Eric Scheske

Eclectic Thursday I don't pay much attention to college football recruiting, but this caught my eye: Ole Miss may have snagged the top-rated recruiting class in the nation yesterday [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-06/top-high-school-football-recruit-nkemdiche-selects-mississippi.html] . I like Mississippi. I'd love to see Mississippi become

Bullets I don't get involved much in the gun control debate, but this quip yesterday made me smile: "If guns kill people, how does anybody get out of a gun show alive?" * * * * * * * Who could've possibly seen anything like this coming: " Prison guard pregnant

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

This piece of sophomoric humor comes from my Sophomore, Jack. It cracked me up, plus it's a little politically incorrect, so I've posted it, albeit with slight reservations. * * * * * * * I'm trying hard to start most or all of my garden from seeds this year, but

"How can you dare ask others to keep your secret, when that very request is a sign that you aren't able to keep it yourself." Escriva

BYCU Not much today. I'm celebrating the end of January, but my schedule doesn't allow much drinking this weekend, so I'm not terribly motivated to post drinking items. Just two things today: 1. I saw one of the oddest items on eBay this week:

Bullets If you're interested in economics and agriculture, you might enjoy this EconTalk podcast: Lisa Turner on Organic Farming [http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/12/lisa_turner_on.html]. For a variety of reasons, I expected the podcast to be an attack on the organic farming/gardening

“60 Minutes” anchor Steve Kroft is defending Sunday's interview with President Obama and Hillary Clinton, saying that he didn't have enough time to ask hard-hitting questions. That would be easier to believe if the name of his show wasn't the amount of time he

Oprah was in the news recently for her Lance Armstrong interview. It was TV at its most powerful. Armstrong tearfully admitted to using steroids, and Oprah reciprocated by tearfully admitting she once had to pump her own gas. I greatly respect Oprah because she is from a tough background. Her