Eric Scheske

Silly Satanists For those who missed it and are interested in the subject, here's a link [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=27763] to Eric Scheske's piece about the ridiculousness of Satanism.

More TV-B-Gone The Old Oligarch [http://old-oligarch.blogspot.com/] weighed in on the TV-B-Gone earlier this week: "I need one of these. I ditched the TV when I went to college and never went back. Once I turned it on again in the summertime,

The Weekend Eudemon Moderation? Novel Concept "A Maine college takes an unusual approach to curbing drinking: allowing students who are over 21 to drink wine and beer with dinner on campus. The policy is an unconventional method at trying to convey lessons on moderate drinking." Now, if we

Drunken Fun on the Farm Let's hope the anti-firewater brigade doesn't get a hold of this one: A new study finds that "every 10 percent increase in the excise tax on beer reduces the gonorrhea rate by 4.7 percent among males aged fifteen

Star Wars in Hell Back in the 1970s, Russell Kirk prohibited any discussion of Star Wars at his dinner table. Though he admires Kirk, Eric Scheske didn't follow his example, and now his four oldest children, especially the two middle boys, are crazy about the series. The last

The Cos Interesting article on the use of smear campaigns for political purposes. Here's an excerpt: “The accusations brought against [Bill] Cosby are almost certainly not politically inspired, but they are being used by those who oppose Cosby's political and social views to discredit Cosby'

No One Ever Smoked We're not pro-smoking, far from it, but the crusade against smokers never ceases to amaze us. First, no smoking in governmental buildings, then the current crusade to tell private businesses whether they can allow smoking, and now an effort to deny history. “France&

TV Makes Odd Bedfellows “Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton teamed up yesterday with two of the Senate's most conservative Republicans to warn Americans about the impact of televised sex and violence on young children. “Clinton called it a "'silent epidemic.'" “Citing research by the Kaiser

PETA v. PETA When an angler caught a near-record 22-pound lobster near Massachusetts, he was sent to a fish market in Pittsburgh. PETA pleaded for his life while PETA offered a hefty sum to eat him. Confused? The first PETA is "People for the Ethical Treatment of

A Class of Blue Buds Friday's Brews You Can Use We'd been suspecting it for a few years now, but this article from Forbes confirms it: conspicuous consumption has infiltrated beer, the most beautiful bastion of the blue collars. "The Italian word for chutzpah is