Eric Scheske

We've all heard the party line: AIDS is spreading in Africa due to rampant heterosexuality. According to this article [http://www.townhall.com/columnists/GuestColumns/Fumento20050414.shtml], that's a myth. Here's an excerpt: > So if vaginal intercourse can't explain the awful

The Boston Globe has a decent article about Nebraska's conservative Catholicism. The lead picture is something that could've been in the religion bashing of Midnight Cowboy, but the text of the article is pretty good, including this quote: "'Some people call us old-fashioned,

Interesting study shows that college freshmen are highly interested in religion, but by the junior year, their interest shrinks. The classroom does little to encourage religious interest, according to the study, so that might be the culprit. Of course, drinking to the point of vomiting, marijuana, sloth, and raging sex

According to one set of scholars, the need/desire to produce mass quantities of alcohol partially drove primitive cultivation methods. At least we think that's what this poorly-written story is trying to say. LINK [http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/7007]. We realize this

For those who missed it Tuesday, NYT Op-Ed writer Nicholas D. Kristof laments the mainstream media's continued plummet. LINK [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/12/opinion/12kristof.html?ex=1113969600&en=aaf01212e79f8410&ei=5070] . Two excerpts: > A recent report from the Pew Research

"At least 39 calls to escort services and sex chat lines were placed from Orchard Park School Superintendent Paul J. Grekalski's district-issued cell phone since September, according to district phone records." LINK. [http://buffalonews.com/editorial/20050412/1064227.asp]

Vocabula Review is an on-line journal that features elegant prose, poetry, tips on writing, and rules of grammar. It's one of our favorite publications, and Eric Scheske counts it as one of his finer accomplishments to have published two articles in it. When we saw that one

Isn't it all about the parents, about their needs and desires? "A mother is under arrest, accused of selling a 12-year-old daughter into prostitution and trading a 14-year-old daughter for a car." LINK [http://www.thecarolinachannel.com/news/4374363/detail.html].

The left at Harvard shows its class once again. LINK [http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=507033]. This time, at a counterterrorism career panel that included representatives from the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and two non-partisan security think tanks. The audience consisted of (i)

Concise review [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/10/RVGPBC25LJ1.DTL] of Michael Gross' Starstruck [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=thedailyeudem-20&path=ASIN/1582343160/qid=1113433493/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1] , a book about