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Eric Scheske

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

De Paul and Paul

> De Paul University, one of the most important Catholic colleges in the US, has instituted a minor undergraduate programme in “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and queer (LGBTQ) studies.” The new minor programme offers students an overview of the “history of the queer movement” in legislation as well as the

Perverted First Grader

> A first grader was suspended for three days after school officials said he sexually harassed a girl in his class by allegedly putting two fingers inside the girl's waistband while she sat on the floor in front of him. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060208/ap_