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Eric Scheske

Great, The Muslims Agree with Us

"A growing number of Muslims are becoming vegetarians . . . because the practices of factory farms conflict with the Islamic law for slaughtering animals and treat animals cruelly." Touchstone, June 2005, p. 51. We're not vegetarians, of course, but we've speculated on this site that such

Something for Sunday Morning

Quotes from Fr. Solanus Casey: "Man's greatness lies in being faithful to the present moment." "God, who loves tiny beginnings, will know as He always does know, how and when to provide development." "We do God's will best when we obey,

Dangerous Missions

We didn't know we had that many missionaries in Detroit: > From 1990 to 2000, 573 Catholic missionaries suffered a violent death. Fifteen died violently in 2004, and 35 in 2003. Touchstone, June 2005, p. 53.

Get Naked with TSA

Apparently, the Transportation Security Administration is beginning to test an x-ray machine for use at airports that will see through clothing. Link to rant at Lew Rockwell [http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/akers3.html]. Excerpt: > [T]he TSA whispered a few weeks ago that it is carrying things

Give 'Em Wi-Fi, and the Talk Will Die

Pro-computer (and self-described) geeks like Steven Johnson say that the Internet is helping our social skills. In Everything Bad is Good for You, he dismisses the conventional fear that the Internet "would come at a terrible social cost, by confining us in front of barren computer monitors,

A Familiar Theme

More on our culture's pet-for-children substitution: > Half of pet owners surveyed said they would "very likely" risk their own lives for their pets, and another third said they were "somewhat likely" to do so. Almost three quarters of married pet owners

It's All About the Parents x 10,000,000

It's one of the more disturbing stories we've seen in awhile. We'd heard of surrogate mothers, and we'd heard of gay guys using surrogate mothers to misappropriate a child of their own. We didn't know the gay surrogate route was

We Thought NBC Had a Bigger Audience

"From 10,000 to 15,000 Americans live in 'persistent vegetative states,' while another 100,000 live in what is called 'minimal consciousness.'" Touchstone, June 2005, p. 50.

Bring on Vlad Tepes' Rehabilitation!

It's a good year for bad guys. We earlier featured a story about Mongolia's efforts to rehabilitate Genghis Kahn. Now Carthaginians (Tunisians) seek to rehabilitate Moloch's worshippers. Link [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05146/510878.stm]. Excerpts: > Mr. Fantar is campaigning to

The Anti-Drinking and Minors Fanaticism Continues

> Hundreds of Arlington Heights, Ill., residents protested a school board decision accepting the resignations of four teachers who drank during a field trip. > The teachers apparently had a 15-year tradition of taking turns being "on duty" while others went to a local bar during the