Eric Scheske

> [W]hen George Plimpton [acting on behalf of the NEA] paid Aram Saroyan $1,500 for a poem consisting of a single misspelled word "lighght," an Iowa congressional aide dared to ask the dilettantish Plimpton what the poem meant. "You are from the Midwest. You are

Geilor von Kaysersberg, writing in the early sixteenth century, divided bookish folly into seven types: 1. The fool who collects books for the sake of glory. 2. The fool who wants to grow wise by the consumption of too many books. 3. The fool who collects books without truly reading

Hilaire Belloc, commenting on the 21st-century euthanasia debate: > It is worth noting, by the way, that the most sentimental people, who are loudest against the right to wage a just war, to execute a criminal, are just the people who are most likely to be in favour of

A new blog site [http://catholicsforronpaul.blogspot.com/].

You don't often see this type of candor anymore: > I was sufficiently ebullient to consume half a bottle of brandy after dinner. On the way back from dropping off the babysitter I drove our car into the side of a telephone pole. My wife was already safe

"The Lord our God hates the slothful. None of those who are dedicated to God ought to be idle." Anonymous (From Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)