Eric Scheske

A reader sends this along: The Washington Times reports that Metro Man (discussed yesterday in "The Punchy Journal") is out and manly men are in. Excerpt: > The Harris survey was conducted among 1,003 men and 1,128 women 18 or older from across the United States.

We assume many of you have seen John Peterson's witty endorsement of this site (to the right). At least one other person--Bill Grueskin, managing editor of WSJ.com--agrees with John's assessment of MSM blogs: > Lately, a number of newsmagazine and newspaper sites have

David Brooks has an interesting op-ed at NYT this morning. He says the teen culture is perhaps trashier than ever, but teens aren't. A few excerpts: > Young people are waiting longer to have sex. The percentage of 15-year-olds who have had sex has dropped

Howard Dean doesn't believe in keeping aces in the hole. LINK [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DEAN_SCHIAVO?SITE=APWEB&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT] . > Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, who has accused congressional Republicans of "grandstanding" in the Terri Schiavo

The LA Times ran a good piece yesterday about the "turf war" in Latin America. LINK [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-latam15apr15,0,2219344.story?coll=la-home-headlines] . A few excerpts: > Across Latin America, home to nearly half the world's

We read most everything we see about blogging, from Hugh Hewitt's book, Blog, to raving denunciations from the mainstream media. It helps us better understand what we're doing and, maybe just maybe, why we're doing it and how to do it better. The topic

Is there any reason to be concerned about the effects of new entertainment technology on our hearts, emotions, minds, souls, oversouls, brain waves, karma, etc.? Check out this story from yesterday's Washington Post. LINK [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/washpost/20050416/tc_washpost/a57629_

American Baby ran a piece recently about cesarean sections. It seems more Americans are having them instead of traditional births. Why? Various reasons, but one of the biggest: the mothers want to be in control of when the baby comes. As one woman explained, "It was about being able

"It is children who lead us to the gospel”¦ We are not worthy to educate them. Our lips are unclean; our dedication is not wholehearted. Our truthfulness is partial; our love divided. Our kindness is not without motives. We ourselves are not yet free of lovelessness, possessiveness, and selfishness”

We assume most people have heard of economist Steven Levitt's theory that Roe v. Wade has reduced crime by eliminating unwanted babies. In the upcoming issue of American Conservative, Steven Sailer questions whether these "preemptive executions" have really reduced crime. He makes a compelling argument that