Potter Verdict
Eric Scheske's eldest, Alex (12), finished volume 6 of the Harry Potter series
last night. He says it's the best one yet.
Eric Scheske
Sledgehammer Banging on Public Education
In a recent speech, Alan Greenspan says our public schools are going to kill us
in competition with China. Why? Well, just check out this incredible article.
Link [http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20050716-105811-9987r.htm]. Excerpts:
> In the long run, he accurately pointed out, our economic strength
Zero Tolerance for Juvenile Violence
I guess we shouldn't find this surprising. In a culture with increasingly fewer
children, why should adults know how to deal with them?
> Maribel Cuevas [11] was arrested in April in a police operation which involved
three police cars and a helicopter.
> She has since spent
Black Sunday
We'd never heard about Disneyland's opening day fifty years ago. This writer
gives a concise overview of a miserable day:
> The heat and the crowds, along with a Magic Kingdom full of other problems,
contributed to what will forever after be called Black Sunday in
Hollyroit
Interesting commentary piece at NYT that compares (not contrasts) Hollywood and
Detroit. Link
[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/10/weekinreview/10gross.html?ex=1278648000&en=dc676f56bc9e3354&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss]
. Excerpt:
> Consumers today face an unprecedented array of choices for how to
Words of Dylan Wisdom
> You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk,
You may be the head of some big TV network,
You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame,
You may be living in another country under another name
> You may be a
Something for Sunday Morning
We're blogging from Chicago and the blog change-over threw some wrenches at us
that we didn't successfully dodge. We're not even sure this and other posts will
go up, but here's a neat blog that also contains some words for Sunday
The Nine Monarchs
Joe Sobran raises interesting points in a discussion about the Almighty Court:
> Many controversies end prematurely not because one side is necessarily right,
but because it wins elections, or a war, or just manages to get its view
established as conventional wisdom. Eventually, people just stop debating very
debatable
Dry Iraq
A soldier writes about serving in dry Iraq. One of the funnier pieces we've read
recently. Link [http://moderndrunkardmagazine.com/issues/04_05/0405_dry_war.htm]
. Excerpt:
> Winston Churchill said the Royal Navy promised nothing to its enlistees but
“rum, sodomy, and the lash. ” . . .
> In
PSA
Blogging will be a little light later today and tomorrow morning. Eric Scheske
is attending an out-of-town wedding, and the blog is changing web hosts
(iPowerWeb has gone down or malfunctioned one too many times). During the
change-over, you will still be able to access the site,