Eric Scheske

The New Bigots Another story that broke last week during my 12-day hog-tie at the office (link [http://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/gary-sinise-lieutenant-dan]): > Must reading http://t.co/CsWyz8xQFU > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) January 18, 2015 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/556773712918507520] This whole Gary Sinise and Bret

Disgusting and disturbing. All phony and all lies all the time, like Obamacare but on the international level: The Truth "Behind" The Charlie Hebdo Solidarity Photo-Op [http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-17/truth-behind-cherlie-hebdo-solidarity-photo-op] .

I oughtta run a coffee, Coke, Mountain Dew, energy drink, Gatorade, or other hangover cure piece every Saturday, like this one: 23 other interesting facts about the world's best-known brand [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2910885/The-Coke-Bordeaux-mixed-cocaine-23-interesting-facts-world-s-best-known-brand.html] . > Interesting. Bet it woulda been a great hangover

BYCU A passage from a book that is currently on my top shelf, The Drunken Botanist: "Every great drink starts with a plant. If you're a gardener, I hope this book inspires a cocktail party. If you're a bartender, I hope you're persuaded

For the first time since 2007, the FDA has approved a new device to treat obesity. The amazing breakthrough is called a vegetable.

Kontent from the Kindle Impressive company, though I must admit that I'd never heard of the last two books: "A Mencken Chrestomathy was published the following July, two months before Mencken's sixty-ninth birthday. It turned up on the New York Times best-seller list almost immediately,

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 file full

"Rothbard famously observed that one could uncover the libertarian position on X by imagining a gang of thugs carrying out the state action in question." Thomas Woods, Real Dissent. It's a good example. The libertarian basically asks, "If you wouldn't tolerate your neighbor

I'm hopefully done with busy weekends. I had to go to Chicago on business this past one. It was a good time, but in the middle of a sub-zero cold snap and basketball season . . . not exactly a welcomed excursion. We went to Million Dollar Quartet Saturday night at