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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

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,

Brews You Can Use II

Just heard on Fox News: Coors is using beer byproducts to make ethanol, which is used in car gasoline.

Carter on Abortion

It's all over the blogosphere, but in case you missed it: > Former President Jimmy Carter yesterday condemned all abortions and chastised his party for its intolerance of candidates and nominees who oppose abortion. Link [http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20051103-111740-7148r.htm].

NYCondom

When bad conduct isn't discouraged, it's encouraged [http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/53944.htm]: > [New York] City Department of Education figures obtained and released yesterday by an AIDS advocacy group show that 167 of the city's 379 high schools have ordered 310

The Last Acceptable Form of Discrimination?

> Tyra Banks has gone undercover as a 350-pound woman. Banks wore the fat suit to experience what it's like to be obese. > "It seemed like the last form of open discrimination that's OK, and I decided to put on a 350-pound

The Swearing Catechumen

I guess there's a squabble in Orange County that could turn into a full-blown political battle that libertarians would love: local health inspectors want to inspect the kitchen of an 84-year-old woman who sells muffins. She won't let them in. She explains why,

FEMA Bill

Maybe this is why Blanco didn't call FEMA promptly when Katrina hit [http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051104/ts_usatoday/louisianacantpaykatrinaritabills] : > Flood-ravaged Louisiana can't pay the $3.7 billion that the U.S. government says is its share of hurricane relief, a spokeswoman