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Eric Scheske

Leno on Alito Hearings

> Have you watched any of these confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sam Alito? Senators are given thirty minutes to question the guy: thirty minutes exactly. Senator Joe Biden's question took 23 1/2 minutes. His question took 24 minutes. And Alito is smart. He's

Finally, a Spokesman for the Religious Left

A Satanist is running for governor of Minnesota [http://www.jonathonforgovernor.us/Home_page.html]. He must figure he has a good shot, figuring Jesse Ventura got in. Heck, this guy is a pro wrestler, too, according to his website. Excerpt: > My name is Jonathon “The Impaler” Sharkey, Ph.

Seizure Me

But how's the kid supposed to live? > Nicholas Lavin said that he played PlayStation constantly over the holidays at his home in San Diego and began to notice that his head would jerk back and forth. > "I would do funny things with my head,"

St. Monica, Pray for Them

Mean, nasty wives are the rage in Japan [http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200601140135.html].

Anti-Abortion Posters Torn Down

Home of the 1960s Free Speech Movement [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Speech_Movement]: > Bay Area abortion-rights activists say a Roman Catholic group's advertisements on hundreds of BART trains and in scores of stations -- attacking the Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade decision and

St. Maria Goretti, Pray for Us

> A high school research assignment on Internet pornography was canceled after parents in this Cleveland suburb complained. > Superintendent Jeff Lampert said . . . the assignment was inappropriate for 14- and 15-year-old freshmen at Brooklyn High. > The assignment asked students to research pornography on the Internet and list

Looking for Comedy

A favorable look at Albert Brooks' Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,181631,00.html]. It opens January 20: > Brooks said the film was originally supposed to be distributed by Sony, with an October 2005 release date (the current distributor

Hollywood Spin

Received from a reader: > Please post for all to hear the hard data on the media communicated "success" of Brokeback Mountain" vs. the "failure" of King Kong. > As of 1/13/06 > Brokeback Mtn revenue : $24,000,000 Cost to Produce: $14,

Catholic Charities Must Fund Contraceptives

A good overview of the NY Court of Appeals decision earlier this week [http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/102/53.0.html] regarding a state law that requires employers' insurance plans to cover prescription contraceptives. Excerpt: > [A] New York appeals court ruled 3-2 in favor of

The Weekend Eudemon

This will be the first full Weekend Eudemon in a couple of weeks. My household has fully settled in after the routine-rattling holiday season, the Christmas decorations are back in storage, and my study is again clean--no presents, manger scenes, or clutter. I love the Christmas season, but