Eric Scheske

You might say the Michigan medical marijuana has pretty much made the stuff legal. Wow. The law is horribly written, making prosecution of excesses difficult. The smokers and growers are getting brazen, as evidenced by this vehicle that one of my municipal law colleagues recently saw parked outside his city

President Obama recently came under fire over the lack of diversity in his cabinet. Then Obama said, "You guys know I'll be there, too, right?" Prostitutes in Brazil have started learning English so they can communicate with out-of-town clients during the World Cup. They

BYCU The Eastern District of Michigan ruled earlier this month that bars have a constitutional right to allow dancing and entertainment (without getting a permit). I saw that on one of my professional listserves. While meeting with a Liquor Control Agent yesterday, I was told that the decision also protects

From the Footnotes I don't blog much about the law, but this footnote from a recent 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals case kind of cracked me up. The case revolved around the issue of whether a police officer could use a citizen's obscene gesture as grounds

Bullets Okay, the winter doldrums are now here. We packed Alex and Abbie back to Ann Arbor yesterday, the kids are back in school, the football bowl season is over. It's time to hunker down and wait out the snow. Then again, the forecast calls for temperatures in

Scientists in China say obesity may be caused by bacteria in your stomach. Three of the most common carriers of the bacteria are pizza, cheeseburgers, and doughnuts.

Trifles Flu slams into my house. First time in awhile that we've been hit. I went down first, but I was feeling much better by bedtime yesterday. I'm still not sure that it was the flu that got me. It might have just been a really

Miscellany Christmas draws to a close. The picture above is the weight bench (with pulley system) that we gave the boys for Christmas. My wife found the beat-up box at K-Mart with a $15 price tag on it. She lugged it to the checkout counter and the digital

"The irony is that epiphanies are made for sharing, even as they are impossible to communicate fully." Fr. Thomas Rosica

Miscellany I had dinner with a young priest last night. He's currently stationed in Rome, and he told me that the monastery at Norcia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery_of_St._Benedict_%28Norcia%29] has started a brewery. The intensely-traditional monks are apparently churning great stuff.