Eric Scheske

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Mini-Book Reviews

Some new, some old. Some in progress, some finished. Some repeats, some originals. Freaks in History The poor and freaks. They'll both always be with us. Barabbas was apparently a freak, as was Caligula. What Origen did to himself was kinda freaky, too, but out of respect, I

Mini-Book Reviews

Some new, some old. Some in progress, some finished. Some repeats, some originals. Age of Aquarius Squirming Absolute classic. I read this book about twelve years ago, and I loved every second of it. I learned the meaning of "pneumatic antinomianism," and I've been casually dropping

Mini-Book Reviews

Some new, some old. Some in progress, some finished. Some repeats, some originals. It's a Random World I bought this book after hearing Taleb interviewed on EconTalk [http://www.econtalk.org/]. The host (Russ Roberts) asked Taleb about the economic meltdown (rough quote), "So, you were right

Bird Watching and Other Scatology

Giving Me the Bird I've had an horrendous spring. I won't go into the details, but a barrage of non-work commitments has frayed my nerves to the bone (is that metaphor possible?). I was looking forward to a nice long Memorial Day weekend, with nothing to

Dalrymple to Pandemics

Dalrymple Sighting Aye, at times my ignorance surprises even me. Dalrymple has written a great little book review/essay [http://www.city-journal.org/2009/bc0427td.html] about an author whose name doesn't even ring a bell: Paul Hollander, a man who "is not one of those sociologists

Calling All Nerds

20 Books to Make You a Smart Catholic Joseph Epstein is the best essayist alive. He's urbane, funny, self-deprecating. He's a fine stylist, and he's remarkably well-read. I remember William F. Buckley marveling at Epstein's erudition and wondering how Epstein could have

From the Notebooks

From 2002: It dawned on me today that I haven't gotten engrossed in a book in quite awhile, possibly as long as five years. In the past, there were books that grabbed me, fired my imagination and intellectual motivation. They threw so much good stuff at me that

From the Highlighter: John Senior II

The Restoration of Christian Culture [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932528164/thedailyeudem-20] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932528164/thedailyeudem-20] John Senior [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932528164/thedailyeudem-20] More passages: “work, prayer, sacrifice. Those are the items on the Catholic Agenda.” p. 82. I&

The Wednesday Eudemon

I wasn't raised in the Detroit area, but I had lived there for two summers. In addition, during my college years in Ann Arbor, I had regularly attended Red Wings hockey games, often taking the Lodge Freeway from I-94 to Joe Louis Arena. Right before I exited for

From the Highlighter

I read a lot. It's a trait I inherited from my parents. But one thing about my reading deviates sharply from theirs. Whereas they keep their library in good shape, its shelves lined handsomely with hardbacks, my library mostly carries secondhand paperbacks. Whereas their books are clean: no