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Eric Scheske

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

Hoisting Them by Their Own Petard in the Village

Adam Thierer at Tech Central Station raises a valid concern about Hillary Clinton's desire to regulate video games: > The Clinton bill might best be thought of as a "hanging the industry with its own rope" regulatory scheme. That is, her bill would hijack the industry&

Mobilizing in the Name of . . .

The LA Times reports on the atheist mobilization in the New Red Scare era. We think the atheists are paranoid, just like the ACLU-types who panic everytime they see the "G word" in public. Nonetheless, it's interesting stuff: > Other [atheists] see the future as

Maximum Sex

> Authorities in Florida are sending convicted sex offenders to jail for violating the terms of their probation by having men's magazines such as Maxim. > Andrew Calderon, 23, was jailed for six days before a judge ordered his release after officers found a racy poster and calendar