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Eric Scheske

Friday

Interesting post over at Ignatius Insight [http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2007/03/von_balthasar_a.html] about the attempts of one man to bring new age-type practices under the roof of the Catholic Church. Excerpt: > Born in 1900 in Russia, Valentin Tomberg was for many years an

Sexualizing Girls

It's not a good thing. Article at The Register [http://ncregister.com/site/article/2151] (subscription might be required). Excerpt: > The American Psychological Association's report concluded that sexualization was damaging to all women, but particularly to younger girls who are still forming a sense of

The Quick-Hitting Eudemon

Significant (Nestorian) Christian presence in China by 700 AD? Interesting stuff in the current issue of Touchstone [http://touchstonemag.com:80/archives/article.php?id=20-03-030-f]. Hats off to these renegades: Just as speakeasies arose in the 1920s, smoke-easies are beginning to crop up in this

Riding the Hell Express

Man steals statue of Virgin Mary from cemetery, paints it to look like a clown, and poses with it for Myspace page [http://wcco.com/local/local_story_085221321.html]. Stories like these always remind me of Eddie Murphy's routine about Mehmet Ali Agca riding the Hell Express:

The Wednesday Eudemon

Abbreviated blogging today. My computer has been pulled, awaiting a replacement. I have computer access, but it's not as efficient as my regular computer. The new issue of Books & Culture arrived. The cover story: Mt. Athos [http://www.christianitytoday.com/bc/2007/002/4.16.html]. Very

I Must Be in the Back Row!

The Greeks knew acoustics, too [http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070319/full/070319-16.html]. Pretty wild. Courtesy of LewRockwell [http://www.lewrockwell.com/]. Excerpt: > Its acoustics are extraordinary: a performer standing on the open-air stage can be heard in the back rows almost 60 metres away.

Architecture to Toads

Susan Sontag once described a polymath as someone who is interested in everything and nothing else. I'm not a polymath, but I'm interested in all sorts of things. Occasionally, I even take an interest in art and architecture, so I found this opinion piece [http://www.

Monday Blogging

I'm looking for hip Catholic blogs. What do I mean by hip? Hard to say, but here are a few catch words: beatniks, jazz music, James Dean, Elvis, Dennis Hopper, Avant-garde, Pabst Blue Ribbon, White Castle. . . . unconventional. I realize the idea of "hip Catholic" is

Something for Sunday Morning

"Peace is our final good." St. Augustine

The Weekend Eudemon

I took my ten stomach staples and wife out to the drinking club late yesterday afternoon. Yup, that's me: too ill to work but well enough to drink. My Uncle Joe is in town. I used to see him anywhere from four to 100 times a year (I