Eric Scheske

The family and I drove from Gatlinburg, Tennessee to SW Michigan yesterday. About 10 hours of driving, and four of us had come down with stomach flu (I've spent 90 minutes cleaning the van this morning and it still doesn't smell pleasant). Things are returning to

Ok. My dad thinks I should blog on immigration. After a week of watching the borderline racism and histrionics that passes for coverage of the issue on Fox News, I'm almost inclined to. Here's the most sensible thing I've seen on the issue, [http:

Nicholas Lemann's New Yorker article on Bill O'Reilly [http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/060327fa_fact] is one of those articles that tries too hard to demonstrate that it's a "fair, yet critical assessment," when the only reason for writing is to

Franklin Foer, the new top editor at the nation's venerable liberal flagship, The New Republic, seems a tad worried that theo-conservative Catholics are hijacking the U.S. government. In one of his first issues since taking the helm, he recently published a cover story that was a none-too-subtle

Even if you never cared too much for the neo-primtive stylings of 'grunge' music, you still might find this fascinating - a look at the twisted family tree of Courtney Love [http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/0612/courtney-love.php], widow of grunge hero, Kurt Cobain, and a tortured

Kay Hymowitz has a theory that's worth reading in the most recent issue of City Journal [http://www.city-journal.org/html/16_1_marriage_gap.html]: > What two-America talk doesn't get is just how much these ominous trends are entangled with the collapse of the

A good post-mortem on the feminist movement [http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article.asp?aid=12104044_1]by Dan Seligman in Commentary. Here's one of many intriguing quotes: > A final obstacle to the resurrection of the women's movement is that Americans have been gradually discovering that

Things are really hopping in the fourth century. Our friend, Mike Aquilina [http://www.mikeaquilina.com], the leading Catholic writer on the ancient Church fathers, has started a blog of sorts, devoted to the first Christian teachers. Get yourself a free screen-saver and some other fun stuff at www.fathersofthechurch.

What a strange country we've become. You can get an abortion any time you want and for any reason. The people who provide you this "service" are hardly regulated by the government. But if you choose to have a baby, and have that baby in your

It's been a year since John Paul II went to his reward. Apologies for a personal reflection, but I owe the guy a lot. I drifted away from the faith in college, became an example of how a little learning can make you quite a dumb guy. I