Eric Scheske

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

> A drink created in France as a protest symbol for the Palestinian Intifida in 2001, is catching up amongst the Muslim and non-Muslim consumer alike. > The drink was branded as an alternative to the ubiquitous US brands Coke and Pepsi. > As a part of international expansion

Books titles are up; sales are down; religious books are up; > Some interesting new stats about book publishing. Number of books sold is way down. Number of titles published is up. Cover prices are up, and so are revenues (slightly). Higher cover prices are driving students and poorer people

> "Nelson said Foran was smoking a cigarette when it blew out the window and Foran jumped out the window to retrieve the cigarette. Nelson said he was driving between 55 and 60 mph when Foran jumped out," the trooper said. > "It was obvious he was

Neocon John Podhoretz has a bad tasting op-ed in the New York Post this morning about Giuliani's need to become pro-life in order to become president. Link [http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/47054.htm]. Excerpts: > Ronald Reagan, whose 1980 victory cemented the move of

> Teenage boys are now so obsessed with their appearance that a quarter of them would consider plastic surgery to try to achieve the looks and physiques of their celebrity heroes. > A study of 2,000 boys with an average age of 15 indicates that they agonise about their

Scientism and educationalism go together like rolling papers and dope: > Worldwide, women are twice as likely to suffer from insomnia as men, but a new study suggests that the more educated a woman is, the less likely she is to lose sleep. Link [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,

A reader in England sends this along from the Telegraph: > Jemma, Jade and Natasha Williams, who receive benefits totalling more than £31,000 a year, are raising their babies alone after they became pregnant within three months of each other. > The sisters, aged 12, 14 and 16

There are new, easier-to-use, credit cards coming. You just wave them. The old system was much too cumbersome. All that swiping really held up the spending. > The cards – which are "waved" near card readers instead of swiped and signed – move customers through checkout lines faster.

Clever piece about what one man learned by reflecting upon his years of riding a school bus. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/bright1.html]. Excerpt: > Most of the kids who were bullies as kids grow out of it one way or another. > It's often the