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Eric Scheske

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No opinion today about last night's American Idol. I went to the drinking club for a few rounds and ended up talking about important things, including this fascinating topic: When did Happy Days really jump the shark? As early as the demolition derby and Mallachi Crunch [http://www.

Diapered Travelers

I'd have to pass on the festivities: > Alongside food and fire crackers, Chinese are adding a new item to their lunar New Year shopping: Adult diapers. Sales have soared ahead of the holiday as travelers prepare for long trips home aboard trains so crowded that even the

Let Them Eat Soup . . . Or Not

Is this like that Seinfeld episode when Elaine tried to give away the muffin stumps to the homeless shelter? > Charity groups with far-right links serving pork soup to homeless people face a crackdown by French officials. > Protesters have accused the groups of deliberate discrimination against Jews and

Gays in Greenwich

Greenwich Village has always fascinated me. One expert on that bohemian corner of the world speculates that open gayness killed the Village [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/22/RVG4OGLRPE1.DTL]: > In his lament that "the Village" is not what it

Claw Me

Cockfighting, though illegal, is popular in Utah [http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3431577]. I'm talking about rooster fighting, incidentally. It's not polygamy-driven competition for wives.

Blessing Hooters

> The new Hooters restaurant may have gotten an unwelcome reception from some of the community's religious leaders, but tonight it will get a little help from above. > As part of a private opening party, Monsignor Isidore Rozycki, the head Catholic priest for the Greater Waco area,

Krazy Kanye

So does this mean George Bush hates Christians? > Kanye West, with a crown of thorns atop his head, poses as Jesus Christ on the cover of the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone. The outspoken rapper defends his brash attitude inside the magazine's pages, on newsstands Friday. He

The Monologues at ND

Are things looking up for my alma mater [http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060124/NEWS01/601240491]? > The new University of Notre Dame president questioned Monday whether "The Vagina Monologues" and a Queer Film Festival held on campus the past few years should be

Chameleon Google

I assume everyone sees the irony in this, after Google's much-publicized defense of porn surfers' civil rights last week: > Online search engine leader Google Inc. has agreed to censor its results in China, adhering to the country's free-speech restrictions in return for

Back to the Drawing Board, NBC

What can they do next to offend Christians and increase ratings? They're good at the former, poor at the latter. > The last chapter of the controversial religious drama "The Book of Daniel" has been written at NBC [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060125/ap_