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Eric Scheske

Some Sanity to First Amendment Jurisprudence?

In California, no less: > A federal judge denied on Friday a request from a group of Mendocino women who wanted to protest topless on the grounds of the state Capitol. > U.S. District Judge Garland Burrell said the group made no compelling argument that showing their breasts constitutes

Jack the Ripper to be ID'ed?

> One of the greatest murder mysteries of all time - the identity of Jack the Ripper - may soon be revealed by DNA technology developed in Australia. > Scientist Ian Findlay will use the new test on saliva the notorious serial killer would have left behind if he licked the stamps

Mowing to Freedom?

I thought China was the new paradise. Why are people sneaking out? Maybe they want to have a daughter: > Russian border officials in the country's Far East have arrested two Chinese men who attempted to sneak across the border into Russia on a lawnmower, local media reported.

Bona Fide Purchaser?

> A longtime Ripon pastor faces charges including embezzlement and forgery for allegedly selling his church, the land it sits on and other property totaling $525,000 and using the money for his own use, such as to buy a new BMW car. . . > Investigators learned Radic had sold the

Barbarians in Paris

As the first wave of the Eurabian Civil War [http://www.radioblogger.com/#001126] enters its tenth day, it might be a good time to re-read Theodore Dalrymple's prophetic (2002) piece, "The Barbarians at the Gates of Paris." Link [http://www.city-journal.org/html/

Vatican Doesn't Hate Science?

Only among reporters wholly ignorant of the Roman Catholic Church's history with science would find this newsworthy: > A Vatican cardinal said Thursday the faithful should listen to what secular modern science has to offer, warning that religion risks turning into "fundamentalism" if it ignores scientific

Divorce Evidence Mounts

Even the NYT has recognized the problem with the divorce culture. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/05/national/05divorce.html] > Even in a "good divorce," in which parents amicably minimize their conflicts, children of divorce inhabit a more difficult emotional landscape than those in intact families,

Google Print

Joe at Chesterton and Friends ran a novel search at Google Print: He looked for "beer" in Hilaire Belloc's The Path to Rome [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/]. Pretty good results, a Top Ten List of sorts. But if you search "wine," you get 81

The Weekend Eudemon

Guy Fawkes Day, and I'm celebrating it sober. Which is fitting, since I'm Catholic. It's also the 400th anniverary of the infamous Gunpowder Plot. If you're interested in it, you may want to check out a good essay that Catholic Exchange ran

Larry the Cable Guy

A snapshot of Larry the Cable Guy from Slate: [http://www.slate.com/id/2129296/?nav=ais] > Larry is a one-liner comedian. He boasts that he can deliver a joke in as little as eight seconds. He will sometimes follow a joke with, "That's funny,