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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Lance and Sheryl Split

Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and Grammy-winning pop star Sheryl Crow have split up, scrapping plans for a Texas wedding after two years of dating, People magazine reported on Friday. I'm in shock here. Lance fails to maintain a steady relationship. You'd

Jailhouse Rocks

There have been a few kinks in a newly-minted co-ed prison facility in Indiana [http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=4454489&nav=3w6o]: > There was also concern that male inmates were able to watch women in certain cells take showers and use the toilet.

California Eyes Muslim Indonesia for Ideas

The anti-smoking Nazis in this country have some fine fellow-travelers: > The Indonesian capital Jakarta imposed a ban on smoking in public places and offices in an effort to discourage the habit, which accounts for 57,000 deaths a year nationwide [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060204/

We're Done Apologizing

Delivering body blows to the multiculturalists who would have us kiss the feet of the new barbarians [http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,398853,00.html]: > Be proud, do not apologize. Do we have to go on apologizing for the sins our fathers? Do we still have

Tommy Lee Jones and Flannery

Apparently, TLJ is a fan of the devout Catholic writer [http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2006/02/02/in_his_latest_film_jones_is_just_where_he_likes_to_be_in_control/] . > His directing technique can be startling. He told [Actor Barry] Pepper to prepare for his

Danforth Article

Get Religion has an interesting post [http://www.getreligion.org/?p=1375] about a WaPo article that features former Senator John Danforth, a Republican who would like to destroy the Religious Right. It's an interesting little piece and shows WaPo in all its leftist glory. Excerpt from article

The Weekend Eudemon

Ouch, long night and longer morning. My children's parochial school held its annual Mardi Gras Auction Party last night: lots of neat auction items, food, cash bar (inexpensive lubricants to catalyze bidding), DJ, door prizes. I was in charge of setting up the bar (requiring me to pick

Detroit is Alright?

A blogger raises an interesting point [http://thefyc.blogspot.com/2006/02/espn-sucks-reason-135972.html]: In the past, reporters have routinely complained about the Super Bowl's host city. This year? Barely a word . . . and the host city is Detroit. He thinks it's because ESPN-

Empirical Evidence in Support of Abstinence

> A change in the sexual behavior of young people in Zimbabwe probably caused a sharp decline in HIV virus infections in the south African country, according to a study published in the United States. > A reduction in casual sex among experienced men and women, and the delay of

Like Columbine Never Happened

> A school bus driver has been accused of creating a hierarchy among his middle school charges that encouraged older students to bully younger ones to keep order [http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--schoolbus-bullies0203feb03,0,200218,print.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork] .