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Eric Scheske

Historical Miniature

Great little piece about Timbuktu, the white man's greed and the swarthy man's duplicity. WaPo Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/02/AR2006030201486.html] . Excerpt: > Timbuktu . . . was and is a real place, as Frank T. Kryza writes, "easily located

Poster Child for Eugenics

It would appear Madonna shouldn't have been allowed to reproduce: > Madonna says she had some explaining to do when her daughter, Lourdes, asked about that kiss with Britney Spears at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. > "(Lourdes) is really obsessed with who is gay,"

Organic at Wal-Mart

This might be the move that makes the Left sit on the curb and cry: > Wal-Mart Stores Inc. aims to be the mass-market provider of organic food, and will have doubled its organic offerings over the next couple of weeks, Wal-Mart's head of dry

Wal-Mart Bloggers

The Left is roaring about this story: > Under assault as never before, Wal-Mart is increasingly looking beyond the mainstream media and working directly with bloggers, feeding them exclusive nuggets of news, suggesting topics for postings and even inviting them to visit its corporate headquarters. NY Times Link [http:

Oh, Babs

Drudge cracked me up with this story [http://www.drudgereport.com/flash1bs.htm]: > Barbra Streisand has launched a new spelling error-ridden dispatch on the Internet -- a dispatch that mocks President Bush for being a "C student!" > In her February 28th, 2006 essay, Streisand flubs 11

It's the Dead Babies

Joseph Bottum talks about Republican many problems and the Democrats' big one: abortion. Good stuff [http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/]. Excerpt: > And the trouble is abortion, for the Democrats are pinned by it. Although NARAL may have an ordained Methodist minister to act as its official chaplain, there

Hitting Critical Mass

Approximately 56 new blogs go online every minute. We're at 29.8 blogs right now [http://www.technorati.com/]. I suspect we'll pass the 30 million mark late tomorrow afternoon.

Karate Mom

Heart-warming story? A Columbine averted? Or just a sad story about one pathetic 22-year-old "man"? (Hint: It's not the first two.) > A middle-aged Russian mum has become a black belt in karate to protect her 22-year-old son from bullies.

Fat Kids Everywhere

> Nearly half of all Western Hemisphere kids will be overweight by 2010, the International Obesity Task Force report says in the International Journal of Pediatric Obesity. NY Post Link [http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/60660.htm]. Well, we can't have that. I guess we'll

Good Oil

I was never a big fan of the WWJD bracelets, but I might get some of this: > Introducing WWJD-40 an amazing product with a thousand and one uses. Jesus gave Peter the power to bind and loose and wouldn't you just love to be able to