Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous Rambling We'll see what the market does today. I wonder: How much of this "crash" is due simply to people pulling money out of the market to pay college tuition? I haven't seen that explanation anywhere, but it seems it would be a

Ben Stein asks four questions [http://spectator.org/articles/63835/where-there%E2%80%99s-smoke]: I had an e-mail from my smartest friend, P. He asked three questions, which I pass on to you, dearly beloved readers: “1.) We are advised not to judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a

My eldest daughter, Abbie, turns 21 today. Man, I'm getting old, but I probably don't feel as old as she does this morning.

My sixteen-year-old was able to crack me up last week with this tweet: > Counting down the world's greatest philosophers 5. Socrates 4. Plato 3. Confucius 2. Aristotle 1. Anyone on twitter who just had a break-up > — Michael Scheske (@ScheskeMichael) August 19, 2015 [https://twitter.com/ScheskeMichael/

The Dow rattles and the doom and gloomers are running again. This, after predicting that, at the latest, total economic meltdown would occur by 2013. They're frauds, the lot of them: every economic forecaster, whether of MSNBC stripe or Schiffian: > Dow 5,000? Yes, it could happen

A study found that many types of head lice have mutated and now have become resistant to over-the-counter treatments. The problem has scientists scratching their heads.

BYCU I kinda feel like the craft beer revolution is becoming like the French Revolution: It devours its children. The constant innovation and cutting beer names is growing tiresome. It used to be fun. For the first couple of years and the first 22,000 craft beer names and first

According to a new list, Nashville is the friendliest city in America. While Philadelphia beat up the person who was putting together the list.