Eric Scheske

This last week "was the least-watched week in recorded history for the four biggest broadcast networks." Link [http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060711/ap/d8iq1l8g0.html]. Unfortunately, analysts think it's because the Fourth-of-July week is always weak, and the programming was worse than

Check out this unfortunate occurrence in the blogosphere [http://marchtogether.blogspot.com/2006/07/satire.html]. A pro-life blogger falls for an Onion satire piece about abortion, gets vilified, then apparently still doesn't fully understand. Check out the comments section. It is filled with the nastiest, meanest

There is a quiet but determined effort in the United States to relaunch the world's premier women's professional soccer league. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,201438,00.html] Female sports and soccer. That's like combining the Detroit Lions with the Arizona Cardinals.

Today's one of my favorite commemorations: St. Benedict (the First, of Nursia). Why is Benedict important? Lots of reasons, most of which are summed up in this excerpt from an essay I wrote earlier: > When, after 312 and Constantine's conversion, society became comfortable for Christians

"I'd like two bags of organic cucumbers, a bottle of this lovely blush, some tofu, an all-liver pacifier for little Winchester here, and that skank in the corner for my husband." Residents in an up-and-coming Manhattan neighborhood don't like the return

Yeah, I know it's the anti-beer time of the week, but this story made it to the Yahoo!'s front page. If I wait until Friday, it'll be more stale than a four-day keg: > Organic ales, lagers and pilsners are increasingly squeezing

My National Catholic Register column on youth blogs was well received. I'm now thinking about swinging the calendar to the other side and featuring blogs by older people. I'm looking for recommendations. How old must a blogger be to qualify? I'm not going to

I find cell phones annoying, but the different rings have never bothered me. Then again, none of my co-workers use them: > According to a survey by Randstad USA, a staffing and work-force management company, 30 percent of employees say the ringing of their co-workers' cell

A blog of world history [http://world-history-blog.blogspot.com/]. It looks pretty good. I ran a few searches ("Catholic," "Jesus," and a few secular terms) to see if any distasteful biases creeped out. They didn't. It looks like a pretty mainstream work