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Eric Scheske

The Catholic and Divorce

The issue is getting press again. This time, the Vatican's former top judicial official said, "In itself, divorce is not a sin, and in certain cases it could even be recommended, to resolve patrimonial or civil problems." Just another outspoken priest, like the kind that continue

Misc. 1.15.06

A woman today wondered how I handle seven children. She said her hands are full with just one. I told her my situation isn't much worse than hers. "One," I said, "is a lot closer to seven than zero." The Steelers' Troy Polamalu

Cleric Steps Down

> The Church of Norway forced a priest to resign on Friday from a panel set to judge bikini-clad women competing to be the country's Miss Universe contestant [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060113/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_religion_missuniverse]. Why did Norway object? All

Bag End

A Tolkien nut and doll house builder has made a miniature Bag End [http://www.livejournal.com/community/little_world/39277.html?view=211565]. Pretty neat.

The Next Sexual Frontier

HBO will air Big Love, a series about polygamy in Utah. > The show premieres March 12 on the pay cable network and will air after HBO's most-revered series, The Sopranos, every week. > Big Love follows polygamist Bill Henrickson and his three wives as they lead

20/20 Takes on Public Education

I've never been a big fan of ABC's 20/20, but I guess I'll have to start watching. According to David Pearson [http://www.suicideofthewest.com/], its reporter, John Stossel, isn't afraid of challenging America's bogus sacred cows. This story

The Deluge

Mitch Albom discusses the small controversy over the Detroit Pistons' swimsuit calendar [http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060115/OPINION02/601150352/1082] . The calendar doesn't have pictures of Ben Wallace in a Speedo, but rather pictures of the Piston dancing team--the Automotion--in

All in the Family

I've been enjoying TV Land's All in the Family coverage this weekend [http://www.tvland.com/schedule/index.jhtml]. It's showing more reruns all day today, but they're the later ones and, if memory serves, the show became much more agenda-driven

Something for Sunday Morning

"Outward restlessness often goes together with inner listlessness. . . The states of quietness and inner alertness belong together, supporting and determining each other." Romano Guardini, The Art of Praying

Judas' Rehabilitation Revisited

The story of efforts to rehabilitate Judas were apparently exaggerated. Link [http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2006/01/mea-culpa-why-it-is-important-to.html] . Thanks, Curt Jester [http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/archives/006412.php].