Eric Scheske

H.I.F. From Reddit's Today I Learned: "TIL Speedy Gonzales was banned by Cartoon Network for being an offensive stereotype, only to be returned after mass protest by the Hispanic-American community."

Happy birthday to Meg. She turns 13 today. Trials and tribulations ahead? I doubt it. She's named after Thomas More's beloved daughter.

A great passage from The Freeman Book. It's from a review-essay of the Letters of Ambrose Bierce, by Van Wyck Brooks: > San Francisco, his home for a quarter of a century, he describes as “the paradise of ignorance, anarchy and general yellowness. . . . It needs,” he remarks

H.I.F. From Reddit [http://www.reddit.com/]: "TIL Despite the heavy public criticism of Pope Benedict's comment that condom distribution isn't helping the fight against AIDS in Africa, the Harvard AIDS prevention director agreed with the pontiff, saying condoms may actually be exacerbating

H.I.F. When should you drink coffee or tea? Not the first thing in the morning, according to this blog post [http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/02/why-you-shouldnt-drink-coffee-in-the-morning/] . Your body naturally "self-caffeinates" for the first few hours, so

"In Avila is the stony convent, not at all altered, where Saint Teresa experienced her visions. In the austere vestibule of that convent, the skeptical Kirk felt a presence--so strong a presence that women he knew, later, would run sobbing from the place." Russell Kirk, The Sword

According to a new study, women are more attracted to men who talk less. Which is why you often overhear women say, "Check out that mime."

H.I.F. Politicians and generals didn't build this country. Why are they the only ones featured on our currency? James Schneider at Econlog wants to know [http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2014/02/who_should_we_r.html]. Dan Bourdreaux at a related website, Cafe Hayek, offers

H.I.F. Best news story out of Detroit in 40 years: Three different Detroit homeowners used guns to defend themselves against intruders this week [http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/wayne-county/3-different-homeowners-use-guns-to-defend-themselves-against-intruders-this-week] .