St. Monica, Pray for Them
Mean, nasty wives are the rage in Japan
[http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200601140135.html].
Eric Scheske
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
Judas Revisited
Dang it! Where am I going to focus all my hate? Maybe I can get a dog to kick:
> Christians have traditionally blamed Judas for aiding and abetting the
Crucifixion, and his name is synonymous with treachery. According to St Luke,
Judas was “possessed by Satan”.
> Now, a
Adult Juveniles
Odd things that happen when adults don't mature, episode 1,323,009:
> Mike Marlowe fully admits that he sometimes gave George Gillespie a hard time in
that AOL chatroom.
> But never in his wildest imagination did he expect to be sued in court for what
he
Italians: Lust Ain't So Bad
And I thought all that adultery in GoodFellas and The Sopranos was just a mob
thing:
> Most Italians feel more guilty about overeating than about cheating on their
partners, a survey has found, suggesting they care more about staying slim than
staying faithful.
> The survey, by the psychology