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Eric Scheske

Caligula and Other Classics

Lew Rockwell has run an entertaining article today about ancient fools. The implied parallel to President Bush is a bit shrill and the nutshell summaries of Stoicism and Epicureanism are a little misleading, but it's still entertaining. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/case3.html#_ftn7]. Excerpt: >

Heretics in History

Excerpt from Eric Scheske's regular Wednesday column at Catholic Exchange: > Two traits unite Arius, Amaury, and Marcion: (1) They taught heretical ideas while members of the Church; (2) They were charming. It's a curious combination. Men with heretical ideas, ideas meant to undermine the Church,

Wait Until PETA Gets Ahold of This

Evidence, in the PETA world, that animals are people, too? > Animal experts in Croatia say a bear has learned how to trick people to let him in by knocking at the door. > They believe the 35-stone brown bear probably learned the trick while nudging a door to

Nauseous and Mad

From an AP story about the horrific Idaho case: > Duncan had spent more than a decade in prison for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy at gunpoint in Tacoma, Wash., and was a fugitive at the time of his arrest after he was charged with molesting a 6-

Illustrated Catechism

On June 28th, Pope Benedict presented a new "Compendium" of the catechism of the Catholic Church. It features fourteen full-color sacred images. Link [http://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=35203&eng=y]. Excerpts: > As the pope has explained, the images are not there

More Early Consumerism

Back in the days when every motel with more than one star didn't have an indoor pool. Here's a site dedicated to old motel signs. Kinda neat. Link [http://www.motelsign.com/index.html].

Blogging with Our Noses Held

We hate to mention Paris Hilton on this blog. It's kinda like talking about dirty underwear or body functions. The mere mention would seem to pull down a site's urbanity by at least 10%. Nonetheless, we found the following story disgusting and humorous: > The self-

Go Moron Go!

Some people think gambling is a fool's pursuit. A new Indian casino in California apparently agrees, dubbing itself "Morongo." Link [http://www.morongocasinoresort.com/].

Ventriloquist

There's a museum or hall of fame for everything these days, so this doesn't surprise us: A museum dedicated to the art of ventriloquism. It's in Kentucky. Link [http://www.venthavenmuseum.net/index.html]. Some people find ventriloquism annoying, but we enjoy it in

Your Brain on TV

TV hurts kids. This is common sense to anyone who looks at himself honestly while watching TV and compares it to his mental activity while conversing, playing, or reading. Or, perhaps a better way to put it, such an assertion makes intuitive sense if we look at ourselves honestly. Doesn&