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Eric Scheske

Infanticide

The Washington Times has written a scathing opinion about the 4th Circuit's partial-birth abortion decision last week. Link [http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20050606-101058-5934r.htm]. Excerpts: > In a contentious 2-1 decision last week that places Virginia in the hot seat of the

Why Johnny Can't Be Alert

Eric Scheske's eldest is 12. This information comes at just the right time. Whether we believe anything researchers tell us, that's another matter, but at least this research "rings true": > Biological changes at puberty make it difficult for adolescents to get the nine

Small is the New Big

Media Maven Jeff Jarvis has a compelling meditation on the smallness economy that is gaining speed. Link [http://www.buzzmachine.com/archives/2005_06_06.html#009807]. Excerpts: > [Y]ou will come to a new definition of value built on trust. Dealing with big companies today -- airlines, banks, stores

Thomas Woods, Again

Lew Rockwell has another favorable review of Tom Woods' The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/chapin3.html]. We're part way through the book, and based on what we've read, we enthusiastically recommend it: > The Politically Incorrect Guide

Who Said the Homeless Are Crazy?

> A homeless man is facing a possible prison term for allegedly charging tourists $5 to park in a free lot during the busy Memorial Day weekend. . . The unemployed man set up a sign advertising "party parking," according to his arrest report. Link [http://www.wftv.com/news/

It Coulda Been Worse . . .

. . . but we won't explain how: > An 80-year-old woman, who uses a walker and an oxygen tank, has been busted for running an escort service from her New Jersey apartment, state police said on Monday. Link [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8711797&type=

Frog Marriage

They're 200 lives away from a shot at Moksha, but at least they're going to have legitimate relations: > Two giants toads were married in a traditional Hindu ceremony in eastern India at the weekend by villagers hoping to propitiate the rain gods and end a

Go NYC Go!

Eric Scheske is a fan of New York City. He always wanted to live there upon graduation from college, but his fiance (now wife) squelched it. He likes the way people seem to walk every where and how its little shops still thrive. A former contributor to Gilbert Magazine, Jerry

And Bigotry at Showtime

A recounting of an episode of Showtime's cable show, B***s***. Link [http://www.mediaresearch.org/BozellColumns/entertainmentcolumn/2005/col20050603.asp] . Excerpt: > While the episode titled “Holier Than Thou,” ends with a few smacks at Mahatma Gandhi and the Dalai Lama, Penn Jillette mostly savaged the world&

Bigotry in Brooklyn

We missed this last week: > Timothy Shortell, who was recently elected as the chairman of the sociology department [at Brooklyn College], wrote in an online posting that "religious adherents" are "an ugly, violent lot" and "in the name of their faith these moral retards