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Eric Scheske

Yet Another Reason to Boycott Sports Illustrated

A grown man somehow feels the need to assert his self-righteous golfing knowledge and put 16-year-old Michelle Wie in her place. Incredible meddling by a busybody. He oughtta be ashamed, but since there is no such thing as shame, perhaps he can just feel like a jackass:

And Supposedly It's Not Doctored

Curt Jester [http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/archives/006184.php] observes that B16 is making inroads: Thanks, Dei Gratia [http://deigratia.cybercatholics.com/admin/entry.php?id=523].

Newman to be Sainted

I'll have to break out that 900-page Kerr biography again. Earlier this year, I got through page 100 before being lured away by the charms of another: > The Vatican is preparing to give England its first post- Reformation saint by putting Cardinal Newman – the 19th-century

Dalai Lama in Trouble with Scientists

"Big hitter, the Lama" (Carl from Caddyshack): > The Dalai Lama, the exiled leader of Tibet who is revered as a spiritual teacher, is at the center of a scientific controversy. > He has been an enthusiastic collaborator in research on whether the intense meditation practiced by Buddhist

Dirty Billboard Removed

> Brooklyn parents, who were hot and bothered by a billboard featuring a naked blonde across the street from an elementary school, have won their fight to have the sign taken down. NY Post Link [http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/55716.htm]. I'm glad the parents won,

An On-Line Collection of Medieval Manuscripts

Paging Through Medieval Lives: Illumination and Calligraphy From Selected Collections. Link [http://www2.art.utah.edu/Paging_Through/index.html]. Suggestion: Try pages 39-45 of Thomas Woods' How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization. Previous post about this book [https://thedailyeudemon.com/1799/].

Coma Man Hears

Wait a second! With examples like these, I'm beginning to think doctors are far from omniscient when it comes to the status of comatose folk: > An Italian man who spent two years supposedly unconscious in a deep coma, written off by doctors as nearly-dead, awoke saying

Divorce and Suicide

Former Detroit Lions quarterback, Eric Hipple [http://lions.foxsports.scout.com/2/392385.html?refid=400], lost his son to suicide in 2000. He now tours schools, talking about teenagers' susceptability to the suggestion of suicide. I found this admission rather startling: > Hipple and his wife, Jann, college

No 7/11 in Our Neighborhood!

> Residents of one Upper East Side [http://www.newyorkmetro.com/realestate/articles/neighborhoods/uppereast.htm] block worry their peaceful existence is about to drown in the icy waters of the Slurpee. > The convenience-store chain 7-Eleven is opening an outlet Nov. 7 at the corner of East

Intelligent Design Rhetoric Heats Up

I don't know much about ID or evolution, but I've always been struck by the absolute lack of civility coming from the evolutionists who have been trying to shout down ID with name-calling and similiar responses. An ID proponent strikes back, but with nowhere near