Miscellaneous

So colleges and university take it on the chin twice: First, Obama tells them they need to control tuition. Second, Apple announces that they'll sell textbooks . . . for as low as $17.99. Obama's words, of course, are fatuous. In the same speech, he pushed for more

"During a debate, Mitt Romney said he grew up in the real streets of America. Yes, the real streets, where people pull up next to you and ask if you have any Grey Poupon." Kimmel -- Mobile post

I bought a greenhouse [http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/compact-walk-in-greenhouse.aspx?a=733338] . It's just a little thing: 57"w x 29"d x 77"h. It's an exaggeration to call it a "house," since it's really a

The Present Moment is the temporal position of Just Looking.

Drinking Corner This Drinking Corner is a two-fer: First, I might have found the most dedicated beer blogger in America and, if not America, then at least in Ohio. He runs the Ohio Beer Blog [http://beer.ohio.com/]. It's updated frequently with good content. While checking it

GKC and Crisis One of the best Catholic pieces of the new year: G.K. Chesterton and the Art of Living Well in a Time of Crisis [http://www.thegregorian.org/blog/g.k.-chesterton-and-the-art-of-living-well-in-a-time-of-crisis] . It's by a recent Catholic convert, and we all know that converts are

If you're from Michigan, you remember the Silverdome. It housed the Detroit Lions for 30 years, was the chosen venue for many major rock bands, and even hosted the Super Bowl. It was the largest NFL stadium for nearly 20 years and is still, I believe, the largest

"Everything done for the sake of love acquires greatness and beauty." Escriva

Voltaire Rebuttal, Episode 1,287,211 Gawsh. It's rare that a person runs across such a smug, self-regarding piece of tripe like the "Why I Hate Religion but Love Jesus" YouTube video that caught fire across cyberspace this week. It's adolescent smarm masquerading as

Today's first reading establishes Samuel as the first libertarian in the Occident. -- Mobile post