Eric Scheske

BYCU A TDE reader sent me this story [http://www.thelocal.de/20140305/euro-eurosceptic-afd-csu-germany-meet-for-ash-wednesday-summits-in-bavaria] last week: "On Ash Wednesday every year, German politicians are given a chance to drink a lot of beer in tents and then take

New reports show that the Crimean vote to join Russia on Sunday did not include an option for “no.” There were only two boxes on the ballot, one for “yes,” and one for “murder my family.”

They have now made Stallone's "Rocky" into a Broadway musical. It's getting such great early notices that they're already working on another one. I think the second one is "Rambo Get Your Gun."

Youtube video goes viral. What does it show? A minor league hockey venue that charges $7 for a large beer and $4 for a regular beer . . . yet the two cups are the same size. Link [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/03/11/if-you-already-think-beers-at-sporting-

H.I.F. A reader sent this to me last summer: Colleges' Stealth Tax on Family Savings [http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-07-07/colleges-stealth-tax-on-family-savings] . It points out that colleges punish harshly families that save for education. Excerpt (he's comparing two

From a TDE Reader: "Just recalled this after reading your D.H. Lawrence post - his poem "A Sane Revolution," which was on the inner cover of my older brother's Mott the Hoople album in the '70s." A Sane Revolution If you make a

William Doino Jr. explains why it's possible and desirable [http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2014/02/chestertons-pursuit-of-holiness] : > Bishop Peter Doyle of Northampton, the diocese in which Chestertion lived, recently appointed a priest to investigate Chesterton's holiness, which could lead to the

H.I.F. A Mormon's American rag reports on the conversion of a Swedish non-denom megachurch pastor to Catholicism [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/03/10/non-denominational-megapastor-stuns-congregation-with-personal-theological-revelation/] .

H.I.F. "The Jews who fought for Hitler: 'We did not help the Germans. We had a common enemy [the Soviet Union].' But how do Finland's Jews feel today about their uneasy - and little mentioned - alliance with the Nazis?" Link [http://www.telegraph.

H.I.F. "The author of An Inconvenient Truth has swelled his net worth to about $100 million, largely due to his investments in green energy, after being worth less than $2 million during his time as Vice President, The Washington Post reports." Leftist Huffington Post (2012) [http: