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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

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

The Mind of the Master Class

Books & Culture likes a new book about the South: The Mind of the Master Class: History and Faith in the Southern Slaveholders' Worldview [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521615623/thedailyeudem-20] by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese and Eugene Genovese. Link [http://www.christianitytoday.com/bc/2005/006/

Freaky Romania

> Pilgrims are flocking to the flat of a Romanian family who claim the images of Jesus and two disciples have appeared on their wardrobe. Link [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1595498.html]. I believe in miracles, but anything from that bizarre, bizarre land makes me uncomfortable.

More Gay Catholic College Activity

Just can't seem to get enough of it: > More than 40 Catholic colleges were represented on Saturday at a conference that was billed as the nation's first on how gays and lesbians fit in at universities guided by a faith that says their sexual orientation

Dead Bead Child Psychiatrist

Those most concerned about children are often those who are horrible to their own children or who chose not to have children at all: > The former Kiss manager who spent 10 years on the lam to avoid supporting his ex-wife and kids pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge

Oh, Woody

Another aging celebrity says the fame and fortune doesn't help an existential thing: > Woody Allen says he has no regrets about his life, and actually cherishes the moment former lover Mia Farrow discovered secret nude photos he'd snapped of her 21-year-old adopted daughter

A Call for FDR Court Packing

Ruth Marcus at WaPo laments the lack of diversity on the Supreme Court [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/31/AR2005103101385.html] : > [I]magine an all-male, all-white Supreme Court. No president looking at a high court vacancy would consider that acceptable in this