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Eric Scheske

Brews the Amish Can Use

> Enjoying a cold beer is getting a little easier in Pennsylvania this holiday weekend, but only a little. Under new state laws in effect this weekend, Jim Yaple, president of Westy Beer Distributor, is among 800 distributors now allowed for the first time to sell beer by the case

Gotta Love It

This is like the war between Iran and Iraq. Yeah, it was terrible, but you couldn't help but enjoy seeing the two tear after one another. > Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer vowed to "kill" Internet search leader Google Inc. in an obscenity-laced tirade, and

The Digital Essay

In my announcement yesterday that I would no longer write in the third person, I mentioned that I wanted to start a new feature that would work much better with first person narrative. The feature: The under 500-word essay. I hope to write a lot of them and to

Libertarian on N.O.

I'm not sure I agree with everything he says. To be honest, my mind is spinning from this whole Katrina fall-out. It'll probably provide fodder for rumination for many years. Rockwell appears to make some good points, though, and he provides some solid facts: >

Stepping Up the Rhetoric

I heard the "racism" allegations. Now, certain quarters are referring to the poor response time as genocide. Link [http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=540b370519e0aeb3d1558b121761454e] . Excerpt: > The Republicans and Democrats didn't do anything to prevent this or plan for it and

Nuanced Looting Redux

I've been amused by the allegations that the press says black people "loot" and white people "find." As far as I can tell, it's almost entirely based on two photos and their captions. Snopes has a pretty good analysis of those two

Gonna Get Tabaccy Juice in Your Face

Don't mess with the sport of turning left: > The good news for NASCAR Nextel Cup teams when they line up for gas at the track is they don't need a second mortgage to pay the bill. > It's free. Sunoco provides the fuel

Bringing Tears to My Eyes

Is there any way to equip it with a miniature guillotine? > A South African inventor has unveiled a new anti-rape female condom that hooks onto an attacker's penis and aims to cut one of the highest rates of sexual assault in the world. . . . > Ehlers said

Buffet the Storm

Though his fans tend to be obnoxiously fanatical and he has fallen into the self-righteous political posturing common to his profession, this concert sounds great. Buffet plays good music, there are few venues more charming than Wrigley, and the weather is promising. > Whatever the reason, some 78,000

The Weekend Eudemon

This is one of those weekends when I thank the heavens I'm alive. I'm not in New Orleans. I have three days off work. Both of my alma maters, University of Michigan and Notre Dame, start their seasons today. Temperatures are in the seventies. And, oh