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Eric Scheske

Stopping Segregation

But will the main prison library have room for the Truman Capote books and Judy Garland videos? > One of the nation's few jail dormitories specifically for gay and transgender prisoners is closing on Rikers Island - where ten of New York City's 15 jails are located

Brews You Can Use

I'm not a fan of champagne cocktails, but it's New Year's weekend. WaPo Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/27/AR2005122700204.html] . Excerpt: > The Bleu Sky > Makes 1 serving > Bartender Tim Stover of IndeBleu likes to

Dreher Backs-Up Brokeback

Catholic convert, conservative, and Pulitzer-nominee Rod Dreher says Brokeback isn't nearly the homosexual propaganda reel we've been led to believe. Link [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-brokeback_29edi.ART.State.Edition1.187ff8cd.html] . Excerpt: > Brokeback Mountain is the

Christmas Average

From the New York Post: > Consumers spent an average of $763 each on holiday shopping this season . . . I think my wife and I spent less than $763 together, and that's with seven kids to buy for. Of course, Max (2) got a bunch of gaudy junk (that

What Say You, Pessimists?

Nice essay about the doom and gloom folks that control the media [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3284-1961659,00.html]. Excerpt: > The year 2005 does not enter the top league of disaster years, even if we include the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004. The 20th century

Rules of Sin

> The biggest jerks on the road don't act any differently when they step out from behind the wheel, University of Minnesota researchers have found. > The most hostile people tend to react more aggressively while driving than their less hostile counterparts would, according to a study of

Odd Stories 2005

Another set of odd stories in 2005 [http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/27/051228034114.m5lc1sy6.html]. Funny stuff. Another set of such stories [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051218/od_afp/yearoffbeatstrange;_ylt=ApNInJuwRLudSs_ZlgCTgAKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-] .

Pope Joan

More on Pope Joan [http://newsbusters.org/node/3386].

Treating the Stupid with Respect

Received the following email from a remarkably well-read friend. His comment in the second paragraph is accurate and apt: > Tune in Thursday, December 29, 2005 at 10PM Eastern to see Diane Sawyer of ABC News interview Donna Woolfolk Cross, author of Pope Joan, about the book, her research

But Could You Throw Them?

> The ancient Egyptians respected dwarfs, and did not see them as having a physical handicap, according to a study by US researchers. > A team from Georgetown University Hospital looked at biological remains and artistic evidence of dwarfism in ancient Egypt. > Ancient Egyptians worshipped dwarf gods, and many