Eric Scheske

Sophia Loren, 71, will pose nude for a racy calendar [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060705/en_afp/italylorennude;_ylt=AnQxVqvZTyS.IX5Cxm6kHWCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-] . Don't laugh. I'll bet she looks great. They could exhume Marilyn Monroe and make her look good. The women you see

Music to my ears: > “Enough now with this turning the other cheek! It's our duty to protect ourselves.” Thus spoke Monsignor Velasio De Paolis, secretary of the Vatican's supreme court, referring to Muslims. Explaining his apparent rejection of Jesus' admonition to his followers to

Perhaps the funniest song title I've ever seen [http://www.bogusrecords.com/bullmoose.html]. My apologies for the off-color humor, but it cracked me up.

> Star Hollywood actor-activists including Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon and anti-war campaigners led by bereaved mother Cindy Sheehan plan to launch a hunger strike, demanding the immediate return of US troops from Iraq. When I saw this, I thought, "How in the world are these indulged

Barack Obama intrigues me. He'd excite me if he weren't pro-gay and pro-abortion, but he does intrigues me. Phil Lawler at Catholic World News points out (subscriber link [http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=45126]) that Obama is a sincere Christian--perhaps

A few suggestions rolled in during the last ten hours in response to my previous post. A few of the emails: > Computer talk show host Kim Komando recommends OpenOffice. so I gave it a try; it's free (you don't even have to register), and it&

Alan Capasso at Chesterton and Friends responds to Buffett's and Gates' hopes to cram condoms down the collective throat of the world [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2006/07/people-as-virus-syndrome.html] . Excerpt: > Myth 2: The world's forests are disappearing because of overpopulation.

Johnny Cash has a new album [http://www.cmt.com/news/articles/1535455/20060629/cash_johnny.jhtml?headlines=true] : Johnny Cash V. It sounds sad and good. Excerpt from review: > Though weak in voice and almost completely blind by then, his spirit was never stronger, and that spirit shines

The July/August issue of Books & Culture [http://www.christianitytoday.com/books/] has a pretty good essay by Eugene McCarraher--professor at Villanova, "faithful Catholic," and "fierce socialist"--about the limits of capitalism. Unfortunately, it's more of a screed. Moreover, I'm

Roman Abramovich has paid £285,000 for a number plate originally made for Pope John Paul II. [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1900757.html]