Eric Scheske

She's Here! Therese Elizabeth Scheske, 8 lbs, 8 oz. Born: 4:05 a.m. EST, 3/23/04. We'll call her "Tess," but she's named after St. Therese of Lisieux.

Wednesday Features Post Issue XVI "The waiting is the hardest part." Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were right. This Baby Number 7 just doesn't want to come out. Last Tuesday, the doctor told Mrs. Scheske that she wouldn't make it through the week. That

More NBC Readers of TWE might remember this earlier post: “A recent study says that NBC is by far the worst network when it comes to treating religion negatively. From September 2003 to September 2004, it had 9.5 negative treatments of religion for every positive one. Of the other

The Cell Phone Virus The technology goes faster and faster and the scams mount higher and higher. LINK [http://www.slate.com/id/2115118/] How do you become Amish? "Several security officials told me that a scam artist could write a worm that invades your phone, waits patiently until

American Idol News The federal 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that a judge's dismissal of Harry Keane's claim that he invented American Idol was proper. The judge ruled in 2003 that Keane shopped his idea for the show around so broadly - even

The New Candy Man We actually feel bad for this little guy. He no doubt meant well: “A first-grader brought dozens of little bags of crack cocaine to his Chicago Heights elementary school Friday and began passing them out to classmates, calling them 'candy,' officials said Sunday.

The Birth Dearth Mark Steyn at The Telegraph discusses the “birth dearth” in Europe and the trouble it portends. A similar problem confronts the U.S. to a lesser extent (for now; we generally lag behind European decadence by a few years, but eventually catch up). LINK [http://www.telegraph.

Waiting for Scott A San Quentin inmate sent an open letter to Scott Peterson. LINK [http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/41386.htm]. Said the letter writer, "As for killing his wife, that's his business – but for killing that child, well, he gots to suffer for that.

Muslims Attack Christians. Who's Shocked? Attacks against Iraqi Christians (which total about 3% of Iraq's population) are on the rise, according to this article [http://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=IA21305]. Here's an excerpt: "The high level of violence in

Revenge Tuesday Few days feel as long as Tuesday. On Monday, most everyone is taking it easy, trying to ease into the week. But on Tuesday? It's just a work day, with many more coming. We found this on MSN's homepage yesterday and thought we'