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Eric Scheske

Celebrating Ghetto

We could see how some people could take offense . . . > A city press release that promised a ''Ghetto Style Talent Show'' and ''Watermelon Eating Contest'' during a summer camp picnic in the heart of Miami's black community drew sharp outrage

He's Catholic and Dangerous

The Roberts frenzy is now officially at level red. From this morning's WaPo [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/26/AR2005072602070_pf.html] : > Newly released documents show that John G. Roberts Jr. was a significant backstage player in the legal policy debates of

Rough Times for a Good Organization

The Boy Scouts is getting innovative in an attempt to bolster membership. They even have co-ed groups. Link [http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-sscoutsjul26,0,6997960.story?coll=sfla-news-front] . Excerpt: > Worried by a national membership drop of about 6 percent from 2000

Major Courage

Finally, someone is willing to speak the hard words: > Foreign-born preachers who "spit hate" at the British way of life and radicalise young Muslims should be deported, Sir John Major, the former Conservative prime minister, said yesterday. > Sir John spoke of the "uncomfortable reality&

"Santa" is Borderline Religious for Those Folks

> Despite a sprinkle of rain and trees in full Nordic summer bloom, the St. Nicks from 10 countries were in a yuletide spirit Monday as they kicked off a three-day convention in Denmark, including a Santa parade and a chimney-climbing competition. > To the strains of “Rudolph,

Porners Take One on Chin

Allow us to quote from a pro-pornography site: > Bad news from the front lines of the War on Pornography, at least where our side is concerned: after a nine month trial in which New York-based fetish photographer Barbara Nitke and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom attempted

Race to Bottom Continues

> Negotiations with the ABC network for a Ron Jeremy reality-TV show are progressing, according to publicist Steve Banan, who revealed that in a conversation he had with executives last Friday, interest was shown "in having several ABC reality show producers take a look at the project."

The Higher Education Racket

The culture of debt and irresponsibility that is higher academia: > [T]he federal government has now become the co-signer on nearly every student loan, even paying the loan's interest while the student is in school, and guaranteeing to lenders at least 98% of their principal should

John Stewart Onto Something?

We find John Stewart too smug for pleasant viewing, but many people we respect enjoy him. Stewart asked a legitimate question a few days ago, according to this post by Thomas DiLorenzo at the Lew Rockwell Blog: > I caught a few minutes of "The Daily Show" with

Et Tu, Sydney?

Even the hard-drinking Australians are taking themselves too seriously and thereby taking alcohol too seriously: > Alcohol, George Bernard Shaw wrote, enables parliament to do things at 11 at night that no sane person would do at 11 in the morning. But sobriety, it seems, is back in vogue