I feel kind of bad for newspaper writers. They have to write on topics they know little or nothing about, with the result that they often look like doofi. I remember one AP reporter writing about the Vikings' and Cowboys' multiple Super Bowl appearances. She made the comment,

“God ordinarily reveals His indwelling presence not through visions but by prompting virtuous actions within us.” Thomas Dubay, citing Saints Teresa of Avila, Thomas Aquinas, and Bernard.

Weekend Miscellany TDE readers know I care more about my fall crop of brussels sprouts than I do about the presidential election, but as an outsider looking in, Romney's recent surge looks pretty impressive. Sample [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map.html]

BYCU: Received in an Email VODKA Good to know: Vodka is least likely to give you a hangover Vodka is made by fermenting grains or crops such as potatoes with yeast. It's then purified and repeatedly filtered, often through charcoal, strange as it sounds, until it's

Whiskey handed out to reporters before VP debate [https://twitter.com/susanferrechio/status/256404841453215744/photo/1].

Nock Notions "To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant." Nock starts Memoirs of a Superfluous Man with that quote from Amos Bronson Alcott. He no doubt loved it, as do I. But I doubt Nock and I would apply it the

Bullets Ready for an attenuated rumor? A friend of mine does work for a guy who supplies a military manufacturer. According to my friend, the guy told him that the military manufacturer is really ramping up production and the type of things being made clearly point to an oncoming war

The temperature dropped to 30 degrees Sunday evening. We went out Sunday afternoon and gathered up as many tomatoes--red, yellow, green--that we could. We ended up with about a thousand cherry and grape tomatoes, most of them green. We have no idea what we'll do with

An Online Annoyance Does anybody enjoy the online news videos? You know what I'm referring to: You're surfing the Internet, you see a link to an interesting story, you click on it, and (instead of a printed news story) a video screen comes up. I almost

“Contradiction and contentiousness come from deceit, a companion of unbelief and haughtiness.” The Philokalia