Eric Scheske

While at Notre Dame, Eric Scheske had a jurisprudence professor who appalled female law students by referring to children of working mothers as "part-time orphans." It was funny stuff, but apparently at least one CNN correspondent woman is willing to risk it for real. Link [http://www.

In an article about odd baseball remedies, we ran across this: > And then there's Cubs pitcher Mark Prior, whose manager resorted to a more conventional talisman to help his young ace recover from arm problems during spring training. > Dusty Baker doused Prior's inflamed right

The apocalypse is upon us! The LA Times has an article that quotes G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc. The article is about Catholic jokes, and it's not bad. Link [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-mcgough25apr25,0,7344950.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions]

We don't like the behemoth that is Wal-Mart. We know, we know: we should respect the free market, Wal-Mart lowers costs for consumers which in turn frees up money for consumers to spend elsewhere, it provides jobs. They're legitimate "pros." Still, its

Prosperity theology has disgusted and amused us for years. We used to receive the free Norman Vincent Peale pamphlets every quarter, which we read strictly for masochistic purposes, kind of like watching bad variety shows from the 1970s. The whole idea of taking a poor, mocked, and tortured God and

"A 20-year-old woman from Scotland is suing a hospital for botching her abortion which was performed there in 2001. Stacy Dow was pregnant with twins but the procedure only terminated one pregnancy. "Her daughter, Jayde, is now three-years-old and healthy. Dow is raising her

It's one of the odder stories that we missed. A teenage model who struggled to support her sick mother and younger brother hit on a sure-fire idea: She'd auction off her virginity. People in Peru were infuriated; one Canadian man offered $1.5 million. She

There's an interesting post at "Get Religion" about the growth of Eastern Orthodoxy. We've always been intrigued by Orthodoxy. Years ago, we read Faber & Faber's re-issuance of The Philokalia , practically memorized Kallistos Ware's modern classic, The Orthodox Way,

This is an ethics violation? We would've thought it was basic politeness: > When reporter Craig McCool and photographer Mairin Chapman of The Kalamazoo (Mich.) Gazette went to a local party to research a series on drinking among young adults, they saw nothing wrong with partaking of the

There's quite the screed at The Spectator about Britain's immigration/multi-cultural problem. Link. [http://www.lewrockwell.com/spectator2/spec593.html] Excerpts: > At the entrance to my local library there is a large glossy poster which carries the slogan 'Celebrate Diversity'. It sounds