Eric Scheske

Is this related to Houston's attempt to ban the homeless from its public libraries? > Librarians in the US have had to admit they are baffled by the case of the urine-stained library books. > Hundreds of books at two libraries, just 13 miles apart in Cleveland,

Give them time. In a consumerist society, the advertising hounds know no limits because consumers know no limits. Link [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=772732]. Excerpt: > The Federal Aviation Administration proposed on Thursday to amend its regulations to ensure that it can enforce a law that prohibits

Did we hear correctly? Danica Patrick, a female driver, has earned the fourth spot in the upcoming Indy 500? The Indy 500 has lost some luster in recent years, but it's still the premier car race in the world, or close to it. Danica's accomplishment speaks

As far as we're concerned, this type of government intervention calls for an insurrection. It's the worst type of government meddling: interference with the home. The government exists to serve the home; the home doesn't exist to serve the government's ideas. >

James Kushiner writes at Mere Comments: > An incident that took place at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral on Sunday was not covered by the major local papers, as far as I can tell, but was front page news in a paper that I found on the bus this

Great piece at Lew Rockwell today, "Everything I Needed to Know, I Learned From Edgar Rice Burroughs." Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/wallace/wallace210.html] . Excerpts: > Perhaps the first thing I noticed about Burroughs is that, much like Robert Heinlein, none of his women characters are victims.

Interesting piece at National Geographic about ancient culture's belief that beer is healthy. Link [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/05/0516_050516_ancientbeer.html]. The article mostly talks about Nubian beer that contained antibiotics, but here's a more generalizing excerpt from the conclusion: > Charlie

There's an intriguing new book out: A History of the World in Six Glasses. It's about, yup, drinking, but not just alcohol. Here's an excerpt from the author's page that explains the theme better than we can: > Just as archaeologists divide

From Hail the Ail! > Last week on NPR they had Michael Jackson take the hosts of All Things Considered on a tasting of good beers. Michael Jackson is a beer expert who wrote Michael Jackson's Great Beer Guide. > Surprisingly several of the beers were from the

Harvard has a humanist chaplaincy for atheist and agnostic students. He's retiring, hence this story, but we're more interested in the mental machinations of Ivy League types that hire a chaplain for atheists. Ah heck, why not? And while we're at it, we'