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Eric Scheske

DJ Dylan

As the tiresome countdown to the uncensored Howard Stern continues, some good news comes out of satellite radio land: > [Bob Dylan] has signed on to serve as host of a weekly one-hour program on XM Satellite Radio, spinning records and offering commentary on new music and other topics,

Ford Back on the Gay Horse

Ford to renew commitment to stand behind gays. WaPo Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/14/AR2005121402361.html] . > Ford Motor Co. yesterday said it will resume advertising Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles in gay-themed publications, following an outpouring of fury from gay groups

The Transplant

The whole idea of face transplant surgery is eerie, and it got off to an even eerier start with last month's first successful one: > Among the most disturbing aspects of the debate are conflicting reports from doctors about whether the transplant was the result of two suicide

The American Catholic Renaissance

The Anchoress feels a renaissance underway [http://theanchoressonline.com/2005/12/14/tide-turning-for-catholicism/]. Funny thing is, I've been feeling it, too, but figured it was baseless optimism. > I am still getting emails - fewer, but a couple a week - from Catholics or “almost Catholics” who

Cutting Edge Violent Santa

From the New York Post: [http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/59662.htm] > A 10-year-old girl was so disgusted by the ghoulish slasher Santa on East 18th Street she wrote the couple who put it in their front yard yesterday and begged them to take it down

The Litigious Family

> A 19-year-old German girl has sued her mother for confiscating her two guinea pigs, a dog and a litter of puppies and giving them to an animal home, authorities said Wednesday [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2005-12-14T175533Z_01_DIT464522_

Cigarette Tax Hike

Just increase the tax to $1,000 a pack and be done with it: > A coalition of health organizations wants to quadruple the tax on a pack of cigarettes in California to boost funding for a variety of health programs. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051214/ap_on_

Abortion Underground

NYC has become a haven for late-term abortions (after 21 weeks). According to this article [http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/features/15249/index.html] in New York magazine, about 100 people are part of the "Haven Coalition," a group of volunteers that open their apartments to these

Nun Blog

A good nun is a great thing. A bad one is an atrocious thing. This nun [http://romans8v29.blogspot.com/] reads Gilbert Magazine and National Catholic Register. That's a good sign. Her blog offers an enjoyable look at life from the other side of the habit.

"Catholic" Universities

Mark Shea has a great piece this morning about the dirt they're teaching at "Catholic" colleges. Link [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=31034]. Excerpt: > The head of the Seattle University School of Theology came out and, by