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Eric Scheske

The Spread of the Oxymoron

A survey of gay marriage around the globe [http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/051204034933.6vavx6e8.html]. It's woefully incomplete, but still interesting. Summary: The Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Spain and (later this month) Britain: Recognize gay marriages. South Africa: Highest court has ordered parliament to recognize gay marriage.

New JPII Book

Richard John Neuhaus praises Peggy Noonan's John Paul the Great [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670037486/thedailyeudem-20]. Link [http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=92].

IGRA

Excuse my off-color comment, but I thought quips about the rump rodeo were just jokes [http://www.igra.com/].

WaPo Top Ten

WaPo has released its list of Top Ten books of 2005: The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss (fiction) March, by Geraldine Brooks (f) The March, by E.L. Doctorow (f) On Beauty, by Zadie Smith (f) Shalimar the Clown, by Salman Rushdie (f) The Assassins' Gate, by George

Chain Chess

I like Middle Ages stuff, and I like chess, so I find this interesting, but I'm not sure I should: chainmail chess set [http://www.chainmailbasket.com/special/chess01.html].

ACLU At It Again

It's not just for Americans anymore [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N03375226.htm]. Call it, "The International Civil Liberties Union," or "Doing Whatever We Can to Further Our Vision of How the Cosmos Oughtta Be and Disguising It under the First Amendment." (In

Wikipedia

I've been interested in the Wikipedia pages for at least two years. The whole idea of "citizen encyclopediasm" intrigued me and I've generally found its content consistent with my knowledge on matters. But I hear about glaring errors, and a recent hub-ub that

The War On Boys

The war on boys is reaching mass-slaughter level, it would appear from this Washington Post op-ed [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/02/AR2005120201334.html] . The U.S. educational establishment is beating them down so effectively that they've stopped going to college

Something for Sunday Morning

> "Joan of Arc, there's a girl," he went on. "She said she spoke to the saints, when what she really saw were statues. But they spoke to her. Was she crazy? I don't know. I do know that she stopped the longest

CBS' Pope John Paul II

The first part runs tomorrow night. Another reasonably-favorable review [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/13300075.htm]. Excerpt: > CBS's miniseries has any number of advantages over ``Have No Fear,'' starting with a longer running time that allows it to be more expansive in