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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

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

Brews You Can Use

Viral infection has its boot on my neck. Just this great advertisement for today. The first line is a killer: You can find many more here [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR0YtEe2Th0].

Thursday

Goyette on Inflation Spring kid activities leave little time for anything except work and . . . spring activities. I get most of my exercise by walking to work, I get most of my ongoing education from podcasts while I walk. This week, I've been listening to this lecture [http://mises.