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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

E-Santa

Santa Claus is on the 'net: > Out-of-work actor Kevin Lowry thinks he has not only stumbled upon a holiday gold mine, but perhaps his perfect role: Santa Claus. > No matter that the 27-year-old Chicagoan has nary a white hair upon his head, or

Black History Month

> Morgan Freeman says the concept of a month dedicated to black history is "ridiculous." "You're going to relegate my history to a month?" the 68-year-old actor says in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes" to air Sunday (7

Brews You Can Use III

Modern Drunkard Magazine says its roots stretch back 100 years to a publication in Boston known as Genteel Drunkards Drink at Hiram Rich's Real Irish Saloon, which started as a response to a Boston Globe writer's (Mr. Hollis') printed criticism of Hiram Flannery Rich'

Latvia Dissin' the EU?

> MPs in the Baltic state of Latvia have passed a constitutional amendment ensuring that gay couples cannot marry. . . . > Members of Parliament said they were concerned that since Latvia has joined the European Union, EU laws will enable gay people to gain rights including the right to marry. But

Brews You Can Use II

> Scores of independent breweries across the nation have begun brewing a special beer to honor Benjamin Franklin's 300th birthday in January. Poor Richard's Ale was formulated to resemble a beer that Franklin himself might have enjoyed and brewed. Link [http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/

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