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Eric Scheske

Top 20 Newspapers

Drudge lists the Top 20 newspapers by paid weekday circulation [http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm]. The report covers the last six months. I was curious to see that five of the papers increased their circulation. I thought newspapers were in a free-fall? I realize 15 of the newspapers dropped

Crazy Presidents

A new study says that almost half of the first 37 presidents (GW to Nixon) of the United States may have suffered from mental illness. Subscriber-only link [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200606/primary-sources]. The psychiatric methods employed are questionable, but the Duke University study released it anyway. Guess what?

Pell Me

Sign me up for the land downunder: > Australia's most influential Catholic has said the Koran is riddled with "invocations to violence" and the central challenge of Islam lies in the struggle between moderate and extremist forces as the faith spreads into a "childless Europe&

Manly Pages

I received Harvey Mansfield's Manliness [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300106645/thedailyeudem-20] on Friday. It's pretty good so far. It prompted me to go through my study and pull out ten manly books. The glared-out one is A'Kempis' On the Passion

Gotta Love the Honest Scholarship

> Alcohol is more harmful and causes more deaths than the drug ecstasy, a leading scientist who advises the Government on drug safety is warning. > Professor David Nutt, a senior member of the drugs panel which recommended the downgrading of cannabis, is calling for the current system of drugs

Monday Morning Eudemon

The old body is hurting this morning. I took the wife and kids to Warren Dunes [http://travel.yahoo.com/p-parks-569232-warren_dunes_state_park-i] yesterday. It's situated on Lake Michigan, probably about 75 minutes outside Chicago. The best part of the Dunes is climbing. It's also

More on Commodity Children

You remember B16's words about merely tolerating children [https://thedailyeudemon.com/4469/]? Well, the Times Online today ran an op-ed on the same subject [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,24391-2168664,00.html]. It might be the best opinion piece I've read all year. Perhaps

Something for Sunday Morning

From the stained glass windows at Norwich Cathedral (see more [http://contemplare.blogspot.com/]). My grandmother had a special devotion to Jesus as shepherd. A Lutheran, she didn't phrase it that way, but she did. Today's Gospel reading reminds me of her, a fine woman whose

The Comeback Kids

Time to get out that Zeus suit and do some seducin' and rapin' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1767802,00.html]: > It has taken almost 2,000 years, but those who worship the 12 gods of ancient Greece have finally triumphed. An Athens court

More Gene-like Fun

> On May 6, representatives of the Episcopalian communities in the California diocese will meet to select a new bishop from among seven nominated candidates. Three of the nominees are openly homosexual, the Los Angeles Times [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-bishop4may04,1,786705.story?coll=la-news-politics-california&