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Eric Scheske

Looking for Blogs

I have an odd request this time: I'm looking for the best Catholic blogs that don't get updated every day or even regularly. These might be hard to find, since irregular posting usually means low popularity. Still, if you know of a talented blogger out there

Brews You Can Use

A neat assortment of beer pictures [http://beerblog.genx40.com/a/christmasphoto] . The blogger says they're Christmas beer pictures, but the scope doesn't seem quite that narrow. __________ Conviviality's last stand. People may be bowling alone, but they're drinking together: The American Homebrewers

Polish Ad Controversy and Sundry

Ad controversy in Poland: The 30-second animated commercial depicts the Magi visiting the Christ Child, with a 4th wise man bearing Red Bull [http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=55014]. The ad doesn't offend me, but doggone it, why must the corporate advertisers trivialize (and

Black Wednesday Again?

It's not black because of drinking. It's black because Charter Communications has once again gone down. In all fairness to Charter, it's been months since it has gone down, but (i) if experience is an indicator, this crash portends a series of crashes over

Tuesday Trifles

The sterile environmentalists [http://quaffsandquibbles.blogspot.com/2007/11/what-will-they-think-of-next.html] . One of the top ten short (under 250 words) blog posts of the year. __________ Op-ed of the day: Families are good for cities and cities better be good to families [http://www.opinionjournal.

Monday Miscellany

Whew, whirlwind weekend. We went [the "w" alliteration ends now] to Detroit Thursday afternoon to see my wife's family: First a stop in Livonia at her aunt's, then to her parents' in Grosse Pointe Woods. Friday morning, Grosse Pointe parade, followed by a

Something for Sunday Morning

"Our actions have a tongue of their own; they have an eloquence of their own, even when the tongue is silent. For deeds prove the lover more than words." St. Cyril of Jerusalem

Something for Saturday Morning

Not using Catholic schools? Have you read the Church documents on the issue? I never had, except for a few stray sentences here and there. This article reproduces excerpts from the relevant documents [http://www.catholicexchange.com//en/node/67308]. I found it quite eye-opening. I knew the Church

Just a Few Things

Hey, it's the holiday season. Heck, it's Black Friday. If you're going to Amazon, please go through the link on this blog. I get a kickback. It really adds up. Last year, I was able to use my credits to buy four DVDs of

A Fine Essay

My favorite essayist, Joseph Epstein, a man whose books line my library and whose style I study (painfully realizing that my simple lack of comparable erudition makes me unable to emulate him) has written a good essay about Thanksgiving [http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110010891]. It's not