Eric Scheske

Alert the Press If you missed it, blogging history occurred Saturday morning: I didn't post anything. I haven't verified it, but I think Saturday's silence broke a nine-year string. I didn't skip Saturday for any particular reason. I've just been

"To boldly go where no one has gone before." That's Star Trek Into Darkness. The line, of course, is supposed to be "to boldly go where no man has gone before," but Hollywood is nauseatingly politically correct, so it's to be expected.

Miscellany This is my garden, as of yesterday. I added flowers for the first time. My daughters like them, plus they act as "beneficials" (their aroma confuses insects that destroy vegetables and they attract insects that help the vegetables). * * * * * * * Unconscionable: $30,000: The average student-loan debt for a

Have a good Memorial Day, everyone. Most of you realize I've grown increasingly skeptical of our nation's involvement in foreign affairs, but that doesn't detract from the sacrifice made by millions of young men over the years.

My Mary Garden:

Man, this cold weather is killing me. Full-blown frost advisory last night. Statistically speaking, there is only a 10% chance of frost after the average last frost date, and we got hit ten days after the average last frost date (the average last frost date for Kalamazoo, Michigan, is May

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