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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Atlantic Miscellany

Miscellaneous passages from this month's Atlantic: > [A] new study published in the British Medical Journal . . . finds that early retirees have higher mortality than workers who stay on the job. > [A new] survey indicates that one in four U.S. workers reads blogs regularly while at work,

Souter Home Condemned?

Come on! Be reasonable. You're making this personal. With Souter, it's all about theory: > Angered by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that sided with a Connecticut city that wanted to seize homes for economic development, a group of activists is trying to get one

Psycho Killer Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa

> A new study from New Zealand, published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, raises important questions about the effect of abortion on women's mental health. Researchers found those reporting an abortion prior to age 21 had rates of mental disorders from age 21 to 25

Big v. Little

When government acts, it looks at the big picture. Usually, government looks at sophisticated studies that consider harm and benefit and things like that. Sometimes, it looks at polls and what people want as a whole. No matter what, the government always tries to consider the big picture. It'

Bring Me the Women

A writer reconsiders [http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/debrasaunders/2006/01/20/183138.html] the argument--which she previously rejected--that same-sex marriage leads to polygamy. > When social conservatives argue that legalizing same-sex marriage could lead to legalized polygamy, same-sex marriage advocates either laugh or

Sploid

You think anti-Catholicism is dead? Visit Sploid [http://www.sploid.com/news/2006/01/catholic_cult_s.php], a popular Internet news site that received a ton of publicity when it started up last year. The following story is just one of many such bigoted articles I've

Gay Neighbors

The New York Times has run a disgustingly-slanted story this morning [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/21/arts/television/21welc.html?ei=5094&en=c9dd0688b64e8728&hp=&ex=1137819600&partner=homepage&pagewanted=all] . Summary: ABC produced a TV show called Welcome to the Neighborhood.

The Weekend Eudemon

I'm spry this morning. I left work early yesterday, not feeling well. I took an inadequate nap, then--feeling a little better--headed to the drinking club. Unfortunately, my wife came with me and brought along Tess (9 months). Tess didn't want to be at the

Orestes "Blog"

I'm still looking for blogs that revolve around the thought of famous Catholic authors [https://thedailyeudemon.com/3686/]. Thanks to the reader who sent to my attention: The Orestes Brownson page [http://www.orestesbrownson.com/]. It's not really a blog, but it has blog-like characteristics,

Okay

Okay, now Brokeback is number one at the box office. Link [http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2006-01-18&p=.htm]. I give it credit. I resent the industry's determination to shove it down our throats, but it is number one.