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Eric Scheske

Another Gaffe

We like John Miller, but today isn't his day. First, he makes the confessional goof. Then he says this about hockey: > There may be some rule changes to create more scoring, and that's probably a good idea. But if it hasn't already happened,

Leno on the Gambling Craze

> Here's a very odd story... A new class of drugs designed to help people with Parkinson's Disease actually turned some of them into compulsive gamblers. These drugs are now being sold over the counter at Caesar's, Harrah's and the MGM Grand.

Inviolable Media

Interesting post at the National Review Corner this morning, which we reproduce in full (we'll take the copyright heat): > D.C. police have arrested a man who they believe is a prolific vandal (I mean, a "grafitti artist") who has defaced buildings, bridges, and street

If You Got 'Em, Smoke 'Em

We detest cigarettes: we hate the smell, it hurts our eyes. But if no-smoking bars are such a great idea, let owners make their bars non-smoking. They'll make a killing. We're flabbergasted that this assault on private property rights has picked up such momentum.

Internet Catastrophe Looming?

> U.N. bureaucrats and telecommunications ministers from many less-developed nations claim the U.S. government has undue influence over how things run online. Now they want to be the ones in charge. > While the formal proposal from a U.N. working group will be released July 18,

Why You Shouldn't Vote for a New Tax, Episode 1,243,901

> In March 1936, three days of rain and runoff from melting snow led to the second of three great floods that has hit Johnstown, Pa. > Two dozen people died and the state immediately set out to help the city recover. > That recovery plan involved a 10 percent

Say "No" to Moreau

Prison Fellowship has run a nice and concise critique of chimeras. Link [http://www.pfm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=BreakPoint1&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=16322] . Excerpt: > Even the magazine Scientific American says that some human-animal chimeras “disquietingly blur the line between species.” It notes

Monkey Attack

> Authorities were searching Tuesday for a monkey that escaped his cage and bit a man before fleeing. Noble County Sheriff Landon Smith said two monkeys escaped from an outdoor cage, but one was soon captured by the owner. Link [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/ESCAPED_MONKEY?SITE=

Settle Down, Edward

It's not like Santorum mentioned booze, womanizing, and poor driving. > In a rare personal attack on the Senate floor, Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy accused Sen. Rick Santorum on Wednesday of being self-righteous and insensitive for a column he wrote three years ago linking Boston'

The Bizarro St. Joseph

> [A] businessman and father of three heads out for a day of fishing, never to return. > The police cannot find a body or solve the case, and eventually they file a death certificate. His business fails, his wife remarries, the kids grow up, his family moves on. >