Eric Scheske

The BBC interviewed the wrong expert for a talking-head shot. Pretty funny [http://theunknowncandidate.blogspot.com/2006/05/in-praise-of-guy-goma.html]. Excerpt, to give you the gist of the story: > [Guy] Goma was at the BBC, waiting to be interviewed for a computer job, when

Disturbing figures from Prison Land [http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/05/21/D8HODD7G0.html]: > Prisons and jails added more than 1,000 inmates each week for a year, putting almost 2.2 million people, or one in every 136 U.S. residents, behind bars by last summer. . . . >

> Rather than wait until they are emotionally prepared for sex, children as young as 12 are turning to alcohol to help to get them through losing their virginity. Most are too embarrassed, confused, drunk or illinformed to think about the risks of pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections, so contraception

The Scratching Post offers her regular excellent summary of this week in Catholic Blogdom [http://ktcatspost.blogspot.com/2006/05/this-week-in-theocracy_21.html].

I'm repeatedly shocked at the lack of historical knowledge, especially among Catholics who should have at least a fundamental grasp of the subject in order to appreciate their religion. I earlier started a booket with the working title, "18 Holes to Knowledge." It revolved around 18