Eric Scheske

Twitter 3 Lousy Reasons to Consider an Antidepressant Medication [http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/brain-and-behavior/2009/08/06/3-lousy-reasons-to-consider-an-antidepressant-medication.html] . (1) You're a Detroit Lions fan. (2) You've ran out of beer and the grocery stores are closed. (3) Your wife put on a lot

GKC Corner I'm often startled to see how many G.K. Chesterton people I see on the web. This last weekend, I was reading Touchstone [http://www.touchstonemag.com/], and I saw one of its contributors, Lydia McGrew, blogs at "What's Wrong with the World

Craft Trekkies I've undeniably benefited from the whole "micro-brew/craft brew" phenomenon. Most of my favorite beers are craft beers, and I love the resulting assortment now available everywhere, even at ordinary grocery stores. But the whole thing still has a "nerd" feel to

Joke A University of Michigan grad and a Michigan State grad were sitting in the barbershop. They were both just getting finished with their shaves when the barbers reached for some after-shave to slap on their faces. The MSU grad shouted, "Hey, don't put that stuff on

Encore for Dr. K Pat Buchanan asks hard questions about the euthanasia undercurrents of Obama Health Care [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/08/04/time_to_go_grampa_97751.html] . From the conclusion: > In the early 20th century, with the influence of Social Darwinism, the utilitarian concept that

Calling Squares I used to read or skim First Things' "On the Square" every day, but for some reason, I got out of the habit. I stopped by yesterday on a whim and greatly enjoyed a post about August reading [http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2009/08/

I Hate Whitey But whitey like me. Shelby Steele writes about Obama's race problem in light of the Gate crashing [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204619004574322054186035002.html] . The piece is okay, but not great. This section, though, was excellent: > Where race is concerned, I sometimes think of

Tribute to the Fallen Sometimes, bloggers go out of the way to do something great. That's what this guy did: Twenty beers we can no longer drink [http://www.sloshspot.com/blog/07-28-2009/RIP-20-Beers-That-We-Can-No-Longer-Drink-Til-We-Go-Blind-With-193] . The prose isn't great, but the sentiment is and so are the