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Eric Scheske

Animals in Church

It beats rock music and hug fests and gyrations in the pews: > Father Peter MacLeod-Miller, 43, keeps a donkey, lambs, goats and alpacas in a paddock at his rectory and takes them to the church in Barrow. > Australian-born Father MacLeod-Miller said: "Animals are central

Celebrity Nation

> But [William] Shatner now reveals he had a kidney stone, which he successfully passed after experiencing excruciating pain [http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/#celeb5]. My day is complete.

Arresting Nemo

One of the better stories I've read in awhile. If you check out the story, you get the impression that they're dealing with more sophisticated panhandlers. I can't imagine the civil libertarian cries are far behind: > In plain sight of children and tourists,

Warnings about Warnings

This is Kafkaesque. No, it's just stupid. The paternalists are concerned that the warning stickers on prescription drugs don't give us enough information and may prompt people not to read the full instructions. Can a ban against those efficient stickers be far behind? NYT Link [http:

Prepare for the Contraception Brown Shirt Cries

> Although it is safe, effective and legal, emergency contraception - the "morning after" pill - can be hard to find in Tucson. > After a sexual assault one recent weekend, a young Tucson woman spent three frantic days trying to obtain the drug to prevent a pregnancy, knowing that

B16 Book

Guaranteed to be brilliant: > The English edition of Pope Benedict's Italian bestseller Without Roots: Europe, Relativism, Christianity, Islam will be published by Basic Books in February. The book grew out of a speech that Cardinal Ratzinger gave to the Italian Senate before becoming Pope. George Weigel will

Kmiec Sums Up Roe

I'm proud of my former Constitutional Law and Real Property Law professor: > Professor Doug Kmiec, appearing on Foxnews.com, is asked by Brit: "How did the Supreme Court get from a right to privacy of a married couple in the bedroom in Griswold, to the right

Another Poll Shows Science Losing Fans

To quote (roughly) a line from Jurassic Park: "You were so concerned about figuring out if you could, you forgot to ask if you should." That might be a big part of this polling figure: > Another interesting poll result from the University of Virginia . . . has to do

Charitable Giving is Up

How do we account for this? Better giving campaigns by the charities? Generosity triggered by tax breaks? Generosity triggered by the paradox that people give more when things are going bad? > Americans gave more money to charity in 2004 than the year before, and it looks as if that

Posh Stabbing

> A boozed-up mother of three, furious that she wasn't getting drinks fast enough while partying at a posh Midtown hotel, viciously stabbed a security guard there yesterday, cops and witnesses said. I wonder what her husband thinks of this. Oh wait, it would appear she'