Miscellaneous

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly Four minutes of chess. If no winner, three minutes of boxing. It's chess boxing. Iceland. . . . more>> [http://www.wired.com/playbook/2011/03/chess-boxing/] Josef Pieper, we hardly knew thee! And the author of this otherwise fine piece about leisure

The Evening Eudemon Related to this morning's post: "The United States Department of Justice delivered a very clear and unfortunate message on Friday: 'Attempts to undermine the legitimate currency of this country are simply a unique form of domestic terrorism. While these forms of anti-government

I held my 19th annual NCAA Tournament Auction party last night, so blogging is light this morning. I just have two questions: (1) The comments boxes have died at TDE, but traffic over the past month is up about 20% (TDE averages 550 or so different visitors a day). Any

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly Do you have more than one personality, one that you show your priest, one your friends, one your clients? We all do, to some extent, I fear. But is Facebook killing our inner Sybil? . . . more>> [http://stevecheney.posterous.com/how-facebook-is-killing-

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly Are you a former cold war warrior like your TDE blogger? You might want to check out some Leebaert book. . . . more>> [http://www.independent.org/blog/index.php?p=9564] Do you have a hard time making decisions? It might just be a

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

“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

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&

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.

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly They bilk people out of billions with impunity. They get bailed out. America is there for Wall Street, and DC is feeding it the sheople's money. Rolling Stone magazine's take. . . more>> [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-isnt-