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Eric Scheske

Brews You Can Use

> The First Baptist Church of Hampton Falls, NH, has a beer bottle on top of the steeple. According to the locals: A brewery owner donated $50,000 to build the church with the condition that everyone was to know he donated it. The church, worrying about the morality of

Of Course It's Boring

Interesting piece by Helen Kirwan-Taylor, a mother/writer who says her children bore her. The later article makes a few decent points (I, too, don't know why "good" parents have to attend every blasted sporting, band, or artistic event; moreover, I detest it when parents try

Gay Clinton

I'm not an Ann Coulter fan. I don't dislike her, but I don't watch her on TV, read her articles or books, or follow her career moves. She's just a non-entity for me, kinda like Unitarianism. I found these remarks about Bill

Light Day

Sorry for the light blogging. I've been busy at the office, trying to keep my baby in furs.

The Wednesday Eudemon

A packed midweek. It started last night, when I took three of my older kids to Pirates of the Caribbean 2. It wasn't good. The plot didn't hold together nearly as well as the first one (which had an excellent plot and story lines that hung

God, Fun, and Money

Blasphemy would be no fun, if there was no God. Chesterton said something to that effect, and there's a lot of fun and God going around today, not to mention some tidy profits: > An American who began her career as a journalist in Belfast, claims she is

The Theocrats Don't Cometh

Ross Douthat of The Atlantic Monthly reviews four books by hysterical authors who think America is becoming a theocracy [http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0607/articles/douthat.html]. It's hopeless to argue with people who actually believe theocracy is a risk, and Douthat doesn't. He mocks

15 Good Adaptations

A list of 15 books that lived up to expectations on the screen [http://www.avclub.com/content/node/50693/1]. I don't agree with all the selections, but it's an interesting list nonetheless.

Alcohol in Ancient Rome

One of my new favorite web sites (World History Blog [http://world-history-blog.blogspot.com/2006/07/drunkus-maximus-power-and-purpose-of.html] ) reviews an article at one of my oldest favorite sites: Modern Drunkard Magazine. The topic: Drunkus Maximus: The Power and Purpose of Alcohol in Ancient Rome [http://www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com/issues/03_

Specter of the Middle Ages

Some of you have probably heard that Arlen made a false accusation against the Catholic Church [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51184] during a stem cell debate. It's another instance of someone invoking the Middle Ages (negatively, of course), and it turns out that