Annual parade
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Eric Scheske
Friday
The Mainstream Economist
Well, the holidays are here. How's the economic recovery going? I'm curious
because a prominent economist assured us last year that late 2008 would be a
distant memory come late 2009: “The S&P will be over 1,000 at the end
Second Turkey
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Eating Soon
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Thanksgiving
The Lions play the Thanksgiving Game again today, for the 76th time (if my notes
are accurate). There's talk about taking the game away from Detroit, and I fear
it'll happen
[http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/10432238/Countdown:-Lions-aim-to-protect-Thanksgiving-slot?utm_
Thanksgiving Eve
What Do You Call It?
"Thanksgiving Eve." "Black Wednesday." "Biggest Drinking Night of the Year."
And now, "Humpsgiving."
That's what Foran's Irish Pub in downtown Detroit calls this evening
[http://detroit.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/event/humpsgiving-
From the Notebooks
One's sense of peace is inversely proportionate to the amount he talks.
Contemporary Clericalism: A type of antinomianism, possibly of the pneumatic
sort, that causes clergy to think they're above everyday ethics and morality
when dealing with their congregations.
Harry Chapin's Cat's
Monday
Scientology Crack Up?
Can a crack-pot organization crack up? It looks like Scientology might be, and
John Travolta hasn't even left yet. It's hard to believe that an organization
that first saw into the ways of the intergalactic warlord Xenu could be in
trouble, but
Something for Sunday Morning
"All they need to do is fulfill faithfully the simple duties of Christianity and
those called for by their state of life, accept cheerfuly all the troubles they
meet and submit to God's will in all that they have to do or suffer--without, in
any way,
Brews You Can Use
In Praise of Oil
A baseball fan who doesn't like home runs. A hockey fan who doesn't like a
cross-check. A man who doesn't like Clint Eastwood.
That's how I feel about Guinness beer. I hate it. The first time I