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Eric Scheske

Drunk Wheelchair Driver

The man has two disabilities. Where's the accommodation? Isn't there a Germans with Disabilities Act? This is barbaric: > A disabled man had his electric wheelchair confiscated after being caught more than four times over the drink drive limit. > Sven Mietke, 26, from Loebau in

Man Kills Deer. PETA to Protest?

Obvious case of poaching: > It looked like a crime scene, but no charges will be filed after Wayne Goldsberry killed a buck with his bare hands in his daughter's bedroom. > The engagement lasted an exhausting 40 minutes, but Goldsberry finally subdued the five-point whitetail deer

A Guide to Narnia

I suspect this little book will be handy to have next month. A Guide to Narnia [http://www.ascensionpress.com/shop/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=325].

American Boycott

The LA Times ran a piece about the religious right's boycott of all sorts of American goods. The story has a smarmy edge to it, but it raises good questions: Will the RR boycott everything? Are boycotts effective? Throughout the lengthy article, though, is one glaring omission: Is

American Prostitute . . .

. . . Not here. There are some things you don't do, even for money: > A Catholic school in Wisconsin has canceled an "American Girl" fashion show because the company that makes the dolls gives money to a pro-abortion group. > St. Luke School in Brookfield hoped

At Home with Anne Rice

NYT goes home with Anne Rice [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/garden/27rice.html]. Interesting human interest piece, but these three paragraphs have a lot in them: > Ms. Rice, however, does not suffer casual observations. "Only people who don't know my books," she

A Genetic Need for Sex?

Different fare at the LA Times this morning [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-barash2nov02,0,5639947.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions] . The gist: sexual procreation helps us beat disease. Excerpts: > Lots of living things reproduce by parthenogenesis (the development of unfertilized eggs) or simply

Alito on Marriage

The NYT has found a common theme in Alito's decisions: the importance of marriage [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/02/politics/02abortion.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1130927319-dgtzZ2UBJNW5RBLMci0HeA] . The NYT is either genuinely confused or is merely laying the groundwork to jump on him later: >

Bad Catholic's Guide to Good Living

Highly recommended: The Bad Catholic's Guide to Good Living by John Zmirak and Denise Matychowiak. Link [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0824523008/thedailyeudem-20]. The authors have successfully told scores of good Catholic stories in a humorous but reverential way. Each one will take you less

Welborn on Rice

Amy Welborn reviews Anne Rice's Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt [http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/2005/11/christ_the_lord.html]. Excerpts: > The most interesting, even fascinating part of the book is the "Author's Note," in which Rice explains why she wrote