Eric ScheskePlease Put a Stake Through the Marvel FranchiseEndgame ended me. After that, I pledged never to watch another Marvel superhero film.Aug 6Aug 6
Eric ScheskeThe Cell Phone Imbroglio at My Local High SchoolIt helps to see history in “real time,” back when events occurred, in first-hand accounts.May 18May 18
Eric ScheskeLeft Hemispheric Thinking is Wiping Out the MassaiThey’re Being Wiped Out by Logocentric Ideas, from The Lion King to NationalismMay 1May 1
Eric ScheskeThe Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, by George Gissing (1903): A Micro-Review/EssayA middling writer unexpectedly inherits a small annual annuity (300 pounds . . .. about $30,000 today) at age 50. He has no dependents…Apr 14Apr 14
Eric ScheskeThe Monk Thomas Merton: An Opinion on Everything but He Didn’t Trust the NewsMerton didn’t trust the media, but he formed strong opinions on current events. It’s because Merton was an artist victimized by his left…Feb 24Feb 24
Eric ScheskeHanging Out is a Rebuke to the Left HemisphereAmerica has a crisis: Young people aren’t wasting enough time with one another. The result? Depression, suicide, and general malaise are…Feb 19Feb 19
Eric ScheskeMagician Induces Hallucinations . . . After the ShowBefore he became a philosopher, Harvard Divinity School’s David Abram turned tricks.Jan 2Jan 2
Michael Rodney7 Most Underappreciated Movie Villains“A hero is only as good as his villain” is a stupid saying.Jan 28, 20231Jan 28, 20231
Eric ScheskeThe Collectors and Hoarders and ChildlessI don’t collect things anymore. I don’t know when I stopped, but in my youth, I would start more collections than a wino starts bottles.Sep 27, 2021Sep 27, 2021
