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Eric Scheske

Stimulus Question

So, the stimulus package is now law. Create lots of money and lots of debt and create prosperity. But one question: If that's the way to prosperity, why aren't all countries wealthy? Even the poorest countries have access to a printing press.

From the Notebooks

I took my wife to see "Taken" last night (recommended, but not great), and I have the Sirius interview in just a little while, so blogging time is at a premium. For today, just this FtN: * * * A certain procedure works well, then I get anxious about it. It

Tuesday Miscellany

How much more understanding do we need? > A suburban Buffalo man who founded a cable TV station to promote better understanding of Muslims in the U.S. has been arrested on charges he beheaded his wife. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29189095/] __________ Sirius Radio Subscribers: I'll

Something for Sunday Morning

“Inordinate fear is included in every sin; the miser fears the loss of money, the intemperate man the loss of pleasure.” St. Thomas Aquinas

Brews You Can Use

Finally, some change I can believe in: "The Beer Institute and the Brewers Association today applauded members of the United States House of Representatives for the introduction of H.R. 836 the Brewers Excise and Economic Relief (BEER) Act, which effectively returns the federal beer excise tax back to

Abbreviated Eudemon

I covered a special town meeting last night for the law firm. The topic: A proposed casino on the south side of town. Last night was public comment night. About 25 people stood up and voiced their opinion: some for, some against, some with questions. All in all, a good

Wednesday Miscellany

Gorgeous day yesterday: 62, sunny, breezy. Hardly February weather, but a nice piece of compensation for an absolutely wretched November-January stretch. I did most of my favorite warm weather things: read on the front porch, talked with my kids on the front porch, shot baskets with my kids, went

From the Notebooks: Feature Essay

Stepping Out with the President Back in 2007, the secularists were giddy over the possibility that three of the big-name Republicans contemplating a presidency run have questionable pasts: John McCain (affair, divorce), Newt Gingrich (affair, divorce, affair, divorce), and Rudy Giuliani (divorce, affair, divorce). One writer refers to them

Something for Sunday Morning

"Allowing ourselves to be helped is a wonderful way of learning humility." Francis Fernandez, In Conversation with God

Brews You Can Use

Not much today for drinking news. I went home sick yesterday from the office, with the result that I need to put in a full day today (I normally work from my home on Fridays). I do my BYCU blogging Friday mornings, but this week, that morning needs to be