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Eric Scheske

Brews You Can Use

A fitting Memorial today: St. Benedict, the man who gave us monasteries, who in turn gave us beer and many other forms of alcohol. The Liturgy of the Hours this morning contains a reading from St. Benedict's rule. One line says that there exists a "bitter spirit&

Thursday

For more gasoline comics [http://www.geckotales.com/gas-price-jokes.htm]. __________ I've been asked to spread the word about a new pro-life program. Here's the link [http://www.40daysforlife.com/splash.cfm]. Via Aggie Catholics [http://marysaggies.blogspot.com/2008/07/being-human-part-

The Wednesday Eudemon

I'm no foreign affairs expert, but this doesn't make sense to me. The U.S. has inked a deal to install a radar in the Czech Republic in connection with our missile defense project. Russia feels threatened and it has threatened to use military means to

Tuesday Miscellany

Is the new entertainment technology making us smarter, as this guy alleges [http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/scheske1.html]? Or dumber, as this guy alleges [http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-book5-2008jul05,0,3980465.story]? I'm guessing the latter, but I'm open to

Monday Moanin'

Zmirak on Buchanan on WWII [http://www.takimag.com/site/article/patrick_buchanan_and_the_necessary_book/]. Good stuff. > It's clear that in writing Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War, Buchanan was courting controversy–and not of the surface sort, like the meaningless chatter aimed by the

Something for Sunday Morning

"Many may not find giving up food and drink and a soft bed too difficult . . . But bearing an insult, a wrong, or hurtful words . . . this is something to be borne not by many but by few." St. John Chrysostom

Online Civility 101

Some of you may have noticed the unpleasantness in one of the comments [https://thedailyeudemon.com/?p=6118#comments] earlier this week. It dawned on me that maybe the person simply lacks online social skills. In fact, based on the amount of uncivility I see online, I suspect a lot

Brews You Can Use

Happy Independence Day! I've never had that American beer, but I remember drinking a lot of this crap: __________ A hardy thanks to a TDE reader that mailed a big bottle of Andechser Weissbeer that she brought home with her from Germany. A most-righteous act of kindness. I

Thursday

Cute story: I realize that's a bit more ribald than normal TDE fare, but it cracked me up. Plus, I'm low on posting time this morning. __________ A clever defense of professional wrestling [http://southernavenger.ccpblogs.com/2008/06/29/sa-radio-interview-with-author-of-ring-

The Wednesday Eudemon

Received in an email: A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE Â· Pythagorean theorem: 24 words Â· The Lord's prayer: 66 words Â· Archimedes' Principle: 67 words Â· The 10 Commandments: 179 words Â· The Gettysburg address: 286 words Â· The Declaration of Independence: 1300 words Â· The US Government regulations