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Eric Scheske

Thursday

Horror in Different Forms Old ads like this one crack me up. * * * * * * * "FDA: 'Female Viagra' falls short [http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9GCIV4O0&show_article=1]." Well, yeah. They don't have penises. * * * * * * * What would we do without scientific studies? "In

Slow Blogging Wednesday

Ya gotta like Robert Higgs. He loathes big government, and we are undergoing some of the biggest government growth in modern history. I also gotta believe he's not terribly optimistic about the economy. Yet he has some advice for everyone who is bracing for economic Armageddon: Chill out.

What Are They?

Tuesday

Miscellany Highly recommended: Volume 15 in the Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers series focuses on the American Economist, Murray Rothbard [http://www.continuumbooks.com/books/detail.aspx?ReturnURL=%2Fmain.aspx&BookId=133876&SubjectId=1023&Subject2Id=1023] . Unfortunately, it's $130 $192 (that's not a

Monday

Jellybysitis New York Magazine asks (6/14 issue): "Why is it so depressing that Al and Tipper Gore are getting divorced? [http://nymag.com/arts/all/approvalmatrix/66453/]" Easy: The man wants to save the world, but he can't even save his own marriage. You folks

Something for Sunday Morning

"This is what prayer really is--being in silent inward communion with God." Benedict XVI

This Brightened Up My Horrible Week

Maybe because I'm a former drummer myself (the term "drummer" used loosely):

Friday

More technological problems. This week is bringing me to my knees . . . and not in a good way (with drunkenness). Bear with me.

Thursday

Armchair Philosophy Corner When people become mentally unstable, why is it never in a good way? For example: As an attorney, I see all sorts of incidents when a spouse becomes deranged in some fashion, and it always manifests itself in a negative way: abuse, infidelity, neglect. Why doesn'

Wednesday

Miscellany Link to the PBS special, Niall Ferguson's The Ascent of Money [http://video.pbs.org/program/1155680272/]. * * * * * * * Ah crap. I was hoping we'd hold strong at $12 trillion: The U.S. debt will top $13.6 trillion this year and climb to an estimated $19.