Eric Scheske

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From the Notebooks: May 2003

Thoughts during a wine-induced euphoria. A bit too sunny, but decent points. The weather wasn't good (warm, but rainy), so I didn't want to golf. I didn't feel like hanging out at the Elks. But I didn't necessarily feel like reclusing myself

From the Notebooks. Feature Essay

The Social Law My son and daughter are teenagers. The prospect brings back one recurring memory: my teenage years. And it's more than a little disconcerting. I wasn't a bad teenager, but I did things that would simply be unacceptable today. I'm referring primarily

From the Notebooks

The Hack Most men are hacks. I think that's a fair statement. And I suspect most men fall into the category of “hacks.” Mr. X is a hack at this and that and the other thing. He does a lot of things kind of well, but nothing great.

Stoic Tuesday

Beautiful: Parts of a giant, exquisitely-carved marble sculpture depicting the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius have been found at an archaeological site in Turkey [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7580745.stm]. I wrote the Christian's Stoic Handbook, but couldn't find any publishers. In

Monday Moanin'

A great day: The Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas. As a non-Catholic, I became intrigued with St. Thomas through Chesterton's The Dumb Ox, and became an admirer when I read Josef Pieper's Guide to Thomas Aquinas. A Lutheran with no inclination to become Catholic, I remember

Something for Saturday

"In the presence of the Gospel, Nietzsche's immediate and profound reaction was--it must be admitted--jealousy. It does not seem to me that Nietzsche's work can be really understood without allowing for that feeling. Nietzsche was jealous of Christ, jealous to the point of madness."

Rand

Charles Colson on the philosophy of Any Rand [http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/civilization/cc0247.htm]. It's a pretty good overview. A bit harsh, but not unfair. There is something obscene about Rand's philosophy (as I understand it), but it can't be denied that

Something for Sunday Morning

"Take care never to speak what you have not weighed and pondered beforehand; nor interject your own words on the spur of the moment and in the midst of another's; for you must listen and converse in turn, with set times for speech and for silence."

Something for Sunday Morning

> Wipe out your imaginings by often saying to yourself, 'Now it is in my power to let no badness be in this soul, nor desire nor any perturbation at all . . . > It is your duty to order your life well in every single act. Marcus Aurelius (alright, so

I Had an Inkling

Lew Rockwell is a Roman Catholic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llewellyn_Rockwell], at least according to Wikipedia. I always wondered about it, but never tried to find the answer. I like the guy and his libertarian yet moral streak. Though his site's apology for the Mafia and