Eric Scheske

The CDC is accusing Big Tobacco of using different flavors of e-cigarettes to try and lure in young people. They're especially concerned about the newest flavor, Cheerios in a Ziploc Bag.

Daughter Meg is having a good cross-county season her freshman year of high school. Here she is with daughter Abbie after clocking 18:58 last weekend in Jackson, Michigan:

More good passages from his Poetry Night at the Ballpark and Other Scenes from an Alternative America "[T]he Cinematic World On Its Head Act of 1991 . . . mandated that all judges in movies and TV be stern black females while the meaty criminal parts must go to white actors,

A referee in a professional soccer match in Brazil pulled a gun out during a game last week because he was tired of being treated poorly by players and coaches. And then out of habit, several players fell down and pretended they had been shot. China is now home to

Presented without comment: "Joseph Stalin was a great man; few other men of the 20th century approach his stature. He was simple, calm and courageous. He seldom lost his poise; pondered his problems slowly, made his decisions clearly and firmly; never yielded to ostentation nor coyly refrained from holding

Justin Bieber says he has three or four albums he hasn't released yet. Bieber says, “You have until midnight to meet my demand.”

Could everyone do me a favor? Be careful when you use the conjunction "as." I just saw this last Sunday: "The Big Ten is making a comeback, as they have not had schools in the top two of the rankings since back in 2006." That'

Miscellaneous Rambling Okay, I'm a bad Catholic. I wasn't able to muster hardly any enthusiasm for Pope Francis' trip. I was looking forward to it, but then I turned on the EWTN coverage when he arrived. I saw him shaking hands and smiling with President

The Meditations: Confessions of a Roman Opium-Eater? I doubt it, but it appears the last of the Good Emperors liked a bit of opium: Ten Historical Figures Who Used Opium [http://listverse.com/2015/09/25/10-historical-figures-who-were-dependent-on-opium/] . > Marcus Aurelius was never a physically strong man. However, being emperor of