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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

"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

A Bit on B16's Views on Harry Potter

> Debates are raging online and off over whether the new Pope Benedict really disapproves of Harry Potter. > It seems a German author, Gabriele Kuby, recently wrote a book called "Harry Potter - Gut Oder Bose" (that translates as "Harry Potter - Good or Evil," and she

The Devil's Work

> Kevin Davy set out from his family's neatly kept home for the nearby church about 1:30 a.m., carrying a portable radio blaring rap music in one hand and a sword in the other. > First, he took the sword and started hacking at the arms

Yeah, Right

We'd rather try to seduce Rosie O'Donnell than apologize to Boston: > Angry sex abuse victims and Democrats are demanding that U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum apologize for three-year-old "insensitive" and "self-serving" remarks that blamed Boston's liberal

The Cat Hoarders

We're assuming everyone has been reading the spate of cat-hoarding stories this year. An old lady lives with 450 cats, 220 of them dead; another old lady lives with 300 cats, many dead or mangled. Etc. Early studies have come up with a profile of these ladies:

More Harry

The new Harry Potter is selling 250,000 copies an hour. Rowling made over $36 million in a day. This type of frenzy in a medium that's dead? Interesting. Link [http://www3.contactmusic.com/news/index15.htm].

The Light of Wicked Felina?

We like to report on any phenomenon that boggles scientists. Out in the West Texas desert near the town of Marfa, odd lights across the Mitchell Flat and toward the Chinati Mountains have eluded explanation: > There are numerous theories on what causes the phenomenon. Moonlight on mica veins sparkling

Votes Be Damned . . .

. . . Do not thwart the elites' will: > You may have got the impression that the European constitution was dead - that the French had felled it, and the Dutch had pounded a stake through its heart. If so, think again. The constitution is being implemented, clause by clause, as if

Potter Verdict

Eric Scheske's eldest, Alex (12), finished volume 6 of the Harry Potter series last night. He says it's the best one yet.

Sledgehammer Banging on Public Education

In a recent speech, Alan Greenspan says our public schools are going to kill us in competition with China. Why? Well, just check out this incredible article. Link [http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20050716-105811-9987r.htm]. Excerpts: > In the long run, he accurately pointed out, our economic strength