It's Bourbon's Turn
A few bourbon notes, infused with Walker Percy observations
Eric Scheske
Did the Best Chess Player in the World Just Give Up?
From Christianity Today
Taking the Faith into the Trades
From The Washington Examiner
Progress has Given Way to Bubbling Madness
The WEF: a kind of trade union for the most wealthy and influential
Scrolling Blog: August 2022
The original TDE blog format. Stacked, sundry, and short for swift scanning since 2004.
A Rambling Column Resulting from a Bushwhacked Week
Ah, the life bushwhack.
When I wore a younger man’s clothes, I thought the bushwhacks would go away. I’d get my seven kids out of constant-crisis mode (making sure they didn’t wander away, fall down the steps, or get eaten by a dog), then I could
Scourging of Shire Scoured from YouTube
Silicon Valley Eye
August 1, 2021
SAN JOSE. A happy ending in JRR Tolkien's popular story turns out not to be happy after all.
At issue is a chapter known as “The Scourging of the Shire,” in which a band of hobbits (small, half-person creatures) kills and
How To Halt or Disengage From an Overtalker
From Well + Good
The Conservative Mind, by Russell Kirk
A Micro-Review/Essay
Joseph Bottum and Postmodernism
I frequently wondered what happened to Jody Bottum. I hear he was forced out of First Things after Fr. Neuhaus died. Wikipedia says it was an argument over funding and the direction of the journal. I've liked to speculate it's because he wrote a surprising piece