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Eric Scheske

True? Sanctionable? Or Somewhere In-Between?

> A priest sued the Newark Archdiocese and other Catholic agencies Tuesday, accusing them of doing nothing to stop clergy abuse and retaliating against him for helping victims. > The suit, filed by the Rev. Robert Hoatson in U.S. District Court, Manhattan, also alleges that three of the region&

Brews You Can Use

A bloody Harry: > A Japanese brewery and determined pub owner teamed to produce a tomato-based low-malt beer. > Tomato Bibere combines the sweet flavor of a tomato with the bitter taste of hops. One tomato is used in the production of each 330ml bottle of reddish beer.

Stem Cell Fraud

> Most and possibly all of the human embryonic stem cell cultures reportedly made by a South Korean research team this year were fake, a member of the team told Korean news outlets yesterday. WaPo Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/15/AR2005121502243.html] . This

New Gilbert Came Today

The new issue of Gilbert Magazine is out. I just got my copies today. I suspect they'll be hitting mailboxes within the next day or two. It looks like a good one: Dale Ahlquist writes about the Catholic convert Alec Guinness, John Peterson spins two excellent stories, Mike

The New Humanism

Catchy phrase, but I think it's already been taken by Irving Babbitt, Paul Elmer Moore and others of their ilk [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Humanism]. Oh well, the idea is good: evangelize the culture; stop capitulating to it. > Pope Benedict XVI encouraged the exploration of

Broken Tinsel

J. James Estrada at the Spero Blog weighs in on Tinsel Town's box office problem. Link [http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idcategory=34&idSub=127&idArticle=2287] . Excerpt: > Last year, Hollywood ignored Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ at awards

Transgender Wars?

> Welcome to the Transgender Law and Policy Institute. We are a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging in effective advocacy for transgender people in our society. The TLPI brings experts and advocates together to work on law and policy initiatives designed to advance transgender equality. Link [http://transgenderlaw.org/

Hollywood's Twenty-Year Low

The melancholy bugle keeps playing for Hollywood. > A box-office jolt from the magic kingdoms of Kong, Narnia and Hogwarts will close Hollywood's year with some holiday cheer, though not enough to offset the biggest decline in movie attendance in 20 years. Link [http://aolsvc.news.aol.

25% Abortion Rate

From Australia [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0%2C5744%2C17562237%25255E2702%2C00.html] : > The first national abortion figures show more than 84,000 pregnancies are terminated each year, or one in four pregnancies. Australia is the land of permissiveness. I thought as long as everyone

The Drag Folks

In his column this morning, George Will writes about drilling in Alaska. WaPo Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/14/AR2005121401933.html] . He makes this funny, but helpful, observation: > For some people, environmentalism is collectivism in drag. Such people use environmental causes and rhetoric