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Eric Scheske

Dying for the Holidays

In case you were thinking you enjoy the holiday season: > Health experts notice a bizarre phenomenon December 25 of every year. It's the beginning of a two week spike in the death rate nationwide. > Depression is just part of this puzzle. The reason the number of

Wanted: More Babies

The Washington Times is running a 5-part series about America's aging problem. Today's paper has the first installment [http://www.washtimes.com/national/20051225-115325-9987r.htm]. Excerpt (talking about paying for Social Security and other age "entitlements"): > Tough choices > The

Capping the Copts

> The State Department has launched an investigation into whether hard-line Islamic employees at the U.S Embassy in Egypt are working behind the scenes to deny visas to Coptic Christians, The Post has learned. NY Post Link [http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/59511.htm]. I guess the

The Christmas Homily

The Washington Times' recount of B16's Christmas homily [http://www.washtimes.com/world/20051225-113644-8166r.htm]: > Pope Benedict XVI, in his first Christmas address as pontiff, yesterday urged humanity to unite against terrorism, poverty and environmental blight and called for a "new world order&

The Christmas Eudemon

Whew! The smoke clears. A whirlwind 48-tour of Detroit, where I received a lot of neat gifts, including a hand-carved chess set that had to set my generous in-laws back a few bucks. The kids received an avalanche of gifts while there, as well. We came home

Merry Christmas

> "He rules the world with truth and grace." –Isaac Watts ++ "I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." –Charles Dickens ++ "The Incarnation...illuminates and orders all other phenomena, explains both our laughter and our logic, our fear

A Christmas Carol

by G.K. Chesterton The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap, His hair was like a light. (O weary, weary were the world, But here is all aright.) The Christ-child lay on Mary's breast, His hair was like a star. (O stern and cunning are

The Tree

> The decorated Christmas tree was in use among the Romans and was introduced to Britain from Germany soon after Queen Victoria's marriage with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1840. Santa Claus and his reindeer came to Britain at the same time. Brewer's Dictionary

A Few Christmas Repeats

I've posted these before, but they're good enough to repeat: Max Beerbohm once said, “I may be old-fashioned, but I am right.” They're good words to recall at this time of the year. After all, we tend to mark the holidays with things

GKC on Christmas

Quotes from G.K. Chesterton: "What life and death may be to a turkey is not my business; but the soul of Scrooge and the body of Cratchit are my business." "If a man called Christmas Day a mere hypocritical excuse for drunkeness and gluttony, that would