Friday

NYBYCU We're in the throes of planning our trip to New York later this year. Imagine my excitement when I ran across this nifty site: The Ultimate Beer Guide to NYC [http://newyork.timeout.com/restaurants-bars/bars/926029/the-ultimate-guide-to-beer-in-nyc] . Unfortunately, none

Thursday

Politically Incorrect Speech Upheld In case you missed, it a federal Court of Appeals court seems to have brought a dose of common sense to its First Amendment jurisprudence. A high school student wore a shirt that said, "Be happy, not gay." She wore it the day after

Wednesday

Ride the Wave I came into an easy $80 a few weeks ago, so I splurged on something that has long intrigued me: a shortwave radio. I bought a Grundig G4000A. The model was recommended by a "survivalist" blogger as a solid less-expensive radio, and the Amazon

Tuesday

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly Is anti-Catholicism on the rise? Things seem to be getting awfully nasty from the Left, whether it's Esquire or Hitchens or pseudo-thinkers who criticize Augustine for embracing the "not quite totalitarian theocracy" of the Catholic Church. . . . more>>

Monday

George was More Popular? Where are we today, as a nation? I'm not sure, but very few of us like the leviathan that we've allowed to creep into every facet of our lives. Significant: According to Harvard and Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig, only 11% of

Something for Sunday Morning

“You must also pay attention to the thoughts of arrogance and presumption which attack you ”¦ For when the demons see the soul freed from passions and temptations, they attack it through such thoughts.” From The Philokalia

Friday

Drinking Night in Canada I like wine, but sometimes it's out of place. Like at Oktoberfest. Or at the typical frat party. Or a bachelor party. Or Thursday night bowling league. Those occasions call for beer. And if you drink wine at a hockey game, someone's

Thursday

Consumer Culture You want to see golf carts that cost $20,000 and go nearly 40 miles per hour? Go to The Villages in Florida. Swanky golf carts are all the rage, and people are putting serious time and money into them. Lawfully, they're only supposed to go

Wednesday

Put that in Your Pipe Everyone wants to be a leader. Bloomberg is the leader of the smoking Nazis: "Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed legislation into law today that bans smoking in many public spaces around the five boroughs. Under the new law, smoking will be banned in the city&

Margins?

I occasionally receive emails from TDE readers, telling me that the right-hand margin is all screwed up. I have never experienced this problem, and my web consultant tells me he has no idea why/how it could be happening. I'm curious to know how rampant it is.