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Eric Scheske

After Shocks

The ripple of the priest scandal continues to be felt. The NYT this morning has a lead story on the LA scandal. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/12/national/12priests.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5094&en=28d6f26f3cb2ed49&hp&ex=1129176000&partner=homepage] . Excerpts:

The Triumph of the Therapeutic

As religion's proper practice disappears, other practices arise to fill the resulting void. One of the most popular: therapy. Therapy this, therapy that. Just don't fall down on your knees and pray: > The Internet is now teeming with some 15 million blogs. Although the medium

Politically Incorrect Lawsuit

If someone made me gay, I'd want billions: > A debonair New York socialite [J. David Enright IV – a scion of Albany's renowned Van Rensselaer and de la Grange families] filed a $5 million legal notice against the Catholic Church yesterday – claiming his molestation at age

More Dog Children

> Sometimes, you have to leave your dog home alone. Wouldn't it be great if you could feel good about it? Dogopolis is proud to introduce KongTime, all day entertainment for the home-alone dogâ„¢. > Put dog food or a biscuit inside a Kong toy and what

Weekly Features Post

It's been awhile since I ran one of these. I can't promise you that it will resume as a weekly feature, but I'll do what I can. For newer readers, the Weekly Features Post is just an amalgam of notes and quotes from my

Black Elephants

William Raspberry at the New York Post tells a story. Registration-required link [http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29252.htm]. Excerpt: > Some years ago, South Africa's game managers had to figure out what to do about the elephant herd at Kruger National Park. The herd was

Americanization of the Globe Continues

> Europeans have nearly 4,000 television channels to choose from, but less and less quality programming to watch, according to a report released Tuesday by a European watchdog group. Link [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EUROPE_TELEVISION?SITE=NYNYD&SECTION=ENTERTAINMENT&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT] .

Leno on Columbus and Other

Leno was on fire last night: > Columbus did not set out to discover America. He was looking for a quicker route to India. Do you know why he was trying to get to India? He was trying to get the King of Spain's computer fixed. > Most

Continuing the Narnia Build-Up

Matthew's House Project is sponsoring a series of lectures on Narnia. Its website has a variety of interesting articles on Lewis. Link [http://www.narniaontour.com/articles.htm].

Beautiful Virgins

It's a nice effort. I'm not sure how effective, but nice: > A new television series being broadcast around the Middle East tells the story of Arabs living in residential compounds in Saudi Arabia and the militant Islamists who want to blow them up so they