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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

The Sign of the Coward

“A brave man is also patient.” Thomas Aquinas. Those two chairs–bravery and patience–don't go together in most people's intellectual living room, but if you consider them for a few minutes, you see they match. What prompts impatience? The fear of loss: loss of time,

Something for Sunday Morning

“Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe, to know what he ought to desire, and to know what he ought to do.” St. Thomas Aquinas

Received in an Email

In honor of the mother of the octuplets, Denny's is offering a new breakfast meal called the Octo-Slam. You get fourteen eggs, no sausage, and the guy next to you has to pay the bill!!

Brews You Can Use

A real lady's man, there. Men will say just about anything to get a beer. Let's see, there's also "I'll give you a thousand bucks if you get me a beer," and "I'll stop making fun of

A Catholic Blog?

How Catholic is this blog? I asked myself that question yesterday morning. My wife called me to say that she thought the Sirius Radio appearance on the Catholic Channel went well. We chatted for awhile and then I blurted out, "Dang it! I forgot to plug The Daily Eudemon.

Stimulus Question

So, the stimulus package is now law. Create lots of money and lots of debt and create prosperity. But one question: If that's the way to prosperity, why aren't all countries wealthy? Even the poorest countries have access to a printing press.

From the Notebooks

I took my wife to see "Taken" last night (recommended, but not great), and I have the Sirius interview in just a little while, so blogging time is at a premium. For today, just this FtN: * * * A certain procedure works well, then I get anxious about it. It

Tuesday Miscellany

How much more understanding do we need? > A suburban Buffalo man who founded a cable TV station to promote better understanding of Muslims in the U.S. has been arrested on charges he beheaded his wife. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29189095/] __________ Sirius Radio Subscribers: I'll

Something for Sunday Morning

“Inordinate fear is included in every sin; the miser fears the loss of money, the intemperate man the loss of pleasure.” St. Thomas Aquinas

Brews You Can Use

Finally, some change I can believe in: "The Beer Institute and the Brewers Association today applauded members of the United States House of Representatives for the introduction of H.R. 836 the Brewers Excise and Economic Relief (BEER) Act, which effectively returns the federal beer excise tax back to