Eric Scheske

It would seem that a surge in William Graham Sumner [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Graham_Sumner#The_Forgotten_Man] (1840-1910) might do this country a lot of good: "Sumner celebrated “the forgotten man,” the independent middle-class man who falls between the cracks of the plutocrats

Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine [http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson sent me a

"TIL that on Saint Patrick's Day began as a "feast day" in honor of the anniversary of the day he died. To honor him, Christians could put aside their Lenten restrictions on food and alcohol consumption on this day, which is why excessive drinking has

Random Kontent from the Kindle "A student once asked him: 'If I haven't anything in my mind, what shall I do?' Joshu replied: 'Throw it out.' 'But if I haven't anything, how can I throw it out?' continued the

> "Stop thinking, and end your problems." ~ Lao Tzu #tao [https://twitter.com/hashtag/tao?src=hash] > — Tao Essentials (@TaoEssentials) March 14, 2015 [https://twitter.com/TaoEssentials/status/576692796184211456]

Miscellaneous Rambling Do outdoor activities make a person tired? I've been outdoors a lot since the weather turned nice, and I've been unbelievably zonked out every night. But I still have some residuals from that terrible illness from two weeks ago, so maybe that's

I've never understood minimum wage legislation. If you increase the cost of something, people will buy less of it. I thought that was a rule, along the lines of, "If you spit on someone, that person is less likely to enjoy your company." Sure, there are

> It's been an honor Sturgis! pic.twitter.com/0garS7IVzs [http://t.co/0garS7IVzs] > — Jack Scheske (@ScheskeJack) March 14, 2015 [https://twitter.com/ScheskeJack/status/576571097900023808] The basketball season comes to a close. It was a long year: four kids in four different leagues, including a varsity

BYCU Even when I could drink beer, and greatly enjoyed craft beer, there was something about the "craft beer" movement that annoyed me. I don't know if it was the beer snobbery, or the idea that people were entirely too intense on something (beer drinking) that