Eric Scheske

The 16-Day Chesterton Celebration ends today. Nick Milne saved his best for last: The Death of the Man Who Lived [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2006/06/death-of-man-who-lived.html]. Great prose; great pictures; great links for further reading. Excerpt: > There are many stories about these

Why? Can't we just harvest more embryos? > Leading doctors will today call for more parents to be allowed to store their babies' stem cells on the NHS. > Cells taken from the blood of the umbilical cord can be used to treat conditions such as childhood

Dorothy Sayers would've been 113 today [http://rod-bennett.blogspot.com/2006/06/heroine-around-here.html].

Employment law presentation at the local community college this morning. Minor league baseball game outing with the family tonight. Voicemail light blinking, email arriving, regular mail coming shortly. Blogging will be light today. C.S. Lewis said a true Christian exhibits joy. That doesn't bode well for me

It's happening in public schools, and this blogger makes some interesting assertions [http://www.illiante.com/YesLetsDrugOurKids.aspx] that go to the root of the problems with public schools (to wit, they're part of a bureaucracy, and the bureaucratic mindset infiltrates): > Schools get extra funds

WaPo ran a feature story today about smart drugs [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/10/AR2006061001181.html?sub=AR] : pills that help a person think, work, retain, and stay awake. Excerpt: > These drugs represent only the first primitive, halting generation of cognitive enhancers. Memory

The empty vessel is ready to be filled by anything. . . When [the heart of man] is empty of worldly and fleshly desires, it is ready to receive the God of love. But when it is filled with love of this world, fleshly desires and sinful inclinations, then divine love cannot