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Eric Scheske

From the Highlighter. Lukacs II

At the End of an Age [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300101619/thedailyeudem-20], John Lukacs (Yale, 2002). The first part ran on Monday. “[T]here is a duality in every human life, in every human character.” p. 4. Don't worry, Lukacs is Catholic, not Manichean.

Tuesday Miscellany

My wife can corroborate this: Sales during last week's Black Friday, the traditional kickoff of the holiday shopping season, were better than many analysts expected. But the growth likely came at the expense of margins as stores cut prices aggressively [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081202/bs_

From the Highlighter

At the End of an Age [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300101619/thedailyeudem-20], John Lukacs (Yale, 2002) I picked up this book when it was published in 2002. I always think octogenarians have something interesting to say, and I figured an octogenarian of Lukacs' stature would

Something Different for Sunday Morning

Me to Michael (ten years old) this morning: "You know what's bad about the Lions playing on Thanksgiving?" Michael: "What?" Me: "They don't play today." Michael: "At least we got it over with."

Something for Sunday Morning

"When Christmas arrives, Our Lord should find us with everything in order and our soul fit to receive Him, just as He ought to find us in our final encounter with Him. We have to make what adjustment is required to correct the course of our lives and turn

From the Notebooks

I believe people enjoy a certain measure of doubt or incertitude. This would make sense. As limited human beings, we simply cannot understand everything so it follows that we might enjoy reading things that we don't fully apprehend. Put another way, we are “hard wired” for uncertainty, so

One Thing

I hear Mike and Mike in the Morning (ESPN radio talk show hosts) want the Thanksgiving Day game pulled from Detroit. I had always liked Mike and Mike, but, if you'll excuse me, they're bastards. Their argument: The Lions are so bad, they should be penalized

Thanksgiving Day

It's been a good year. I can't deny that I'm concerned about the economic future, but for now, everything is good, and that's enough for me. The past is gone and the future is always a land of hazy variables. The present-

Brews You Can Use: Special Black Wednesday Edition

Ah, the best time of the year: A four-day weekend yawns in front of America, as do an assortment of drinks. This college student tries to assess why people drink so much on Thanksgiving Eve [http://www.campussqueeze.com/post/Why-Thanksgiving-Eve-is-the-Biggest-Drinking-Night-of-

Tuesday Miscellany

The holidays approach. Not much time for blogging, and not much bloggable information out there. Personal responsibility took another step back: Canada ruled that fat people must get a free extra plane ticket [http://www.canada.com/theprovince/story.html?id=977633] and Citibank got more money [http://www.iht.