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Eric Scheske

At the Copa, Copacabana . . .

> For the first time in nearly 29 years, Barry Manilow tops The Billboard 200. "The Greatest Songs of the Fifties" bows at No. 1 with sales of 156,000 copies in the United States, giving the artist his best sales week since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data

Misc. Leno from Last Night's Show

> Do you believe this weather? It was 88 today. I was sweating like a Danish cartoonist in Mecca. > People in Seattle still pretty depressed today. In fact, they were so bummed out they were ordering cappuccino with no foam. > Pennsylvania fans still going crazy. In fact, the

Neuhaus Weighs In

Fr. Neuhaus writes about the Islamic conflagration [http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=174]. Excerpt: > It is a challenge that may soon be backed up by a nuclear threat from Iran. > The challenge is simply this: A very large sector of the Islamic world is now demanding that

A Refreshing Take

> As a conservative evangelical leader, Josh McDowell is one of the last people you'd expect to urge young Christians to see "The Da Vinci Code," the upcoming movie based on the phenomenally best-selling novel. After all, the book argues that Jesus sired a line

The Overworked American?

Fascinating piece at The Economist that says we're not nearly as overworked as we think [http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5476124]. Excerpts: > Over the past four decades, depending on which of their measures one uses, the amount of time that working-age

Dissin' Isabella's Memory

Kind of interesting: > The Mississippian took me to meet a local Filipino business magnate and former Interpol officer who helped ODA-145 with information here and there. He had an estate and target range by the wtaer where we fired off 9mm and 5.56mm rounds for an hour.

Evolution Sunday

412 congregations in 49 states have decided to observe “Evolution Sunday.” [http://www.getreligion.org/?p=1385] Another link [http://www.uwosh.edu/colleges/cols/rel_evol_sun.htm].

eBay Searchin'

My 12-year-old son told me that he was disappointed to learn that not everything is available on eBay. He searched for slaves and found none. I'm not sure how much he was prepared to pay, but I don't need another mouth to feed.

Beating the World

Rodney Stark (an agnostic, by the way) says Christianity put the West ahead of the rest of the world. He explains the reasons in The Victory of Reason [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400062284/thedailyeudem-20], an excellent little book that I'm part-way through (woulda

Mary Magdalene

The New Yorker has published a lengthy piece about Mary Magdalene [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060213fa_fact2]. I haven't had time to read it, and I won't get a chance to do so until this evening or tomorrow (my wife broke her foot,