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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

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

Disney Markets to Adults

"A life devoted to instant gratification produces permanent infantilization." Theodore Dalrymple [https://thedailyeudemon.com/2429/]. > The marketing of Mickey Mouse and his friends is getting curiouser and curiouser. > The Walt Disney Co. is taking consumers down the rabbit hole to a land where crystal-studded Mickey

Warfare is Down

JPII cautiously predicted a bright future for the 21st century. Among popes, he was the most pacifistic. Perhaps a new study supports his hope and his pacifism: > Widespread fears about a world in a perpetual state of war are unfounded, a study says today. It emphasises that the number

Five More Blessed

> As prelates gathered in Rome prepare to conclude the 11th General Synod of Bishops this weekend, the Vatican has announced the schedule for the final days, which will climax with a beatification ceremony on Sunday. . . > The newly proclaimed Blesseds will include Jozef Bilczewski [http://newsaints.faithweb.com/biographies/

You Go, Gogh

Not bad for a man who earned $109 from his paintings during his lifetime: > You know an artist has reached the zenith of fame when people climb all over themselves to see his drawings. And that's what they'll do starting today, when the Metropolitan Museum

No Shame

Want to promote your political activism? Put the message on your baby at Baby Politico. Link [http://www.babypolitico.com/products.html]. One ad publication says of it [http://www.adrants.com/2005/10/babies-used-to-promote-parents-beliefs.php], "Not that the messages are bad but the

Driving Kids to an Early Haze

> Kids are popping sleeping pills at an alarming rate to help counter their increasingly stressful lives and demanding parents, a new medical study reveals. > The use of prescription sleep aids among children ages 10 to 19 skyrocketed 85 percent from 2000 to 2004, according to new research by