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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

AIDS and Smoking

> Statistically, an active participant in certain 'risky' forms of behavior is far likelier to contract AIDS than a ten-pack-a-day smoker is to come down with lung cancer. Yet the Supreme Court has ru led that such behavior is a human right, and cannot be

Alright, This is Just Gross

> A 33-year-old Malaysian man who married a 104-year-old woman said that it was God's will that he tie the knot with someone old enough to be his great-grandmother. . . "I didn't marry Wook for her money. Her only asset is

Irreverent Gum

Conning the credulous. A statue of Holy Mother made of gum. A miracle for sale on eBay [http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7411925372&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1] .

60 Minutes: Investigative Journalists

> According to CBS' “60 Minutes” a key aspect of Dan Brown's “The Da Vinci Code” is a hoax. That's right, the Priory Of Sion doesn't really exist, or at least it didn't exist before the middle of the 20th century.

Further Testimony for Public Schools

> Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of the damage from Hurricane Katrina, nearly one-third of young Americans [ages 18-24] recently polled couldn't locate Louisiana on a map and nearly half were unable to identify Mississippi. Link [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060503/ap_on_

Great Opportunity

Looking to stretch your charitable horizons? Try this website: PrisonerLife dot Com [http://www.prisonerlife.com/index.cfm]. There are all sorts of links that let you reach out to prisoners, like this one: MEET REAL PRISONERS SEEKING REAL PEN PALS [http://www.prisonerlife.com/personals-picsearch.cfm]. I think

White Guilt

Shelby Steele at WSJ, [http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008318]courtesy of Suicide [http://suicideofthewest.com/?p=289]: > After World War II, revolutions across the globe, from India to Algeria and from Indonesia to the American civil rights revolution, defeated the authority inherent in white supremacy,

Hide Your Goat

More and more of these stories are coming, and we still have seven weeks to go: > With June 6, 2006, rapidly approaching, authorities in Colorado and elsewhere are carefully watching to see if that date - 6/6/06 - spurs demonstrations or violent activity [http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_

Quarterly Men

I've started reading a new publication, and I'm recommending it to readers: Catholic Men's Quarterly [http://www.houseonthemoor.com/]. I received sample issues in the mail two weeks ago, and I was impressed. Drink, humor, history, travel, theology. Each issue is 44 pages, and

May Day

Finally, a Catholic cleric who doesn't think every person who opposes mass asylum is being a bad Christian. Fr. Jonathan Morris at Fox Central [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,193783,00.html]. The man even uses common sense and doesn't denigrate the spiritual life