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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Stoke the ACLU-ites Fires

> Even for Texas, the scene was remarkable: The governor, flanked by an out-of-state televangelist and religious right leaders, signing legislation in a church school gymnasium amid shouts of "amen" from backers who just as well could have been attending a revival. > It wasn'

Paris Hilton Reality Check

AdRants calls one right: > If advertising portrayed even a hint of reality, this is what the Paris Hilton "Spicy Paris" commercial for Carl's Jr. would look like. Link [http://www.adrants.com/2005/06/paris-hilton-carls-jr-commercial-gets.php].

Yet Another Reason to Dislike Will & Grace

The Will & Grace stars engaged in a little playful eroticism Friday night at the Lucy Awards. Link [http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-06-12-lucy-awards_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA]. Excerpt: > After Camryn Manheim introduced the pair as the new Lucy and Ethel, [Megan] Mullally playfully

Blurring the Gender Lines Some More

This is just in time for Father's Day, which is increasingly a waste. We should just combine it with Mother's Day and call it "Parental Unit Day." Link [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1652100,00.html]. Excerpt: > A man'

Mythbusters

It's rare that we get tempted to check out a TV show. In the past twelve years, Eric Scheske has watched two shows: Seinfeld and The Sopranos. Eric shares Marshall McLuhan's distrust of TV and Neil Postman's disgust with it. Eric especially dislikes documentaries.

Traveling Man

Either this guy is trying to show the nature of being homeless but everywhere at home, or the Anglican monasteries have become as watered down as its doctrine and this guy finds his kicks just like ordinary joes. Link [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1427587.html]. Excerpt: >

EBay Gone Wild

We like eBay. We like the cottage industries it has spawned; we like the way it brings together ordinary consumers without a significant middle man. But it wouldn't be so successful in a society that wasn't infected with acquisition infatuation. Anyway, if you want to buy

Chaput Chastises

Ya gotta love Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput. He has attacked America's moral and theological loosening, and now he tells Europe what he thinks of their increasingly-godless ways. Link [http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0%2C1299%2CDRMN_15_3843854%2C00.html] . Excerpts: > Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput

Sex in Swaziland

Just as long as he wears a condom, everything will be all right: > Africa's last absolute monarch king Mswati III has married another teenage bride to become his 12th wife, a newspaper report said Sunday, less than a month after secretly taking another young woman. . . > Mswati,

The Incubator Doctor

Odd historical piece at the New York Times this morning. In the early part of the 1900s, a doctor set up incubators for premature babies and displayed them for a quarter. It would appear he did it for money and because these babies may have died otherwise. Link [http://nytimes.