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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

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-

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

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

Something for Sunday Morning

“Our life will have been worth something if and when we fall in love with Christ.” Francis Fernandez

Brews You Can Use

Bones and Beer One of my favorite GKC points: "If a man drinks wine in order to obtain pleasure, he is trying to obtain something exceptional, something he does not expect every hour of the day, something which, unless he is a little insane, he will not try to

Niall

Niall gets scary: "A Greek crisis is coming to America [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f90bca10-1679-11df-bf44-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1] ," by Mr. Ferguson (no extremist nut, he).

Thursday

Received in an Email A young Texan grew up wanting to be a law man. He grew up big, 6' 2'', strong as a longhorn and fast as a mustang. He could shoot a bottle cap tossed in the air at 40 paces. When he finally became

Werewolf Wednesday

I've long had an interest in vampires, werewolves, and other freaky creatures. My first published article dealt with the topic [http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=12-02-011-v]. So I'm pretty geeked about the upcoming werewolf movie. If you want to see

Tuesday

Tea Moron Why we'll never get anywhere: "A banner at one of those tea-parties sums up the confused attitude of many of the so-called anti-government protesters: 'Keep the government's hands off my Medicare.'" Found at The Economist [http://www.