Something for Sunday Morning
"The virtue of fortitude leads us to be patient when unpleasant things happen
and we are given bad news. It leads us to be patient in dealing with the
obstacles that each day brings with it." Francis Fernandez
Eric Scheske
Friday
Brews You Can Use
Halloween is over, but it's still the harvest season. Harvest-themed beers are
appropriate through November 25th. I bought a six-pack of pumpkin beer last year
and really enjoyed it. If you want a run-down of a handful of pumpkin beers that
Wednesday
Post-Election Ramblings
As I get older and read more, I realize that our Founding Fathers had a lot of
flaws and the system they implemented was not an impartial mechanism of
governing. Still, their ideas impress me, like their insight that the Senate
would be a stabilizing force that
Election Bonus
Jonah Goldberg at the LA Times recounts a handful of 2008 obituaries about the
Republican party and boasts about the ascendancy of liberalism
[http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-1102-goldberg-demography-20101102,0,7873396.column]
. Pretty funny, in light of what is apparently going to happen
Tuesday
Illusory Tuesday
"This afternoon on National Public Radio James Fallows proclaimed that 'there is
essentially no disagreement whatsoever' among economists that more stimulus
spending is necessary today." Fortunately, people like the folks at Cafe Hayek
provide correctives to such unbridled bunk
[http://cafehayek.com/2010/10/
Halloween Humor
Kimmel:
"Some parents ruin Halloween for their kids by not allowing them to get candy.
The way our economy is going, it may be good practice for our kids to start
begging for food."
Something for Sunday Morning
"The greatest obstacles to the soul's trying to follow Christ and to help others
have their origin in a disordered love of self. At times this leads us to
overestime our strength. At other times, it brings discouragement and
despondency as a result of our own weaknesses
The Evening Eudemon
“Every single great idea that has marked the 21st century, the 20th century and
the 19th century has required government vision and government incentive,” he
said. “In the middle of the Civil War you had a guy named Lincoln paying people
$16,000 for every 40 miles of track they
Friday
Hallowbeers
Man, lots of spooky beer stories out there today. I guess it's no surprise,
since "Halloween is actually the biggest weekend of the year for beer sales
[http://www.nacsonline.com/NACS/News/Daily/Pages/ND1028103.aspx]." The drinking
theme is so popular, "nearly
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Received in an Email
From the "That's Just Wrong" Halloween Files: