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Eric Scheske

Monday Miscellany

Flirting with Libertarians? Thank goodness. From U.S. News & World Report: "Rising opposition to President Obama's healthcare proposals may be morphing into something broader and deeper: an anti-Obama movement that could jeopardize the president's political standing, damage the Democratic Party, and give the

Something for Sunday Morning

"Our life will have been worth something if and when we fall in love with Christ." Francis Fernandez

What?

I'd hate to mess with the giant that uses the big one: -- Experimental mobile post

BYCU: "The Drinking Club"

I've referenced "the drinking club" many times, so I thought I'd post a few pictures of it. From the side (and its least-impressive angle): The view: The most important part -- Experimental mobile post

From the Notebooks

I distinguish between "wrongheaded progressive thinking" and merely "progressive thinking." For all men should be progressives: wanting to improve man's lot, physically and morally and spiritually. Such aspirations are good. Progressive thinking becomes wrongheaded when it (i) disproportionately emphasizes one or two of the

Happy Labor Day

Web traffic drops drastically on holidays, so the motivation to write drops as well. I wish everyone a happy Labor Day. If you feel like doing some more surfing, here's a decent (though at points lame) link: 20 Things You Can Get Free [http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-

Something for Sunday Morning

The "sneer" is "the most inhuman of human faults." George MacDonald

Brews You Can Use

Brewing Anti-Trust Problem? InBev (Bud's adoptive father) and MillerCoors are raising prices on their beer at the same time . . . and at the same time that deflation still rules and consumers can ill afford to pay more for their alcohol. The NY Times smells an anti-trust rat

Dalrymple and Time

Inflation Debases the Currency Soul Dalrymple [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Dalrymple] stuns me again. Well, he didn't actually stun me, but he has taken a timely and mundane topic--inflation--and given it a cultural and spiritual angle [http://www.city-journal.org/2009/19_3_

Bon Fire on the Beach

Last night on Lake Huron (Sunday evening) -- Experimental mobile post