Eric Scheske

“[P]atience must always lie at the center of leisure, for reality does not disclose its secrets to careless, hasty, or indifferent scrutiny.” David Baily Harned

Inflation and Random Hidden inflation actually made it into the MSM this week: Everyday prices are up some 8 percent over the past year [http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505144_162-57387655/inflation-not-as-low-as-you-think/] . By "everyday prices," the analysis focuses on things we

I used to drink Schlitz. I didn't think it was a bad beer, and it packed a wallop. BYCU Innovation and beer: Have you ever heard of Kickstarter? It's an online entrepreneurial funding mechanism. People come up with business ideas but don't have the

On Christian Arrogance Nassim Taleb writes in the last part of Fooled by Randomness, "The epiphany I had in my career in randomness came when I understood that I was not intelligent enough, nor strong enough, to even try to fight my emotions. . . . I am incapable of training my

Randoms It's primary day here in Michigan. Has Romney irritated me enough to prompt me to pull that Santorum lever? I suspect it'll be a last-second decision. * * * * * * * Gardening Corner: 80 Odd Things You Can Compost [http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/02/26/80-items-

Monday Miscellany I stumbled across this glass at a flea market back in the early 1990s, after Arkansas had left the Southwest Conference. I bought it for 25 cents or something like that, thinking it might be a pretty cool collector's item some day (since it had Arkansas

The Panacea What are the three biggest problems confronting the United States today? There are lots of candidates, but I think most people, regardless of moral or political or religious persuasion, would put these three in the top 5: the economy, rogue nations and the atom bomb, terrorism. Fortunately, someone