Eric Scheske

MD and CA The Washington Post opens a story [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2544-2005Mar2.html?sub=new] this morning with an impartial paragraph (cough, snicker) about Maryland's attempt to fund stem cell research: “John L. Kellermann III has had Parkinson's disease for

More Wood than Holly Is the free market failing us in Hollywood? We thought the free market automatically gave the consumer what they want. It's not, at least according to the following information that we gleaned from the March 2005 issue of Touchstone: "Movies with a '

Interview About Mother Teresa We've mentioned twice how much we enjoyed David Scott's new book about Mother Teresa, A Revolution of Love. Beliefnet has posted an interview with Scott [http://beliefnet.com/story/161/story_16158_1.html], for anyone who wants more information. Here'

Another Lewis Pub For those clicking over from Eric Scheske's regular Wednesday column on Catholic Exchange, we found a picture of another of C.S. Lewis' favorite pubs, The Trout and The Six Bells. We found it at a blog called Inn at the End of the

Readers: You will find the feature publication, The Wednesday Eudemon, after this post. The Big Sex Hollywood has always been a left-leaning town, but now it's combined with a lot of violence and sex. A new book might offer additional insight into the unsavory glamour. The New

Issue XIII We come to a number that can't be divided by any other number. Some speculate that's the reason 13 came to be seen as an unlucky number. Thirteen, after all, follows 12, and 12 is amenable to all sorts of division. The sudden jolt

Harpers Revisited? There's a nasty homosexual battle being decided in Topeka, Kansas today. Councilwoman Tiffany Muller, the first openly gay officeholder in Kansas, is facing an anti-homosexual challenge from 20-year-old Jael Phelps. Also on the ballot: whether to repeal an ordinance that prohibits Topeka from

Oxford Needs Belloc Again The New York Daily News, 3/1/2005 In its 183-year history, the august Oxford Union debating society has heard the wisdom of Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan and Mother Teresa. Now its members are to hear from Ron Jeremy, star of 1,700 adult films,

Rising Woods The inflammatory Justin Raimondo at Antiwar.com has weighed in on Thomas Woods and his successful Politically Incorrect Guide to American History. We can't say we agree with all of the raving Raimondo's points, but he's a good read and gives facts

Blog and Baseball There's been plenty of discussion during the past year about the definition of a blog and what the advent of the blog means to the publishing world. We think those questions jump the gun a bit. A more fundamental question to ask is, why read