Stations
Stations of the Cross Meditations from Rome
[http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2006/documents/ns_lit_doc_20060414_via-crucis_en.html]
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Eric Scheske
Good Friday
He turned a symbol of hate and torture into one of love and mercy.
There will be very little blogging today. Perhaps a few things after 3:00 p.m.
(EDT), but for now, only these:
The cross cannot be defeated. . . For it is Defeat. G.K. Chesterton
On those
The Spider Eudemon
Maunday Thursday is here. Bloggers have taken off early. This is the best I have
today so far:
Leap years are needed so that the calendar is in alignment with the earth's
motion around the sun. Everything you ever wanted to know about 2008 and its
sibling years
Religio
College students are becoming more religious, and it's affecting their
political
views, according to a new Harvard University survey of this potentially
influential voting bloc
[http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060413-122855-9675r.htm].
What Gets Into These People?
I don't have a lot to say about this, except that it's a terrible sin to put
media into the hands of juvenile delinquents:
> The German bishops' conference has issued a statement protesting plans by the
MTV network to show "Popetown," a
Screwtape on DVC
Screwtape lives! And he writes about the hoax
[http://www.ericmetaxas.com/essay-screwtapedavinci.html].
Babes without Teeth
NASCAR Extends Brand With Bikinis
[http://www.adrants.com/2006/04/nascar-extends-brand-with-bikinis-clothin.php].
The Spider Eudemon
Crawling the web:
Fr. Neuhaus on global warming [http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=229].
The Crunchy Con blog at NR has ended. Dreher has a new Crunchy Con blog at
Beliefnet [http://www.beliefnet.com/story/189/story_18930_1.html].
Dawn Patrol reads a Planned Parenthood employee'
Females Killed
How many female American soldiers have been killed in Iraq? I remember seeing a
Budweiser commercial back in February. It showed returning U.S. military
personnel and airport patrons applauding them. The camera showed close-ups of
the military personnel. Out of seven close-ups, five of them were of
Caitlin's New Book
Fine stylist Caitlin Flanagan has waded further into the feminist wars with a
book on working mothers. The LA Times
[http://www.calendarlive.com/books/cl-et-flanagan12apr12,0,487361.story?coll=la-home-headlines]
has a pretty a good piece about it. Excerpt:
> These are the women who