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Eric Scheske

Good Friday

In the 1930s, the Times (London) asked G.K. Chesterton and others to write on the topic of "What's Wrong with the World Today." Chesterton sent back a two-word response: Dear Sirs: I am. Sincerely, G.K. Chesterton "For all that ever was wrong, is

Something Light for Good Friday

When Ole quit farming, he discovered that he was the only Lutheran in his new little town of Catholics. That was okay, but the neighbors had a problem with his barbequing beef every Friday. Since they couldn't eat meat on Friday, the tempting aroma was getting the best

Thursday

Great Video Gotta check out this video [http://www.lewrockwell.com/schiff/schiff80.1.html]. Peter Schiff engages in his usual (and justified) Bernanke bashing. An economist comes to Bernanke's aid. After Schiff says Bernanke has never gotten anything right, the economist responds, "He's gotten

Wednesday

Obama and the Frog Drudge slayed me yesterday with this picture and the caption: "DYNAMIC DUO LEAD CHARGE ON IRAN." . . . . Remember those health care upbeat stories I linked to last week, including the one about favorable polling figures? It looks like the polls have already gone back to

Tuesday

Stein to Suffrage "How many Wall Streeters have been indicted? None. Well, you will say, what about the psycho Madoff? True, he's a criminal. But he had nothing to do with the housing collapse. Compared with Goldman Sachs, he was a pickpocket. And Goldman Sachs is basically

Monday

Stream of Consciousness . . . Kinda, Maybe Man, brutal weekend, with a brutal week ahead. Today's post will be half-SoC and half-normal. If I like it enough, it might become my normal. First, a great passage from this review [http://www.mywire.com/a/NationalReview/Revel-against-machine/16392719/] of a book

Something for Palm Sunday Morning

“The story of each man is the story of God's continual watchfulness over him. Each man is the object of the Lord's special love. Jesus was ready to do everything for Jerusalem, but the city was not willing to open up her gates to his mercy.

Brews You Can Use

No Luck of the Irish Sounds like Ireland needs a bailout worse than Greece: "Against the backdrop of deep recession and unemployment, Ireland's per capital alcohol consumption fell by 9.6 percent in 2009 and is now 21 percent below an all-time peak in 2001 when Ireland&

No Blogging Thursday

Wednesday

All Sunny in Media Land "Let's just get the law passed, then we'll let the media take over." I think that was the game plan. From my local newspaper came this story yesterday morning: "Health care gains start soon." That AP story