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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

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].

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