Eric Scheske

Fascinating little piece at the New York Daily News about a psychiatrist's attempt to measure a crime's depravity, heinousness, or atrociousness. Link [http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/417694p-352691c.html]. Thirty-nine states allow juries to mesh out harsher punishments if they determine that a

Anna Jarvis, the woman who founded Mother's Day [http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvtaylor/founder.htm]. For some reason, I thought Lincoln started it. Guess not [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother's_Day].

"[A] virtuous life led with painful sacrifice and discipline will so deeply affect a personality that the effects of disordered impulses or even of a sinful past will disappear." Benedict Groeschel, writing in the letters to the editor in the current issue of Crisis.

I didn't know people collected holy cards like beer cans, but they do. The LA Times this morning ran a pretty good article about it [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beliefs13may13,0,779518.story?coll=la-home-headlines] . The woman featured in the article has

The need for procreation is steadily flowing throughout America. That being said, I had a fairly long conversation with a fellow attorney late last year about the need for more children. He was still citing Malthusian arguments. Bright fellow, but about a generation behind the curve: > On the May

Don't forget about Jeffrey Dahlmer (low blow, so to speak, but I just received some bad news about a friend and don't have the inclination to blog much right now): > Saying that more role models could help alleviate the social estrangement and high suicide rates