Eric Scheske

We incline toward a rather Augustinian view of human nature. We're also somewhat pessimistic about the state of American culture. But then we hear something like this and we think, "Maybe things aren't that bad after all. Maybe most people are decent but just don&

Another eruption from the dead. Link [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=lifeAndLeisureNews&storyID=2005-05-12T121652Z_01_L04243660_RTRIDST_0_LIFESTYLE-SWEDEN-VOICES-DC.XML] . > Can voices of the dead be heard on ordinary audio tapes recorded in a quiet room? > Swedish archeologist, documentary

It's not due out until September, but it's gonna be scorching hot--both in sales and the resulting debates. We're gonna pre-order. Link to Book [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&camp=1789&tag=thedailyeudem-20&

All right! You win! Just put your clothes back on! > While some United Airlines employees are using placards and pamphlets to protest the loss of their pensions, a group of flight attendants is taking a more risque tack – showing some skin to publicize their plight. > The five women,

We don't care for Billy Crystal, but we agree with his small outburst at people who bring their cellphones to the theater. Link [http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/crystal%20upset%20by%20cellphones] . Why can't people go anywhere without having their phone? It, quite

Science continues to narrow the lead against antiquity: > [Researchers found] that male undergraduates were fare more likely to consider women attractive if they had just been exposed to alcohol-related words like "keg," "drunk," wasted," and "booze." What's more, the

A father goes to court, arguing that his four-year old boy has a constitutional right to use peyote because the hallucinogen plays a part in the father's Native American religion. Anne Zapf, whose husband runs a peyote church in Arizona, said “I'm not even into

Well, we're back and at full force. Eric's trip to Nigeria went well. It was actually another trip to the hospital, this time for a scope down the throat and into the stomach. It's a fairly simple procedure, but there was a small scare

We haven't followed this issue so we're treading carefully, but this sounds a little bit like conscription: > The U.S. military has the right to keep soldiers in the service beyond their original contracted time by issuing so-called emergency stop-loss orders, a U.

"Well, we're all cousins. That's what I believe. Because we're children/of Adam and Eve." Elvis > A gay marriage-style argument is now being used to peel back prohibitions on incestuous marriage. Steve Chapman, of the Chicago Tribune editorial board, has