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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Online Couples

This month's Atlantic Monthly wasn't nearly as good as most issues. Its cover story about online dating was alright, but scarcely worth theÂ 9,000 words or so they used to cover it. The end of the story, however, hadÂ an interesting list of online dating

A Natural Law Primer

> In Britain, a poll of Muslims last night found evidence of growing alienation, with four in 10 calling for religious sharia law to be imposed in parts of the UK with a mainly Muslim population. The law specifies stonings and amputations as punishments, and involves religious police bringing suspects

Patrick R

> Fellow conservative religious leaders have expressed concern and even open criticism over Pat Robertson's habit of shooting from the hip on his daily religious news-and-talk television program, "The 700 Club." [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060218/ap_on_re_us/robertson_s_

This Day in History

Considered from a McLuhanite viewpoint: TAE probably didn't consider that the phonograph would kill spontaneous group singing at social gatherings. 1878: Thomas Alva Edison patents the phonograph. Also: Heavy metal and gangster rap probably weren't on TAE's mind when he made this breakthrough. If

Something for Sunday Morning

> [T]he strength of any falsehood consists in the impotence of the corresponding truth, and the strength of an evil consists in the impotence of the corresponding good. Vladimir Solovyov

China's Capitalism

Robert Reilly,Â reviewing Constantine Menges' China: The Gathering Threat [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1595550054/thedailyeudem-20] in this month's Crisis [http://www.crisismagazine.com/]Â (this link takes you to the magazine site, not the article, which isn't available on-line)

Odd Consumer News

Tiki fireplace [http://www.biffinc.com/tikifireplace/tikifireplace.html]. Perfect for the pagan in your life.

The Textbook Stupid Criminal

A crime that people joke about actually happened: > A cannabis smoker has been arrested after complaining to police that he was sold bad weed. [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1728015.html]

Lifestyle Change

> Britain'sÂ highest representative at the Vatican, who had been tipped to become a cardinal, has been moved sideways because of his "lifestyle", it was reported yesterday. . . > It was known that Pope Benedict and the archbishop have differing views on doctrine and the fact that

"This is My Bi-otch"

Interesting article in the Western Standard about the hesitancy of "men" in Quebec to refer to their wives by that name. Subscriber link [https://www240.ssldomain.com/westernstandard/website/index.cfm?page=article&article_id=1438] . Excerpts:Â > Tristan Peloquin, a 28-year-old Montreal journalist,