No Blogging Wednesday
Iron Man 2 with big kids last night. No time for blogging. Just these pics from
our Mother's Day trip to the Lake Michigan dunes and Lunker's Fishing Store in
Edwardsburg, Michigan (and its assortment of weird stuff).
Eric Scheske
Tuesday
Chartering a New Course?
One of the best new ideas I've heard recently: Charter cities
[http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2010/04/romer_on_charte.html]. You find a host
country, acquire some land, set your city limits . . . and set your own rules.
If you make good rules,
Monday
Greece and Other Fun Stuff
Best cover story title of the year so far: "Acropolis Now
[http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=16009099]," an
article about the Greek debt crisis, from the May 1st issue of The Economist
[http://www.economist.com/]. * * * * * Speaking of Greece:
Something for Sunday Morning
"[W]e cannot be really fed, strengthened, purified, enriched and made holy
unless we fulfill the duties of the present moment." de Caussade. Abandonment
Friday
Neo-Prohibitionism in Different Shapes
Mormon morality run amok? Big Brother Syndrome? Stupidity? Not sure, but I've
never heard of anything like it before: Utah bar owners must run "an electronic
scanner on driver licenses of anyone who looks 35 years old or younger. The
penalty for
Thursday
Hubris IOU
Some people are debt-averse. Others aren't. Why? Well, it's hard to say, but
Nassim Nicholas Taleb recently pointed out that over-confident people take on a
lot of debt. His words: "Nobody gave a thought to the idea that overconfidence
translates 1-
RIP, Ernie
Long-time Detroit Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell died last night. Just a few
of the stories I've heard this morning:
Ernie was telling a friend that the worst part of his job was the pre-game show.
After a while a woman who had been looking at Ernie
Wednesday
Chunks, Checking Out, and Chumbawamba
Is this a good or bad thing? a study of schoolchildren found that being
overweight increased the risk of being the target of bullying by 63 percent
[http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/bulliestargetobesekids.html]. That
sucks, but I prefer that thin bullies take care
Monday
But He Kept His Distance from Obama Girl?
So Obama makes it a triumvirate of sex: Kennedy, Clinton, and Obama. It's just
the National Enquirer, of course
[http://www.nationalenquirer.com/reports_obama_cheating_scandal_vera_baker_investigation/celebrity/68590]
, but the story is out there. It'
Something for Sunday Morning
“If we were truly Christian, there would not be a single pagan left.” St. John
Chrysostom