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Eric Scheske

The Casting of Aslan

> Today at the Comic-Con panel for The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Walt Disney representatives confirmed that Liam Neeson will indeed be the voice of Aslan. Narnia Movie News [http://www.narniaweb.com/news.asp?id=326&dl=3483310].

Are Japanese and Koren Women Good Looking?

> China will have more than 23 million men unable to find wives by 2020 because so many more boys are being born than girls, according to a study. > The widespread practice of aborting female foetuses is being blamed for creating a generation of bachelors who will pose increasing

Priests Being Real Men . . .

. . . you gotta admire it: > Father Giuseppe Mazzotta, parish priest at Marcellinara, near Catanzaro in Calabria, said that he had denied a Christian funeral to Maria Francesca Tallarico, who died of breast cancer at the age of 45, because she had lived with her partner but never married him. Her

The Abortion Litmus Test Keeps Coming

> A clear majority of Americans say John G. Roberts Jr. should be confirmed to serve on the Supreme Court but want him to state his views on abortion before the Senate votes on his nomination, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Cruel and Unusual?

How long until the ACLU tries to ban mug shots as a violation of the Eighth Amendment? "In the days of Internet and electronic scoffing, mug shots have become the equivalent of the public stocks . . ." > The Ohio man was nabbed yesterday morning for "abusing harmful intoxicants&

New Meaning to "Johnson & Johnson"

It appears the Johnson Fellas (a/k/a Johnson & Johnson) continue their corporate promotion of homosexuality. Link [http://www.onemillionmoms.com/IssueDetail.asp?id=233]. Excerpt: > Johnson & Johnson has placed an ad for its Tylenol PM product in the July 19 issue of The Advocate, the nation&

News Flash: Federal Program That Might Work!

We're not big friends of the No Child Left Behind spending, but it appears to be holding public schools' feet to the fire. Link [http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20050721-093749-7769r.htm]. Excerpt from Thomas Sowell op-ed: > There have been many bitter complaints from

The Weekend Eudemon

Another Saturday am. Another bout with grogginess. It was a rough week at the office for Eric Scheske, so he concluded it at the Elks Club, starting at 5:01, overlooking pretty Lake Omena (f/k/a Crotch Lake--no joke) and drinking tall 22-ouncers with his father and

Come Here, Marcy!

He played Peppermint Patty (a lesbian, at least according to Chris Rock) and wore funny pants. Reasoned Audacity tells us that there's a campaign to make conservatives think John Roberts might be gay. Hard to explain. Check it out yourself. Link [http://www.charmaineyoest.com/archives/2005/07/

Until Whenever

> [Wedding] vows like "For as long as we continue to love each other," "For as long as our love shall last" and "Until our time together is over" are increasingly replacing the traditional to-the-grave vow – a switch that some call realistic