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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Malthus was an Idiot

Amazing piece at Foreign Policy about declining birth rates and the return of the patriarchal society [http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3376&page=0]. It's lengthy. The best stuff is on the first 1.5 pages, if you want to take the short

Roe v. Wade for Men

My weekly column at Catholic Exchange [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=32246] offers an extended analysis of Roe v. Wade for Men, if you care to check it out. Excerpt: > The feminists are opposing Roe v. Wade for Men. I suspect

Sirius Stock Slump

The Stern Network (a/k/a Sirius) stock has hit a 52-month low [http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=SIRI&t=6m]. Good.

Free Starbucks

I don't like coffee and I don't like Starbucks and I don't like the consumerist culture it stands for. I don't even have a Starbucks in my home town (no, I don't live in hell). But I offer this, in

Cocky Counterfeiter . . . But Not Too Bright

Fire up the ethnic joke machines: > The counterfeit money looked good, but there was one flaw. There's no such thing as a one billion dollar bill. > U.S. Customs agents in California said on Tuesday they had found 250 bogus billion dollar bills while investigating a

"Like, Dude, How Can That Be?"

"How can what be?" "Dude, I forget, man" > Long-term users of marijuana gradually become worse at learning and remembering things, a new study suggests. [http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn8839.html]

That's a Crime!

People are stealing empty kegs for the scrap metal value. It's becoming quite the problem. A reader sent the story to me. I can't find a link, so you'll have to take my word for it (like I'd make-up such a

Beatles

Terry Teachout writes about the Beatles [http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article.asp?aid=12102061_1]. Teachout is always worth reading, even when his subject isn't. In this one, he has a good subject, too. Excerpt: > The historical significance of these achievements, however, cannot be overstated. After the

Welborn and Da Vinci

From the National Catholic Register's coverage of Amy Welborn's "Theology on Tap" lecture in Rome about the Da Vinci Code: > Welborn said she would rather be writing her own novels “than talking about this silly, silly book,” and that people's “unending

Laymen Take a Stand

> Like many dioceses in North America, the archdiocese [of St. Paul, Minnesota] has been plagued by the scandal of priestly sexual abuse. The diocese is unique however, in that a movement of faithful Catholic lay men has chosen to publicly confront the scandal, not by demanding - as do most