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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Chesterton in Russia

Every so often, you run across an odd little piece. Here, I've found an odd big piece [http://www.roadtoemmaus.net/G.K._Chesterton_in_Russia.pdf] at Road to Emmaus [http://www.roadtoemmaus.net/articleextracts.html] magazine's website. It's a collection of writings

I Hate Debt Dot Com

This week's Our Sunday Visitor has a great focus piece about indebtedness. Among other things, it mentioned this great website [http://www.ihatedebt.com/], which contains all sorts of debt information and analysis from a Christian perspective. I really liked the snapshot of our country's current

The New Holiday

The Occident doesn't believe in the devil anymore. Or if it does believe in him, it doesn't fear him. You might say the devil and his power to inflict suffering are grossly under-appreciated in the West today. Yet though the devil is under-appreciated, he&

Silly (but Omnipotent) Chinese Commies

> The Patriotic Association, the state-controlled Church in China, has ignored the Holy See's wishes and ordained a new bishop, the BBC reported. . . . > The Holy See had called for a delay in the appointment over concerns the bishop is inexperienced and too closely aligned with China&

Monster in the House

Well, it finally happened: I have a teenager under my roof. Alex turned 13 today. Shaggy hair, a little sassy, and getting a bit big for my strong-arm liking, he's a teenager and enjoying his new status. So far, he's been a great kid. If

Something for Sunday Morning

Henri Gheon, writing about some of the folks in St. John Vianney's parish: > And last, there was that extraordinary being, Pere Chaffangeon, who remained for hours before the altar, without even moving his lips; it seems that he was speaking to God. > "And what do

Little Commodities

B16 had some words yesterday [http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6604] that hit pretty close to my thoughts about the childless and near-childless: > The Pope opined that “the lack of such creative and forward-looking love is the reason why many couples today choose not to

Shaving Update

On Monday, I mentioned a claim that shaving cream is a racket [https://thedailyeudemon.com/4429/] and that a man just needs warm water, after he first toughens up his skin a bit. Well, I put my face on the line all week, and the results are in: the claim

TAC

The new American Conservative [http://www.amconmag.com/] arrived today. It looks like a good one (note: no links to the articles are available yet): A review of The Brothers Bulger [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446576514/thedailyeudem-20]. For me, it's a great example of

The Weekend Eudemon

More great weather. It's been a stunning spring so far. But if the recent pattern holds, it means we're heading for a dismal late spring or summer. Consider: We got hit real hard with snow and cold in November and December. Come January, things got incredibly