Eric Scheske

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Drinking Matters

Holiday Drinking! Juneteenth! The date in 1865 when word of the Emancipation Proclamation was formally announced in Texas [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cuomo-signs-order-making-juneteenth-a-holiday-for-state-employees] . A day to drink! If you don't drink a beer of color tonight, you're a racist. If you want to try such

Miscellany

Rambling Here's your big chance to be first: I've launched a site at Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/ericscheske]. Yeah, I'm not sure how it works either. I literally launched it fifteen minutes ago and am still learning. But hey, I've never

The Supreme Power

Supreme Corruption Something happens to conservative men when they reach the Supreme Court: Kennedy, Roberts, and now Gorsuch. I don't know if it's mere proximity to power that corrupts them (the "country club effect") or whether it's downright actual corruption. But it

The Post-Party

The Local Bachelor Party These broken chairs are just a snapshot of the fallout from an incredible bachelor party Saturday afternoon in my backyard. Everyone from son Max (16), who served as referee of the Beer Olympics, to us older guys in our fifties and sixties who merely watched and

Best Tweet of the Week

If we defund the police, who's going to take away the guns and plastic straws?

The Bird

On Mark Fidrych On days like that, you didn't dare drink too much beer in old Tiger Stadium. The place was packed and its limited bathroom facilities meant you missed two innings every time you needed to make a run. It was 1976, and the Tigers were horrible.

A Tale of Two Bishops

Pick One! I'm not sure I've ever seen such a clear illustration of the rift between the Left and Right in Catholic matters: > Vatican Archbishop Carlo Maria ViganÃ², the former Papal Nuncio to Washington, D.C., has written to President Trump, praising his leadership during

Pure Michigan

Pure Privilege This picture is Governor Whitmer marching. The following excerpt is from her executive order that was in effect when this picture was taken [https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/0,9309,7-387-90499_90705-530620--,00.html]: "Outdoor social gatherings and events are permitted so long as people maintain six

Systemic

Where "Systemic Racism" Came From "I woke up and the world was systemically racist." Athanasius, circa 2020. But unlike Athanasius' experience with Arianism, it didn't happen overnight. A brief history: Summary: Systemic/institutional racism came in through Marxist critical theory, designed for one

Drinking Matters

Moving, Suspending, and Drinking Summer is in full swing. The lockdown has lifted. And I feel like a drink, but no: It's moving weekend. We moved into our new house in March. I got the most important things back then: about 3,000 books and 100 bottles of