Eric Scheske

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Dixie Defense

I'm not a "pro-Confederate" kind of guy, but I know enough history to know the South has been enormously maligned for the past 150 years (heck, the Abolitionists started it well before then). Consequently, I like to pass along neat pages like this when I get

Cram It

I greatly enjoy reading about the "Old Right": Nock, Mencken, Santayana, and other "superfluous men." They're no-nonsense men with uncompromising stances. They often had questionable morals (Mencken had a mistress; Nock left his wife), but they didn't discuss morality very much, at

Brews You Can Use II

To my discredit, I'd never even heard of it, but its passing saddens me to the point of inebriation: > British brewing giant Young's will close its famous Ram brewery site - where brewing began in 1571 - merging brewing operations with Bedford-based Charles Wells [http:

Didache

Mike Aquilina teaches readers about the Didache [http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/05/23/the-time-capsule/]. As always, a good, easy, and informative read.

History Primer

A reader notifies me that Diane Moczar has just published two books that introduce readers to Catholic history. Moczar is good. I've read her history columns in Latin Mass. If you go to this link [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1933184159/thedailyeudem-20], then click on the

Jill the Ripper

Too busy today to offer much commentary, but this little piece shouldn't pass un-posted: Was Jack the Ripper a Woman [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article485887.ece]? The theory rests on DNA and no motive is offered. I found this interesting, though: > The chief

Posters from Hell

USSR, 1917-1991. Pretty neat. If you click on them, they have brief explanations (in English). I prefer older Russian posters like this one:

The Klan Flag

A Southern heritage preservation fellow sent this link [http://www.rulen.com/kkk/] to me recently. Rather interesting stuff. The thrust of the link: The Confederate Flag is not the flag of the KKK. The secondary thrust: The Stars and Stripes is. It didn't surprise me, but I&

Crazy Presidents

A new study says that almost half of the first 37 presidents (GW to Nixon) of the United States may have suffered from mental illness. Subscriber-only link [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200606/primary-sources]. The psychiatric methods employed are questionable, but the Duke University study released it anyway. Guess what?

Fathers of the Church

I know I already plugged it once, but if you're interested in history and you're not reading Fathers of the Church, you're missing a lot. I'm stunned at the amount of great script that Michael Aquilina is cranking out . . . every day. Read,