Pope Michael, RIP
From The Lamp
More issues
Meg Scheske's (now "Schlueter") Wedding Day
Margaret Rita (Meg) joined Leo Schlueter in matrimony two days ago. They're both graduates of Hillsdale College. His father is a professor of philosophy there. Meg's dad is, well, your scribe at TDE and an amateur philosopher, historian, and gardener.
Bride and groom come from large
Seed Oils and Bad Science
From The American Conservative
It's Bourbon's Turn
A few bourbon notes, infused with Walker Percy observations
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