazon

Tuesday

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly Is anti-Catholicism on the rise? Things seem to be getting awfully nasty from the Left, whether it's Esquire or Hitchens or pseudo-thinkers who criticize Augustine for embracing the "not quite totalitarian theocracy" of the Catholic Church. . . . more>>

Monday

George was More Popular? Where are we today, as a nation? I'm not sure, but very few of us like the leviathan that we've allowed to creep into every facet of our lives. Significant: According to Harvard and Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig, only 11% of

Something for Sunday Morning

“You must also pay attention to the thoughts of arrogance and presumption which attack you ”¦ For when the demons see the soul freed from passions and temptations, they attack it through such thoughts.” From The Philokalia

Friday

Drinking Night in Canada I like wine, but sometimes it's out of place. Like at Oktoberfest. Or at the typical frat party. Or a bachelor party. Or Thursday night bowling league. Those occasions call for beer. And if you drink wine at a hockey game, someone's