Author: Eric Scheie

Did you know that smoking as little as half a joint will make you crazy? That’s what the scientists say: Dr Deepak D’Souza, a professor of psychiatry at Yale, said: ‘At doses roughly equivalent to half or a single joint, delta-9-THC produced psychosis-like effects and increased neural noise in humans.’ First author of the study,…

Really? That’s how Ted Cruz characterized the mental case who murdered people near an abortion clinic. “We don’t fully know the motivations of this deranged individual,” Cruz said to reporters while stumping Sunday in Newton, Iowa. A reporter asked Cruz about the “no more baby parts” statement Dear made when he was arrested. “Well, it’s also…

That was a leftie slogan back in the 1960s, and I was reminded of it by this startling statistic: An economic consulting firm reported on data last week showing that the approximately $4.5 billion in annual forfeitures now exceeds the $3.9 billion Americans lose in robberies each year. The clear point: Your local police or…

(Looks like poor Cousin Reginald won’t make ISIS….)

It’s been quite a while since I have posted about my dog Coco, but that last post about microaggressions has made me feel particularly remiss, and I’ll have to explain why. Coco is now 11 years old (almost as old as this blog) making her a little old lady in canine terms. She still has…

In case you’re wondering about what exactly is a “microaggression,” wonder no more! A benevolent corporate entity known as MTV has deigned to educate white people by way of illustration: I watched it avidly, and it made me realize that I too have been the victim of microaggressions. While I have traveled to other countries,…

Apparently not.

I’ve been watching the Democratic candidates’ debate on an obscure channel, on a Saturday night, in a debate that they surely thought few would watch. In a complete turnaround from previous debates, now they are debating what to do about terrorism. “Jihadists!” They actually used that word. Artillery Hillary is doing her best to sound…

This puts it pretty well. So many of the veterans I’ve known are now gone, but this is a good occasion and place to thank M. Simon for his service!   

I have major problems with today’s political spectrum. One, I don’t believe in restricting economic freedom. I especially hate socialism. This means I hate the views of the Democratic Party. Two, I hate other forms of restrictions on personal freedom. The latter includes not only sexual freedom, but the right to use one’s body as…

Earlier I read that ISIS publicly praised a Muslim man who went on a California stabbing spree. A student who ‘smiled’ as he stabbed four people inside a classroom at the University of California, Merced, before he was killed by police has been identified. Faisal Mohammad, a freshman from Santa Clara who majored in computer…

I made these just in time.

Oh yes.  (CNN)The video shows a South Carolina school resource officer standing over a student, seated at her desk. He puts his arm near her neck, then yanks her backward. The desk tips over and the student crashes onto the floor. The uniformed officer doesn’t let go, sharply tugging the student toward the front of…

I’m sure I’ve said the same thing over the years, but Lawrence Lessig recently said it in the context of the BlackLivesMatter movement. LARRY LESSIG: What I think the meaning of Black Lives Matter is… people are focusing on the Black part, I think we should focus on the Lives part. When you have a…

This afternoon just blocks away, the hated University of Michigan Wolverines are playing against the hated Michigan State University Spartans. I do not exaggerate: On Saturday afternoon (3:30 p.m., ESPN), with a stiff chill in the air, “the hate” is about to start flowing through more than 100,000 people inside Michigan Stadium, and thousands of…

While there is much to be said for the old days of “smoke-filled rooms,” the non-smoking Democratic Party of today and its supporters are certainly doing everything possible to recreate them. Not only is the entire machinery of the DNC and CNN lined up in lockstep support of the Hillary machine, so has President Obama,…

That’s what I think of tonight’s “debate.”

Hillary Clinton does in fact hate Iowa, and little wonder. Iowa has a well-earned reputation as an accurate early predictor of national election results: …[I]f history is any guide, early national polls are far less valuable in understanding what is happening in the presidential contest than are reliable surveys of Iowa voters, such as the…

Sorry for yet another facetious title, but I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried. Earlier a friend emailed me about an outbreak of college campus hysteria in Philadelphia. The content of that last link has been changed after nothing happened, but originally, all local colleges were warned about a possible attack by a group…