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The Eighth Day Eudemon

"An eighth and eternal day, consecrated by the Resurrection of Christ. . . there we shall rest and see, see and love, love and praise." That's St. Augustine's City of God. I found it in a forgotten treasure: The Eighth Day Books [http://www.eighthdaybooks.com/

The Wednesday Eudemon

One of the best article bullet summaries I've ever seen: Paul Theroux depicted V.S. Naipaul ten years ago as a stingy, tantrum-prone, racist snob badly in need of driving lessons. He was far too kind. [http://www.aldaily.com/] And the bullet is apparently accurate. The Nobel

New Groeschel Book

My son Alex bought me a Benedict Groeschel book for Christmas: Spiritual Passages: The Psychology of Spiritual Development [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0824506286/thedailyeudem-20]. I've only read the first twenty pages, but so far it has all the markings of an Eric Classic, which I

Some Belloc

The last half of the Chesterbelloc isn't nearly as quotable as the first half, but if I had to pick the book with most quotables, it'd be The Path to Rome. “[I]f there is difficulty it is in the whole launching of a thing, in

This Scoop Couldn't Wait Until Monday

On May 12, 2007, Emory University will unveil the complete collection of letters from Flannery O'Connor to Elizabeth “Betty” Hester [http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_REPORT/erarchive/2007/April/April%2023/flannery_oconnor.htm] . Hester was, um, unorthodox, but it looks like the libertines will be sorely disappointed:

Who is Jesus?

Michael (8) received a new children's book in his Easter basket: Who is Jesus [http://www.pauline.org/store/moreinfo/0819883131.html]? It's a perfect book for someone who is past the first stages of reading but not ready for heavier stuff like, say, Romano Guardini&

The Easter Swallows

Regular readers of this blog will realize this is a first: an endorsement/review of a children's book. Goodness knows, I've read more children's books than Mr. Rogers, but I typically find they're something to be endured, like a dirty diaper or

Looking for Information

I know I've been asking for a lot of input lately, but here's another. Anyone have an opinion on Randy Engel or her book, The Rite of Sodomy ”“ Homosexuality and the Roman Catholic Church [http://www.riteofsodomy.com/]? Email link on left (ejscheske@yahoo.com).

Brews You Can Use

New book. Sounds pretty good and has a distributist ring to it. It's apparently about how Miller, Anheuser-Busch, et al. captured the market after WWII. Here's the blog review where I read about it [http://beerblog.genx40.com/archives/2006/august/bookreviewgreat]. Unfortunately, I can'

Pink Floyd and Hilaire Belloc

Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd liked Belloc's famous children's book [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2006/07/barrett-and-belloc.html].