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Eric Scheske

Tuesday

Willmoore and More This article reminds me of Willmoore Kendall's observation that, contrary to the theory of America's open society, it was more of an American tradition to run a person out of town on a rail: America's history of religious intolerance [http://www.

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)

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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

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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

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/

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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