Amen
Fr Dubay taught me a lot. May peace be his.
“Word is just getting out that Marist Father Thomas Dubay passed away over the
weekend. May He Rest in Peace.”
– A Remembrance of Father Thomas Dubay | Blogs | NCRegister.com (via Instapaper)
Eric Scheske
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We should accept the truth of history, which is that white men have dominated
intellectual life in the west. Let's not resist this; let's run with it. It is
western history that has indelibly shaped our consciousness. We live in Britain,
not Timbuktu. We might hail
Monday
Econ Monday
My apologies for another econ post, but I suspect things are reaching a fever
pitch right now, so . . . * * * * * * * I wrote on Saturday that it's probably
time to get out of the market. The mad geniuses at Zero Hedge vehemently
disagree. In this (perhaps unhinged) post, they&
Something for Sunday Morning
“The virtues perfect us so that we follow our natural inclinations in a fitting
manner.” St. Thomas Aquinas
The Evening Eudemon
America's True History of Religious Tolerance
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Americas-True-History-of-Religious-Tolerance.html
When George Washington dispatched Benedict Arnold on a mission to court French
Canadians' support for the American Revolution in 1775, he cautioned Arnold not
to let their religion get in the way. “Prudence, policy
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12 Cool Products for Beer Drinkers
http://www.toxel.com/tech/2010/09/23/12-cool-products-for-beer-drinkers/
Friday
Deep-Fried Beer and Other Forms of Beer Violence
Oh, what the hey. I'll try it: Deep-fried beer
[http://www.nationalreview.com/the-feed/246775/finally-deep-fried-beer]. "The
beer is placed inside a pocket of salty, pretzel-like dough and then dunked in
oil at 375 degrees for about 20 seconds,
Thursday
Thursday Miscellany
You'll find me reading GQ about as often as Out, but I couldn't resist this
piece: A series of quotes and memories from the cast and crew of GoodFellas, in
celebration of its 20th anniversary
[http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201010/goodfellas-making-of-behind-the-scenes-interview-scorsese-deniro?printable=
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The Culture of Violence in the American West: Myth versus Reality: The
Independent Review: The Independent Institute
http://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?a=803
Dozens of movies have portrayed the nineteenth-century mining camps in the West
as hot beds of anarchy and violence, but John Umbeck discovered
Wednesday
Autobiographical Corner
Is there any metropolitan area more pathetic that Detroit? I attended a
conference yesterday in Dearborn, at its crown jewel hotel, the Hyatt
[http://dearborn.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp]. One of the sessions dealt
with legal issues surrounding Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking.
The speaker