Eric Scheske

Nothing says "Merry Christmas" like a Pabst. Or at least six Pabsts. BYCU I'd heard years ago that you weren't allowed to mail booze through the U.S. Post Office, but I thought it was just an old lawyer's wives tale, like

Rock Hall Hampton Stevens gives a much-deserved thrashing to the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/12/wheres-the-rock/]. He says something that I vaguely sensed for years: The Hall snubs a lot of big names in favor of fashionable names.

Big Books Christopher Buckley is one of the more-entertaining writers today. He writes a regular column for Forbes Life. The December 2011 column, "Big Books for the Holidays," isn't available online, but it's good. It blurbs seven giant books (ranging in price from

Stats My local newspaper ran a story yesterday about our curfew law. The gist: Studies show that youth curfews reduce youth crime. The article didn't mention a related fact: House arrest of all able-bodied males would reduce crime. Statistics get abused in so many ways, whether it&

Woods There's a good interview with Thomas Woods at The Daily Bell [http://www.thedailybell.com/3337/Staff-Report-Thomas-Woods-Jr-on-Libertarianism-Versus-the-Catholic-Church-Ron-Pauls-Presidential-Chances-and-US-State-Secession] . I greatly enjoy Woods: Harvard graduate, Catholic convert, free-market thinker. I

"Christian joy is granted to those who understand natural joy." Paul VI. Happy Gaudete Sunday.

I spent my evening escorting/driving under-privileged children to a Christmas party with Santa. Not a lot of time for blogging today. Just a few items: Drinking Corner Michigan doesn't do a lot right, and it's liquor laws are beyond oppressive, but it's

Miscellany First, an appeal. This boy has cancer [http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/cards-wanted-for-boy-with-leukemia-20111205-ms#.Tt4E_BLXPmh.facebook] . He enjoys getting Christmas cards. I don't know why, but he does. Please send him one. And no, I haven't

Received in an Email A well-turned simile is a work of art. A poor simile is, well, pretty funny. Here's a list of 56 similes that were supposedly written by high schoolers [http://bethanyamandamiller.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/the-56-bestworst-analogies-written-by-high-school-