Tuesday
The War Season
I don't like the Christmas Wars. Actually, it's more accurate to say that I
don't like to stoop into the muck to fight them. But I'm glad some people out
there are doing the dirty work, like the American
Eric Scheske
Monday
Gold and Genocide
A writer for The Atlantic wonders why the United States government is hoarding
so much gold
[http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/uncle-sam-8217-s-mysterious-hoard/8254/]
. It's a great question: if gold is the barbaric relic, and we're all Keynesians
now, why hold
Something for Sunday Morning
As Queen, Margaret changed her husband and the country for the better. Malcolm
was good, but he and his court were very rough. When he saw how wise his beloved
wife was, he listened to her good advice. She softened his temper and led him to
practice great virtue. She
Brews You Can Use
Gearing-Up-for-Holidays Edition
Tired of all the pumpkin ale stuff? This site offers three autumn drinks that
don't feature pumpkins
[http://www.servedraw.com/2010/11/3-autumn-cocktails-sans-pumpkin/]: The
Rattlesnake, Ginger Smash, and Largo Al Factotum Della Citta. (Good luck
pronouncing that last one after six.) Warning: They're
Thursday
Random Stuff
I took the four eldest to see Unstoppable Tuesday night. I highly recommend the
movie for a parent that wants to spend a fun 100 minutes with his boys. It's not
a great movie, but it's intense, action-packed, and just a little violent. And
TEE
“In announcing the change of editors, Mencken called Hazlitt the 'only competent
critic of the arts that I have heard of who was at the same time a competent
economist,' as well as 'one of the few economists in human history who could
really write.'"
Tuesday Morning Wake-Up
It's been a common theme here for the past couple of years: The federal
government and Wall Street--abetted by the universities--are taking care of
themselves and screwing the rest of us. If you're in the group, you're doing
well. If you're outside
Tuesday
From the Notebooks
In the Introduction to his 1951 book, The Human Revolt (a/k/a The Rebel), Camus
said about suicide: “[F]rom this act of self-destruction itself a value arises
which, perhaps, might have made it worth while to live.” In other words, Camus
asked, Why would you
Monday
Big Albert
It's the Memorial of St. Albert the Great
[http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/ALBERT.HTM]. I've long been intrigued with
Albertus Magnus. He not only taught St. Thomas Aquinas, and he not only early
recognized STA's brilliance ("You call him
Something for Sunday Morning
"We shall ask him to help us uproot our egoism, to cure us of thinking too much
about ourselves and to eliminate from our hearts any kind of lukewarmness."
Francis Fernandez
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