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Eric Scheske

Europe's Biggest Problem

U.S. News & World Report's May 30, 2005 issue has a two-page spread about Europe's Christian problem. It echoes (and cites) the observations in Weigel's The Cube and the Cathedral, which we discussed last month. Link to U.S. News article [http:

The New Talking Movies

A former Seinfeld writer writes an open letter to the couple who talked throughout an entire movie, thus ruining the experience for everyone else. We're not sure why we're bringing it up here, but it did bring tears of support to our eyes. Link [http://www.

The Ivy Crusade

Well, it's encouraging, but we would've thought Peter the Hermit's crusade [http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwhermit.htm] stood a better chance. > Now a few affluent evangelicals are directing their attention and money at some of the tallest citadels of the secular

The Commies Are Beating Us at Our Best Game!

China is out-Americanizing us in mall building. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/business/worldbusiness/25mall.html?hp]. Excerpts: > The South China Mall - a jumble of Disneyland and Las Vegas, a shoppers' version of paradise and hell all wrapped in one - will be nearly

What We Owe the Monks

Thomas Woods continues his series of articles at Lew Rockwell about the Catholic Church's contributions to Western Civilization. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/woods/woods43.html]. Excerpts: > Although the Rule of St. Benedict (c. 529) was known for its moderation and its aversion to exaggerated penances, we

Disney Gives the People What They Want

> Greenpeace and the Worldwide Fund for Nature asked Hong Kong Disneyland to take shark fin soup off the menu after the theme park announced last week the delicacy would be served at wedding banquets and other special events. > Environmentalists say millions of sharks are killed each year for

Sex Good; Beer Bad

A high school senior class throws a theme party. The theme? Playboy Mansion. Link. It's all about sex; girls show up in skimpy clothes. But the important thing is, all the attendees signed a waiver not to drink alcohol. > One parent, whose son attended the party, told

Fat and Dull

> In a study published in the journal Eating Weight Disorders, Vol. 10, N.1, researchers have outlined a possible link between severe obesity and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) -- a mental condition that effects hundreds of thousands of Canadians. Link [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1116873115042_

Weekly Features Post

Issue XXVI Hectic days around here. Ongoing health fights, family obligations; you name it, we have it. Eric was supposed to have gallbladder surgery today. He ran around the past couple of days, trying to get his life in order so he could take two or three days for the

Free Dope

No matter how much sense it seems to make, no program that denies fundamental virtues--here, justice and temperance--will work. Excerpts from an article about free heroin: > A new program that would supply free heroin for hardcore addicts in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is having trouble recruiting