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Eric Scheske

Brews You Can Use

Bones and Beer One of my favorite GKC points: "If a man drinks wine in order to obtain pleasure, he is trying to obtain something exceptional, something he does not expect every hour of the day, something which, unless he is a little insane, he will not try to

Niall

Niall gets scary: "A Greek crisis is coming to America [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f90bca10-1679-11df-bf44-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1] ," by Mr. Ferguson (no extremist nut, he).

Thursday

Received in an Email A young Texan grew up wanting to be a law man. He grew up big, 6' 2'', strong as a longhorn and fast as a mustang. He could shoot a bottle cap tossed in the air at 40 paces. When he finally became

Werewolf Wednesday

I've long had an interest in vampires, werewolves, and other freaky creatures. My first published article dealt with the topic [http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=12-02-011-v]. So I'm pretty geeked about the upcoming werewolf movie. If you want to see

Tuesday

Tea Moron Why we'll never get anywhere: "A banner at one of those tea-parties sums up the confused attitude of many of the so-called anti-government protesters: 'Keep the government's hands off my Medicare.'" Found at The Economist [http://www.

Monday

The Urban Woodsman Alright, I have a little secret: I enjoy the fashion pages of New York magazine, as well as the fashion issues of Forbes magazine. I never spend more than five minutes on either, mind you, but those five minutes are normally pretty satisfying. I, for instance, often

Something for Sunday Morning

"We need fortitude to be faithful in the little things of each day which, when all is said and done, is what brings us close to the Lord or separates us from him. We show this fidelity, this firm stance in the way we tackle our work, in our

Brews You Can Use

Western Civ 101 I'm a drinker, and I'm a (somewhat lame) student of history (B.A., University of Michigan, 1988). So I guess it's no surprise that I found this interesting: How Alcohol Changed the World [http://humor.gunaxin.com/how-alcohol-changed-the-

Something for Sunday Morning

"We cannot become truly good in a better, more marvelous, and yet easier way than by the simple use of the means offered us by God, the unique director of souls. It is the ready acceptance of all that comes to us at each moment in our lives."

From the Notebooks

Groping Toward a Catholic von Mises I like to find connections in different areas of knowledge. If I discovered a connection between Flannery O'Connor's practice of fiction and Augustine's criticism of Pelagianism, complete with concrete examples, I'd be delighted. Fifteen years ago,