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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Late Night Humor

Leno: > Some sad news. The rumor going around, after 14 years of marriage, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown may be splitting up. I guess Whitney came home early one day and caught bobby hitting other women. > On more serious news, there's a rumor that we may

Celibacy Debate Renews

A 70-year-old priest knocks up a 31-year-old woman and now the celibacy debate is re-energized [http://www.irishexaminer.com/pport/web/ireland/Full_Story/did-sggfgD6mmFXZIsglO-LCk0lQvU.asp] . Why? I don't care how many priests are married: a 31-year-old will look

"I Thought It Was Incense"

> An Orthodox priest has been arrested by police in Bulgaria for selling cannabis joints to parishioners [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1689473.html].

Paul Elie

I've received more information about Paul Elie, the writer of the essay/book in this month's Atlantic Monthly. According to a friend: > Elie's a good writer, Catholic, though left of center I would imagine on some issues. He's editor of the

"Ten Bucks is Ten Bucks." Geddy Lee

On the first day of soliciting ads, I had a technical snafu (thereby instilling confidence in my potential customers). I am, accordingly, reminding viewers that ads on this site are now available dirt cheap (see link on right for more information). It's $10 a month. I doubt you&

American Idol Follow-Up

Day two was remarkably more subdued than day one (see my previous post [https://thedailyeudemon.com/3680/]). The level of ridicule was back to the old levels (mostly reserved for the pompous), they had a great "feel good" story, and the best contestant was a modest and attractive

Vatican and Evolution

The New York Times is energized about an article from the Vatican about Intelligent Design [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/science/sciencespecial2/19evolution.html?hp&ex=1137646800&en=0f4621279594535b&ei=5094&partner=homepage] . Essentially, the article comes down to this: I.D. is more

Looking for Author Blogs

For my next National Catholic Register column, I'm looking for blogs dedicated to, or that revolve around, the thought or personality of one or more Catholic authors. I have plenty of G.K. Chesterton blogs to reference, but I'm looking for blogs about others, such as

The Year of Two Popes

The January/February issue of The Atlantic Monthly came yesterday. It has a lot of neat stuff in it, including a 21-page piece about JPII/B16 by Paul Elie [http://www.beliefnet.com/story/137/story_13721_1.html] (senior editor at Farrar Straus & Giroux, Flannery O'

Get Ready for Late Night Humor

> Pope Benedict XVI's first encyclical, expected in the next few days, warns believers not to confuse love with lust or degrade it "to mere sex". Telegraph Link [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/18/wpope18.xml&sSheet=/news/