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Eric Scheske

Internet Iraq

The Internet is spreadig in Iraq. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/10/international/middleeast/10internet.html?ei=5065&en=bbfa6fefa812ea81&ex=1140152400&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print] . At this point (now that the Court Clown is gone), it'll probably do more for

Useful Idiots?

Remember my comment earlier this week about the refreshing angle of a Christian who opposes the Da Vinci Code's fabrications, but was encouraging people to see the film and use it as a spring board to discussing Christianity (earlier post [https://thedailyeudemon.com/3896/])? Well, I'm

The Olympic Elite

My family enjoys the Olympic Games (but I'm partial to the Summer Games). This writer at WaPo, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/03/AR2006020302280.html] points out a few things that'll take out a little of the thrill. To be honest,

Welcome to My Alma Mater

Evangelical Professor Mark Noll has accepted a position at Notre Dame [http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2006/02/irony_alert_whe.html]. How odd, in light of the supposed reluctance of Catholic schools to hire Protestants and of Protestant schools to hire Catholics (link [https://thedailyeudemon.com/3565/]). Mabye it&

Sad Day

> It was a short, even telegraphic, message: "Effective January 27, 2006, Western Union will discontinue all Telegram and Commercial Messaging services. We regret any inconvenience this may cause you, and we thank you for your loyal patronage." > With these words, Western Union announced the death of

Test Tube Troubles

This U.S. News & World Report story [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/060213/13donor.htm] talks about the need to break down the privacy barriers that protect sperm donors from being identified by their offspring. The children want to know their fathers, the children need to know

What About Love?

A writer asks fascinating questions [http://www.therant.us/staff/jimenez/02092006.htm]: Why don't psychologists and psychiatrists study love? What is the effect of the lack of studies? Excerpt: > I reached for the fourth and final psychology textbook, Psychology of Behavior. Its eighteen chapters thoroughly cover

Mayor Now Feels Good About Herself

> Prompted by a New York City nonprofit group that pushes a soybean-based coffee substitute, Rawson issued a proclamation declaring March as National Caffeine Awareness Month in Shaker Heights. . . . > Rawson's proclamation says caffeine consumption is linked to heart disease, hypoglycemia, central nervous system disorders and some

Odd Consumer News

Self-cleaning bathrooms are coming [http://www.bestsyndication.com/Articles/2006/Nicole-WILSON/WhatsNew/02/020706-nano_technology_self_clean_bathroom.htm] . The technology is almost here. Pretty soon I'll no longer suffer from self-inflicted impacted bowels when visiting county fairs, gas stations, and fast food restaurants.

Marching in the Land of Free Speech

A pro-life marcher describes marching in San Fransisco: > [T]he pro-life walkers were flanked by hundreds of counter-protestors shouting obscenities, waving coat hangers, and mocking the Catholic Church. One pregnant woman bared her belly, on which she had scrawled in large black letters, “My baby is