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Eric Scheske

Brews You Can Use

We have no idea if this guy knows what he's talking about, but we're reproducing this beer review because (i) we like the name of the beer ("Shakespeare Stout"), and (ii) we appreciate his fine attention to detail: > The first impression is of

Fa(s)t Food Advertising

We're not a fan of advertisers or fast food chains (or fat kids, for that matter), but the campaign to blame obese children on fast food advertising is laughable, at best. It's good to see an ad wonk slash back. Link [http://ana.blogs.com/jaffe/

19th Amendment Foe to Oversee Elections?

> Sen. Kay O'Connor announced Wednesday that she is seeking the GOP nomination for [Kansas] secretary of state next year. O'Connor, 63, has served in the Legislature since 1993. > In 2001, O'Connor received national attention for her remarks about the 19th Amendment to

Dougy the Future Dangerous Driver

Another common sense study, this time from Australia: Troublesome children are more likely to grow up to be dangerous drivers. Link [http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Todays-naughty-child-is-tomorrows-road-lunatic/2005/06/02/1117568321783.html?oneclick=true] (good luck getting in; it's a

More Ugly Kids

A familiar theme: Pets as substitutes for children. A reader sends along this page of babystrollers for cats and dogs. Link [http://www.justpetstrollers.com/] .

The Ugly Side of Convoy

Mercy sakes alive, it looks like we got ourselves a . . . bottle full of urine. Link [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7912464]. A few excerpts from an article about a problem that plagues roadways: Trucker bombs, plastic jugs full of urine tossed by truckers, who don't want to make

Sounds Good, But . . .

. . . we'll need to learn more about it: > The Internet's primary oversight body approved a plan yesterday to create a virtual red-light district, setting the stage for pornographic Web sites to use new addresses ending in "xxx." > The Internet Corporation for Assigned

Leno on Dirty Advertising

> A number of TV watchdog groups have filed complaints against Carl Jr's ad with Paris Hilton calling it soft pornography. To give you an idea of how racy the ad is, Carl Sr. wouldn't let Carl Jr. watch it. > Have you seen the ad?

Naked Zorro and Moral Morons

A disgruntled reader writes: > That was wrong to call the people of Doylestown morons. Doylestown is home to the Pauline Fathers and Our Lady of Czestahowa shrine also it has a 24 hour Catholic radio station and many devout practicing Catholics. I think, and you should know this, that

Ho Ho. That's Rich

Ted Turner spoke to CNN employees yesterday about making the network more serious. It now trails Fox in the ratings. But Ted is still proud of his network, calling it his greatest professional achievement and even claiming partial credit for ending the Cold War. When CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour asked