Eric Scheske

Miscellaneous Rambling Whew. Fifty dead. Unbelievable. I have nothing to add, except the obvious: America and Islam are incompatible. That doesn't mean the majority of Muslims cannot live here peaceably, but I'm not sure how we separate the good ones from the bad, so I'

> In 1980 there were only 101 breweries in the United States. Today there are over 4000. #Progress [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Progress?src=hash] #beer [https://twitter.com/hashtag/beer?src=hash] #Murica [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Murica?src=hash] > — Drunken History (@DrunkenHistory) June 5, 2016 [https://twitter.

BYCU My small town had a stroke of good fortune this month: a new Meijer store opened up here. It's the third biggest in Michigan. I took my daughters there for our first visit Wednesday night and was greatly impressed. I don't care much for shopping,

Caddyshack, one of my all-time favorite comedies, turned 35 yesterday. Mental Floss has published 15 interesting facts about the movie [http://mentalfloss.com/article/56693/15-things-you-might-not-know-about-caddyshack] . Excerpt: > At first, Murray's appearance as oafish groundskeeper Carl Spackler was planned as

Truth in advertising: "While there are no key details about what the filmmaker's next film will be, he will be on producing duties for a new Western that is set to shoot in Los Angeles later this month - and it's already generated vitriol through its

Miscellaneous Rambling Versatile Gardening Tool of the Year 2016: The plastic fork. I bought a big batch of them a few years ago. Our cat was ravishing my pots and I read that, if you line the pots with plastic forks, they deter felines. It worked (though, this year, they

Miscellaneous Rambling "Norway becomes first country in the world to commit to zero deforestation [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-becomes-first-country-in-the-world-to-commit-to-zero-deforestation-a7064056.html] ." That's great, except if I were an environmentalist, I wouldn&

> Warehouse sale: $5 and $10 Catholic Books: Sophia Institute Press. Great titles! https://t.co/uq0Mfb8hgg > — Ellen Finan (@efinan57) May 17, 2016 [https://twitter.com/efinan57/status/732564601934614528] > Catholic Book of the Month Club https://t.co/q5P0S6a1vg > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) June 4, 2016 [https:

I'm skeptical of some of the facts I read at Drunken History, but this one rings true enough for me: > Irony: experts estimate the consumption of hard liquor actually increased by 15% during prohibition and dropped 25% after repeal. > — Drunken History (@DrunkenHistory) June 1, 2016 [https:

Can we make one thing clear? Libertarianism does not deny original sin. I was listening to a Tom Woods podcast last weekend, and he remarked that, following an online debate between a libertarian Christian and traditional Christian, the comments box filled up with traditional Christians who think libertarianism doesn'