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Eric Scheske

Brews You Can Use

Drinkopedia [http://www.drinkopia.com/]. Over 12,000 drink recipes. __________ The news is dreadful: According to the Census, since 2006 we have been living in a republic where, for the first time in the history of the republic, Americans drink more bottled water than we drank beer. [http://www.frontporchrepublic.

From the Notebooks

November 2003 When I used to see large families (say, families with five or more children), the idea always creeped into my mind that one or more of the children are, for lack of a better term, expendable. That's not quite the right term, but let me illustrate

Elvis Wednesday

Another pre-programmed post: One of the best Elvis voice performances. He really nails it at the end (I could use a little less arm waving, but it's still good stuff): __________ Words whose meanings contradict one another: ”¢BILL ("monetary note" and "statement of debt") ”¢BUCKLE

From the Notebooks. Brownson

Quotes by and about Orestes Brownson (1803-1874): "Orestes Augustus Brownson is the Catholic thinker par excellence of the United States. There are no rivals." R.A. Herrera, Orestes Brownon: Sign of Contradiction, p. xviii. "Brownson believed he had ben put in a corner, defending his right to

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Of course, that cow can never get skinny since it can create its own fat, but still funny.

From the Notebooks: May 2003

Thoughts during a wine-induced euphoria. A bit too sunny, but decent points. The weather wasn't good (warm, but rainy), so I didn't want to golf. I didn't feel like hanging out at the Elks. But I didn't necessarily feel like reclusing myself

He turned a symbol of hate and torture into one of love and mercy

In the 1930s, the Times (London) asked G.K. Chesterton and others to write on the topic of "What's Wrong with the World Today." Chesterton sent back a two-word response: Dear Sirs: I am. Sincerely, G.K. Chesterton "For all that ever was wrong, is

RIP Jaki

Received in an email: > One of my [our] most beloved spiritual fathers and mentors, Benedictine Father Stanley Jaki, died quietly in the company of friends, from complications following an previous major cardiac event, on 7 April 2009, at Clinica de la Conception in Madrid, Spain where he was visiting

Wednesday Bullets

I must've missed the announcement: New political philosophy on web: Front Porch Republic [http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/]. It looks like it's dedicated to a lot of the ideas I promote here. Though I'm more of a quasi-anarchist (I like to call myself an anarchist

Tuesday Miscellany

New Chesterton books that I hadn't heard of until last weekend: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton Vol. I: Non-Fiction [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1604591579/thedailyeudem-20] and The Fantastic Fiction of Gilbert Chesterton [http://www.batteredbox.com/GardnerMartin/FantasticFictionChesterton.htm]. The first is merely a commercial