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Eric Scheske

A Sad Day

Steve Martin has declared himself for the secularists: he has written for The Huffington Post [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-martin/leap-second-lovers-are-tr_b_13068.html] . His piece is clever: a purported monologue by Bill O'Reilly that consists of disjointed connections, bordering on jibberish. The

Barney on Peace

> Massachusetts could face an "angry, divisive" fight if a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage reaches the 2008 state ballot, Rep. Barney Frank says. > The congressman blamed backers of the initiative petition for trying to provoke a new fight despite a lack of controversy over

Dinner for One

A fairly short essay about a unique New Years tradition in Germany [http://www.slate.com/id/2133551/].

The Weekend Eudemon

An abbreviated Weekend Eudemon today. The excellent exigencies of the holidays continue to tap my time, leaving precious few resources for the staples of reading and writing. Last night, I went to the drinking club with my brother and father, where we joined a handful of friends to watch college

Trash of 2005

Another article highlights interesting stories from 2005. Except this time, the media presented them seriously and as facts, when in fact, they are trash. Link [http://www.stats.org/record.jsp?type=news&ID=534]. Excerpt: > America's Teens, Dazed And Confused - 2005 saw a spate of

Fake Priest

A canon lawyer breaks down the implications for parishioners who had a fake priest as their pastor for several months [http://www.canonlaw.info/blog.html]. Interesting stuff. Excerpt: > [W]hat of those Catholics who attended "services" or received what they thought were sacraments from this man?

Anti-Christian Jeans in Sweden

This is no big deal [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051230/ap_on_re_eu/sweden_devil_s_denim]. Sweden is an anti-Christian country. This would be like wearing anti-Osama t-shirts in the U.S: > Cheap Monday jeans are a hot commodity among young Swedes

Canada and the EU Better Get Busy . . .

. . . if they want to stay on the cutting edge: > A woman has married a dolphin in Israel. > Sharon Tendler from Redbridge, East London, wore a white silk dress and a pink tiara for the ceremony in Eliat, Israel. > The dolphin, Cindy, swam to the side of his

Where's the HCLU: Hindu Civil Liberties Union?

> A Hindu couple whose sacred cows were banished from the western New York village of Angelica in 2003 have renewed their fight to bring them home. > Stephen and Linda Voith are appealing a state Supreme Court decision that sided with Angelica officials, who cited rules governing farm animals

Brews You Can Use II

Genocide, AIDS, starvation. Just when you didn't think it could get any worse in Africa, Uganda runs out of beer [http://www.monitor.co.ug/business/bus12282.php] . > Beer shortage hit Kampala suburbs as food prices shot up during the festive season. > Bell beer manufactured by