Eric Scheske

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Friday

Tonight is traditionally known as "The Twelfth Night [http://www.crisismagazine.com/2017/counting-christmas-celebrating-twelfth-night?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CrisisMagazine+%28Crisis+Magazine%29] ." I'd never heard of it, but it was apparently a pretty raucous celebration by people who

Thursday

Zmearing the Pope I often get a bit a nervous when I'm criticizing Pope Francis. Needless to say, a person can't toss the words "Pope" and "heretic" together without flat-out contradicting the foundation of the Roman Catholic Church, so I'm

Wednesday

Copt Out You can indirectly support TDE by buying your vegetable and flower seeds from the MAXimum Greens website [https://www.maximumgreens.com/]. We have a nice assortment: flowers [https://www.maximumgreens.com/collections/flower-seeds], vegetables [https://www.maximumgreens.com/collections/vegetable-seeds]. Our prices match the prices charged by the

Tuesday

Miscellaneous Rambling I saw a headline link about Pope Francis' New Year Day Mass, so I clicked on it. I liked what I saw: "Pope Francis on Monday recommended jettisoning life's 'useless baggage' in 2018, including what he called 'empty chatter' and

Happy New Year

Regular blogging resumes tomorrow. I hope everyone has had a great holiday season.

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> From the archives: Disciplines of the soul are the basis of a liberal society. https://t.co/bAsYSGxPJK > — First Things (@firstthingsmag) December 31, 2017 [https://twitter.com/firstthingsmag/status/947587845719580672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Saturday

Yet another amazing pic from European Beauty: > Rising out on a rocky crag above the confluence of two rivers near the Guadarrama mountains, Alcazar Castle is one of the most distinctive castle-palaces in #Spain [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Spain?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] by virtue of

Friday

The Gin Cometh During 2017, I veered more and more toward gin (reducing my intake of vodka). It started in London last November (2016). I couldn't drink the beer, but I could drink the gin and tonic, which is an English classic. I was impressed by the higher

Thursday

Rambles Struggling with that new electronic gadget? Wired's guide might help. The Master Guide to Setting Up All Your New Devices [https://www.wired.com/2017/12/the-master-guide-to-setting-up-the-new-devices-you-just-got/] . Five things professors actually said in 2017. Link [https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10304]. It's worth reading, but

Wednesday

The Good Marxist Yes, I've started reading Marx's Capital. The reason: Marxism is on the rise. At first, I thought it was just a college nimrod thing. I mean, how can anyone with an ounce of sanity (of which academia has virtually none) believe in Marxism?