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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Friday

The Mainstream Economist Well, the holidays are here. How's the economic recovery going? I'm curious because a prominent economist assured us last year that late 2008 would be a distant memory come late 2009: “The S&P will be over 1,000 at the end

Second Turkey

Eating Soon

Thanksgiving

The Lions play the Thanksgiving Game again today, for the 76th time (if my notes are accurate). There's talk about taking the game away from Detroit, and I fear it'll happen [http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/10432238/Countdown:-Lions-aim-to-protect-Thanksgiving-slot?utm_

Thanksgiving Eve

What Do You Call It? "Thanksgiving Eve." "Black Wednesday." "Biggest Drinking Night of the Year." And now, "Humpsgiving." That's what Foran's Irish Pub in downtown Detroit calls this evening [http://detroit.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/event/humpsgiving-

From the Notebooks

One's sense of peace is inversely proportionate to the amount he talks. Contemporary Clericalism: A type of antinomianism, possibly of the pneumatic sort, that causes clergy to think they're above everyday ethics and morality when dealing with their congregations. Harry Chapin's Cat's

Monday

Scientology Crack Up? Can a crack-pot organization crack up? It looks like Scientology might be, and John Travolta hasn't even left yet. It's hard to believe that an organization that first saw into the ways of the intergalactic warlord Xenu could be in trouble, but

Something for Sunday Morning

"All they need to do is fulfill faithfully the simple duties of Christianity and those called for by their state of life, accept cheerfuly all the troubles they meet and submit to God's will in all that they have to do or suffer--without, in any way,

Brews You Can Use

In Praise of Oil A baseball fan who doesn't like home runs. A hockey fan who doesn't like a cross-check. A man who doesn't like Clint Eastwood. That's how I feel about Guinness beer. I hate it. The first time I

Status Update

My father's funeral was yesterday. I and my family are doing a lot better than we were a few days ago. Thank you for your prayers and kind words. One TDE reader is even sending a donation to my church to say a Mass for my father. It&