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Eric Scheske

High Praise

High praise from Pat Buchanan for Cinderella Man: > Men and women like the James and Mae Braddock of this film were the products of homes, schools, churches and parishes, and Howard's depiction of the community that produced them marks this as one of the most pro-Catholic

You Can Murder Her, But Don't Get Her Drunk

> A pregnant Oklahoma woman who split a case of beer with her boyfriend shortly before giving birth last month is facing felony child neglect charges. Melissa Irene Tanner, a 37-year-old mother of seven, had a blood alcohol content nearly four times the state's .08 limit,

Monitoring Muslims

If this were happening in America, we'd be required to create units to monitor Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, and Druids, too. You know, to make sure the Muslims don't get their feelings hurt: > Special intelligence units are being planned across Britain to monitor Muslims so the

Unintentionally Blasphemous?

We ran across this blurb about an odd billboard in Japan. We're not sure what to think: > It appears that some advertising company was asked by a Tokyo distributor to do a special ad for Christmas for the Passion of the Christ DVD. Apparently nobody who was

Wonka's Creator

From an on-line biography of Roald Dahl: > By the time Roald was thirteen the family had moved to Kent in England, and he was soon sent off to the famous Repton Public School. His sisters all attended Roedean in Sussex. To Roald, Repton was even worse than St.

Interesting Fast Fact

> The First Amendment has not always provided much protection in the courts for Americans; in fact, the Supreme Court did not decide any First Amendment cases for the first 150 years after the adoption of the Constitution. Michigan Bar Journal, June 2005, p. 30. Reminds us of Willmoore Kendall&

Weekly Features Post

Finally, a Weekly Features Post. For awhile, we thought we'd have to rename it the "Monthly Features Post." It's been a hectic summer. Even this WFP is being written after ninety minutes of pulling up prickly weeds that were nearly six feet tall. The

1970s Pinball

Sure, the 1970s were tacky and the art on the pinball machines captured the tackiness perfectly. Still, we enjoyed this blog post with pictures of vintage '70s pinball machines. Link [http://positiveapeindex.blogspot.com/2005/07/such-supple-wrist.html].

Where's All That Dutch Virtue and Self-Restraint?

We're shocked (shocked, you hear!) that such a thing would happen in The Netherlands: > Dutch police and park rangers have admitted they are powerless to stop a growing trend of outdoor sex orgies. > In the latest incident, a large group of people were found romping naked

The Kinder, Gentler Madonna

"Now I just publish Kabbala musings under my name even though somebody else wrote them. I'm a deeply spiritual person, but I still don't understand commas." > In the August issue of Vogue magazine, Madonna is featured in a lengthy interview and a photo