Eric Scheske

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Philosophy

Big v. Little

When government acts, it looks at the big picture. Usually, government looks at sophisticated studies that consider harm and benefit and things like that. Sometimes, it looks at polls and what people want as a whole. No matter what, the government always tries to consider the big picture. It'

Dyin' to Die

From Secondhand Smoke [http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2005/11/more-ugly-truths-about-assisted.html]: > A Swiss assisted suicide organization called Dignitas has helped a depressed woman kill herself in Germany. True, the woman presented a fake medical report, stating she was very ill. But the head of Dignitas said it didn&

Not Discrimination?

> Deciding not to accept as candidates for the priesthood men with "deeply rooted homosexual tendencies" would not be an act of discrimination, said the general secretary of the Italian bishops' conference. . . > Bishop Betori said that if the bishops decide being homosexual and being a priest

Cliche Clooney

One thing has always struck me about George Clooney: His incredible arrogance: > It's very easy when you're a conservative to say 'good' and 'bad.' It's simple: evildoers, bad people. The job of a liberal is to see both sides.

Philosophy Site

Philosophy in Cyberspace [http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/~dey/phil/section1.htm] looks like a promising site, though its branches of philosophy don't include Thomism or Phenomenology (the former is set forth under "Medieval Thought and Philosophy"; I couldn't find the latter at all,

The Anscombe Society

It's nice to know there is such a society. It's nice to hear they're teaching this message: > The Anscombe Society at Princeton University was organized for the express purpose of promoting chastity. Chastity - now that's a behavior you hardly ever

Dirty Billboard Removed

> Brooklyn parents, who were hot and bothered by a billboard featuring a naked blonde across the street from an elementary school, have won their fight to have the sign taken down. NY Post Link [http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/55716.htm]. I'm glad the parents won,

On Comparing Ourselves

Pierre Manent writes about the predicament of modern man's unique sin. It rings true with me, so I reproduce it here: > Comparing oneself to others is the misfortune and original sin of men in our societies. The misfortune is that the man who compares himself with others

The Weekend Eudemon

Another Saturday morning, another case of writer's block. We try to write the first draft of The Weekend Eudemon on Friday evening, preferably after a few block-removing beers, but Eric was in charge (not control) of Meg and Max--the spunky four-year-old and wandering two-year-old--by himself last night. His

Scruton (It's Not a Salad Topping)

The Independent has run a delightful article on the conservative intellectual, Roger Scruton. Link [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/interviews/article296509.ece]. Excerpt: > "One of the great distinctions between the left and the right in the intellectual world," says Scruton, who has held chairs in aesthetics