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Eric Scheske

Pot to Playgrounds

What could possibly go wrong? The first marijuana vending machines have opened in Los Angeles allowing those with legal medical prescriptions easy access to the drug. The machines can only be used by patients who are prescribed marijuana for health reason [http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=75280&

Short Eudemon

Jerusalem is blanketed in snow [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1201523782656&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull] , and we're sitting on ice and -1 (-21 wind chill). School is cancelled, which disappoints my K-8 children. It's Catholic Schools Week, and today was supposed to be

The Tuesday Eudemon

Saturday night was a perfect snapshot of potential good night life in a small town. Our local Council for the Arts brought in America [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(band)] ("Horse with No Name," "Sister Golden Hair," etc.) as part of its 2007-2008 Performing Arts

Monday Moanin'

A great day: The Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas. As a non-Catholic, I became intrigued with St. Thomas through Chesterton's The Dumb Ox, and became an admirer when I read Josef Pieper's Guide to Thomas Aquinas. A Lutheran with no inclination to become Catholic, I remember

Something for Sunday Morning

"The love of the truth seeks out the quiet of contemplation." St. Augustine

Saturday Stuff

I watched Longford [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0759612/] with Marie and the older kids last night. Highly recommended, but I wouldn't let anybody under 14 watch it (disturbing theme). It's about a devout and sincere Catholic's efforts to get the notorious Myra Hindley

Looking for a Site

Does anybody know of a Catholic site that acts as a "clearinghouse" of sorts for Catholic charities, a site that says "This charity is good" and/or "This charity is bad"? I thought maybe the USCCB would provide a list of endorsed charities, but

Brews You Can Use and Other

Beer stimulus package: $1,200 per couple, plus $300 per kid. My rebate: $3,300.00. Earlier versions of the bill capped the number of child rebates at three (which makes no sense; if they're giving child credits because people with kids have more expenses, why cap it

Thursday Evil

Has anyone else noticed a dearth of gay rights and gay marriage talk this election season so far? Does anyone else think maybe the gay rights people are hoping to fly their agenda in under the radar, perhaps pursuant to an understanding--tacit or from a smoke-filled back closet--between gay rights

The Wednesday Eudemon

Interesting piece at WSJ, which basically makes explicit what most people have known all along: The Clintons will say anything if it'll help them win--true, false, or in-between [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120104819435508233.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries] . Sometimes they say true things: because it'll