Eric Scheske

Raising the Minimum Wage Pretty much every economist outside of Obama's circle knows minimum wage laws create unemployment, artificially raise prices, and, in general, are a horrible idea. I mean, if it makes sense to raise the minimum wage to $9, why not $25? Once you start to

Sugar On Saturday evening, I watched one of the best documentaries I've ever seen: Searching for Sugar Man [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125608/]. The story told by the documentary has made a small media splash, so maybe you're acquainted with the story. If not, don&

The fruit of Silence is Prayer The fruit of Prayer is Faith The fruit of Faith is Love The fruit of Love is Service The fruit of Service is Peace Mother Teresa

BYCU I'm a fan of neither space exploration nor whisky, but some of you might find this story interesting: The Final Frontier For Whisky [http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2013/02/13/the-final-frontier-for-whisky/] . A whisky manufacturer is sending a bottle of clear liquor into space with shards

Nasty IRS Trick It's not too often that my blawg and TDE overlap, but they did yesterday. Readers, especially clergy, might find this article interesting: IRS Attacking Churches [http://sturgislawfirm.com/2013/02/20/irs-attacking-charitable-deductions/]. My (perhaps lame) attempt at humor aside, the important thing to take away

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

Bullets We're such a wealthy country. We should give it away: "DHS reported how relatively few immigrants are being turned away on the grounds that they are likely to become a "public charge" -- or individuals who depend on welfare programs -- despite a 100-year-old

Twitter I'm being increasingly drawn into the Twitter world. I've encouraged my children to open Twitter accounts for the simple reason that the 140-symbol limit forces economy of words. If you're composing a tweet, you're forced to think, "Okay, what'