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Eric Scheske

The Weekend Eudemon

Memorial Day Weekend 2005. Weekends like this keep Eric Scheske awake at night with excitement. What does he have planned? Nothing. Absolutely flippin' nothing, except reading, writing, playing with his children and, if he's feeling motivated, drinking wine. To make it even better, two new books that

Another Pro-Condom Distribution School Worker

Part of our continuing coverage: > Michelle Sikes, 34, the former CHS interpreter, entered a plea of guilty on Monday of last week in Van Buren County Circuit Court to 11 counts of first-degree sexual assault in allegations that she had sex with a 15-year-old male student.

The Next Wave of Sexual License Cometh

Perhaps our only hope is that South Park gets ahold of this trend and beats it to a comical death. > Richard Hooper, deputy chairman of Ofcom (the UK's TV and radio regulating body), has indicated that the long-anticipated new broadcasting code makes no definite provisions against

Centesimus Annus Wasn't Strong Enough

We're against the consumerism of Western culture, but this guy needs to be taken out and maimed: > It is a sight to make the average toddler weep with horror: a billboard not only stating categorically that Santa Clause does not exist, but also condemning him as a

But Did They Go Blind?

Give us a jury with four unhappy housewives . . .Link [http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_2760993]. > More than 400,000 customers of a Canadian company that sells penis-enlargement products may be eligible to join a lawsuit claiming the oils and herbal supplements don't work, a Denver

A Chance to Give Your Left Eyeball for Sex

If the blindness lasts more than four hours, call your doctor: > US health officials are examining reports of varying degrees of blindness among a small number of men using the anti-impotence drug Viagra. Link [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4587191.stm].

Still Struggling with Gnosticism

This could come straight from the April Fool's edition of a National Rifle Association publication: > Three emergency-room doctors called Friday for long, pointed kitchen knives to be banned in a bid to reduce the number of stabbings in Britain. > Writing in the British Medical Journal,

New Addicts

The Washington Times has an interesting piece about videogame addiction. Link [http://www.washtimes.com/culture/20050526-111739-7334r.htm]. Excerpts: > A neglected baby cries alone. Crazed by lack of sleep, a young boy threatens suicide. A marriage crumbles over a lone obsession. > Yet another grim tale of

On Freakonomics

The Ludwig von Mises Institute politely points out flaws in the bestseller, Freakonomics. Link [http://www.mises.org/story/1817]. Excerpt: > The most controversial topic of the book is Levitt's (in)famous theory that the Roe v. Wade decision explains much of the dramatic and completely unexpected

Can't Afford a Private School?

Gary North at Lew Rockwell continues his intelligent broadsides against the public school system. In this excerpt, he responds frankly to a woman who says parents can't afford private schools: > I see. Because they have monthly car payments for cars they bought new, plus mortgage payments, plus