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Eric Scheske

What Happened in Canada

A lawyer friend in Canada explains the historic events in Canada last night. I found it useful: > It's all ancient parliamentary tradition. A minority government is one that has less than 50% of the seats in the House of Commons. (With four major parties, the situation is

Creators of Christmas Specials

Wikipedia has an entry about Rankin/Bass [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankin-Bass]. Interesting stuff for this time of year.

Welcome NCR Readers

Welcome readers of National Catholic Register. I hope you enjoyed my blogging column. You can reach me at the e-mail link on the left. I try to respond to all correspondence within 48 hours.

Revisited Yet Again: Does Abortion Reduce Crime?

The debate about correlation between abortion and crimes continues. This time, in the Wall Street Journal [http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB113314261192407815-R9vuq3EXAQIdQHvUx9yXwYodMXo_20061128.html] : > The "Freakonomics" chapter on abortion grew out of statistical studies Mr. Levitt and a co-author, Yale Law School Prof.

Good for the Rest of Us

> Growing numbers of educated Italian women are throwing away their high heels and lipstick and opting for the austere life of nuns in closed convents. . . . > Until recently, most women entering closed convents in Rome were third world immigrants with little education. Now the recruits are all Italians with

Outside Looking In

Disgusting, yes, but give the guy credit. At least he's not stealthily trying to tear the Church apart. Nothing is worse than the renegade priests who cover up their apostasy in hopes of furthering it (the M.O. of heretics throughout the ages): > The Rev. Tim Stier,

Charlie Brown Christmas

Fox News has a nice little piece about the Christmas special that turns 40 this year [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176934,00.html]. The article also has a listing of when a handful of Christmas specials will air during the next few weeks, though they don'

C.S. Lewis Pans LWW!

I'd never seen this, but apparently it's from a letter written by C.S. Lewis in 1959: > As things worked out, I wasn't free to hear a single instalment of our serial [The Magician's Nephew] except the first. What I did

Beat the Children, Please

Great piece at NYT about our growing exasperation with ill-behaved children [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/weekinreview/27warner.html?pagewanted=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1133263837-BovfueQHnmNpOKkW7rc02g] . Excerpt: > Whether children are actually any worse behaved now than they ever have been before is, of course,

Gushing Praise

A reviewer gushes over LWW. [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/films/articles/21016346?source=Evening%20Standard&ct=5] Excerpt from the conclusion: > Despite the long running time (over two hours) I would recommend Narnia even for small children. Whatever your age, this is a magical movie, and far,