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Eric Scheske

Tuesday

College Excesses I read this article over at U.S. News & World Report: Bigger Tuition Bills and Student Loans Coming in 2011 [http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/paying-for-college/2010/02/18/bigger-tuition-bills-and-student-loans-coming-in-2011.html] . It's the same old crap: Tuition rates are increasing faster than the non-rich

Crowding Out

h/t [http://cafehayek.com/]

Nine Snowmen

One for each member of our family: -- Mobile post

Monday

Sign the Covenant . . . Or Not . . . Your Call Kansas is considering a covenant marriage bill [http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1758247.html]. I don't know much about the Kansas bill, but a covenant marriage is a marriage that can be dissolved only for good cause. It&

Something for Sunday Morning

The Oath of Humility I will make an effort not to be too preoccupied with my own concerns: my health, my rest, whether people think well of me and take me sufficiently into account. I will try to speak as little as possible about myself, abouy my affairs, or about

Brews You Can Use

One of the best beer pictures I've ever seen: Slow blogging continue. Office work is at a full blitz right now. It's everything I can do just to drink a few cold ones here and there.

From the Notebooks

"Forbes magazine highlighted, 'College tuition has increased by more than three times the rate of inflation for the last 20 years, despite U.S. wages flat-lining since 2000.' In the past year the Huffington Post broke it down more specifically stating, 'Average tuition at four-year public

Ash Wednesday

When you fast, do not put on gloomy faces, like the hypocrites do. "Today God asks us also for a rather special mortification which we offer up cheerfully . . ." Francis Fernandez. I hope everyone has a blessed and edifying Lent.

Tuesday

Vampires I have two vampire blurbs today. The first one is the Federal Reserve vampire and its blood-sucking uncle across the pond: the Bank of England. It would appear the two did some illegal things between the two world wars. The relevance? If they did it then, they might be

Monday

Ain't Goin' Back! From what I can glean from TV news, Obama's new jobs bill will cost $800 billion over the next two years. Although it contains tax credit for employers who hire new employees, it is geared toward creating more jobs in the public