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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Fining the Parents

That's like twenty minutes worth of work at a casino! > Weary of poor grades and low graduation rates, Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation families are being fined if their kids skip school or arrive long after the bell rings. > The tribal council is fining parents $100 a

The EU Would Take Care of These Problems!

A German man who was mugged in a night club was mugged two more times while waiting for the police. The first mugging took place in a bathroom, where three men took his wallet and cell phone. The second took place while he waited outside the club for the police

A Pox on Higher Education

Great rant against higher education at Lew Rockwell this morning. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/doyle3.html]. Excerpt: > Here's the most diabolical part of the deal: Taxpayers lavishly subsidize higher education even while students go into debt slavery for their own reprogramming! Maybe those eggheads aren&

While You're at It, Install a Wet Bar . . .

. . . and some jacuzzis: > British telecoms operator BT Group Plc has wired up a church in Wales to allow the congregation to hook onto local high-speed Internet connections when they want a break from the sermon. . . > "The church has to move with the times and I wanted

Ah, Grasshopper, Much You Don't Understand

> Five Thai Buddhist monks have been defrocked and fined after a brawl with monks from a nearby temple, police and newspapers said Tuesday. > The street fight was the culmination of years of antagonism between monks from the two temples who had often exchanged curses, insults and rude gestures

The Lost Art of Hospitality

> A 46-year-old man allegedly set his own home on fire in order to get two visitors to leave, police said. Link [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/H/HOUSE_FIRE?SITE=NYNYD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-05-30-09-27-05] . Richard

It's the High, Stupid

Regular readers of this blog know we're not friends of marijuana, but jokers like this make us re-think our position: > Michigan State Rep. Dudley Spade has announced that he'll soon be introducing legislation to outlaw candy made with hemp or designed to taste like

Professor Against the University

Professor Anthony Esolen writes in the most recent issue of Touchstone about the public universities (no link available): > We encourage you to put your homes in hock, for the privilege of a "loan" from ourselves; we ally with one another in a price-fixing cartel, and call

Consumerism Comes to Thanatos

There's a new "art" exhibit coming to the West Coast: Experience the Experience of Being Buried Alive. Link [http://www.boingboing.net/2005/05/30/austrian_artists_exp.html]. Excerpt: > The people present will have an opportunity to be buried alive in a coffin for

Jouvenel Review

ISI Book's book on Bertrand de Jouvenel (part of its excellent Library of Modern Thinkers collection) is coming out soon. George Carey has given it a good review in the forthcoming issue of The American Conservative (no link available). Excerpt: > [In the first chapter of On Power]