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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Funny Confederate Poll

Rabbi Shmuley at Beliefnet wants a ban on Confederate symbols. Link [http://beliefnet.com/story/171/story_17164_1.html]. At the right sidebar, Beliefnet is running a poll on the issue. Here are the results, as of 2:00 this afternoon: > Following Germany's ban on Nazi

Kiosk Reminder

Just a reminder: The TDE Kiosk has been up for almost two weeks now. There are some interesting posts. As a new feature, the Kiosk needs publicity. These reminder notices will continue sporadically for about a month.

A Look at Looks

The Wilson Quarterly has a lengthy essay about Americans' obsession with appearance. It has a lot of current studies and analysis. Link [http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.essay&essay_id=135758]. Excerpts: > In general, how we look communicates something about how healthy we are,

T-Shirts

Perhaps you've seen them on the Internet: advertisements featuring attractive young women wearing T-shirts for conservatives. We find many of them tiresome, but this one cracked us up, so we're passing it along:

eBay Ecstasy

Greg Perry at Lew Rockwell is publishing a three-part series on eBay, covering its greatness and its problems. Here's a link to the first installment [http://www.lewrockwell.com/perry/perry13.html]. Excerpt: > Over 475,000 people now make a full-time living from eBay alone.

Documentary on Pollution

We think most documentaries are trash. They lull people into thinking they're learning when they're not. But a documentary to start this Sunday might be the trashiest yet. Link [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050803/ap_en_ce/ap_on_tv_hugh_hefner;_ylt=AsKbsrcYqeeFkAAyiSWmUU1xFb8C;

Even the Frogs Are Showing Guts

> France has expelled two radical Islamist leaders in the wake of the London bombings and plans to round up and send home up to two dozen more by the end of the month, the interior ministry said yesterday. > Underlining the difference in approach between London and Paris, a

Abortion Plus One Day?

Heck, the way Germany is going, this women will be their Rosa Parks: > German police are holding a woman suspected of manslaughter after the bodies of nine new-born babies were found buried in a garden. Link [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4737641.stm].

The (In)Security Insanity Continues

The ACLU is filing suit against NYC's random subway searches. > The lawsuit, to be filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan, contends that the searches are "virtually certain neither to catch any person trying to carry explosives into the subway nor to deter such an effort.

Defending Kirk

American Spectator apparently ran an article critical of Russell Kirk's ghost stories (occasioned by the recently-issued Ancestral Shadows: An Anthology of Ghostly Tales [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/080283938X/thedailyeudem-20]). We're a fan of Kirk's fiction, so were glad to