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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

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_

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