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Eric Scheske

We Weep for the Guy

What's the world coming to when you can't trust a bawd? > Actor Colin Farrell is suing a woman for allegedly trying to distribute and profit from a sex tape he says the two recorded with the agreement they would never make it public. > The

More Warming

> The heat wave in the Southwest is breaking record high temperatures across the region. In Las Vegas, Nevada, a new record high was set Monday when the mercury topped out at 116 degrees. It may not be out of the woods. Temperatures through Tuesday are expected to near the

S.Ct. Battles

The Wall Street Journal has a good overview of what's important--historically and currently--in Bush's justice selection. Link [http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110006984]. From the conclusion: > But the larger goal should be to pick someone who has the intellectual conviction

Keep Your Finger on the Remote

> The NBC network, eager for new hits to reverse a ratings slump, said on Friday it has given a mid-season 2005-06 commitment to a new drama titled "The Book of Daniel," depicting Christ as a contemporary confidant to a pill-popping priest. > The series

Letters to the Editor

We now accept and publish letters to the editor. See the link on the left. We won't respond to the letters, primarily because we don't want to be in a position where we spend a lot of time every day jousting with mean-spirited folks. We&

Ten? Did You Bust an Old Folks Home?

> Police in India's eastern state of Orissa rounded up about 200 people watching a porn movie in a cinema hall and made them do 10 sit-ups in public as punishment, a report said today. > Parents of teenagers under 17 caught in the net were ordered

A Guy After Eric's Heart

Eric Scheske loves a good nap. He even has a recliner office chair, which he uses for slumber two or three times a week while at work (with door shut, lights off, Do Not Disturb light on, and strict instructions to the staff that he is not to be disturbed,

Site of the Week Award

It's only Monday, but we're confident we won't find another site as neat as this one: Moonshine, a brief history and how to make it. Link [http://www.oldstatehouse.com/exhibits/changing/john-barleycorn/making_moonshine.asp] . 1. Furnace surrounds the Core to retain

Prosperity Theology Redux

America is great, America is warped. Often in the same phenomenon. Witness the Hollywoodization of worship: > The nondenominational Lakewood Church, the nation's largest congregation, moved into the Compaq Center, once the home of the Houston Rockets, over the weekend. After $95 million in renovations, including two waterfalls

"This is a Bongee Wongee, Tommy"

A news item worthy of The Onion. Link [http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1643022005]. Excerpt: > Children under five are to be schooled in the dangers of drugs in a bid to "drug-proof" Scotland's youngest generation, The Scotsman can reveal. > Infants will