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Eric Scheske

French Population Up? . . .

. . . kinda > France has had a slight upward blip in the birthrate, to 1.94, just below the replacement level of 2.1. It would be more reassuring if it were not exclusively among Moslems. > Because the French government does not gather statistics by ethnicity or religion, it is

Facilitating the Fundamental Human Right to a Threesome

From Britain: > The law could be changed to allow two prostitutes and a receptionist or maid to work together legally in brothels, the government has confirmed. > Currently only lone prostitutes can offer sex from flats or other premises without breaking the law. Link [http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Skinned Exhibit

I'm gonna hurl: > A controversial exhibition displaying 20 skinned human cadavers will go on show in Melbourne [http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0%2C5478%2C17839551%255e2862%2C00.html] . Organizers say it's educational. Or maybe artistic. Or maybe a type of prayer.

Muslims on Sex

Good thing I always keep my socks on: > A curious religious debate is raging in Egypt. The question is: should you keep your clothes on when having sex? > It began when Dr Rashad Khalil, an expert on Islamic law from al-Azhar university in Cairo warned that being

The Blog Writer

Is blogging real writing? This guy says it is: > [I]t occurred to me that there is no such thing as blogging. There is no such thing as a blogger. Blogging is just writing -- writing using a particularly efficient type of publishing technology. Even though I tend to first

A Story for Your Children

Having troubles getting your children to eat properly. Try this story [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006020536,00.html]: > A lad who only ate chips, toast and baked beans was killed by his junk diet – aged just 20. > After years of unhealthy eating, Scott Martin&

WWW III

Future histories are in vogue. The writers of these pieces look at today's current events and then write as though calamities that could happen tomorrow were predictable, yet we're living in those times now and we don't see the calamities coming. Eerie stuff. Last

TV Me

Ditch those Natural Family Planning manuals. I've found them nearly worthless. Don't get me wrong. NFP is 99% effective, just like its advocates say. Unfortunately, most guys have relations with their wives more than 99 times every two years. The result? You can do the math

No F'in Alito?

I missed this yesterday. This wasn't the Dem I expected to object to a filibuster: > Prospects for a filibuster to try to derail Samuel Alito's confirmation to the Supreme Court all but died yesterday when a key swing Democrat, Dianne Feinstein, came out against it.

Abortion Counseling

Due to time constraints, I haven't been able to engage in my normal on-line review of the country's leading newspapers, so I missed a story in the New York Times yesterday about after-abortion counseling [http://nytimes.com/2006/01/16/national/16abortion.html?hp&