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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Dumbest Debate in Years

The vigilant secularists over at Spoid attack the Catholic Truth Society's alleged plan to proselytize space aliens: > The naivete of the Vatican is almost charming. > Assuming the "UFO problem" resolves with the verification of the extraterrestrial hypothesis -- which is a huge assumption -- what makes

Bankruptcy Scare

This strikes me as a classic case of consumer advocacy scare tactics: > A requirement of the new bankruptcy law that sends Americans into credit counseling before they can erase their debts is drawing criticism from consumer advocates, bankruptcy lawyers and financial educators, who are concerned that the creditors are

What Do You Expect . . .

. . . for a man who hates black people? > In what may turn out to be one of the biggest free-falls in the history of presidential polling, President Bush's job-approval rating among African Americans has dropped to 2 percent, according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal

Brownback's Bid

NYT ran a piece this morning on Senator Sam Brownback's bid for the presidency. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/14/national/14brownback.html]. Excerpt: > Mr. Brownback, an evangelical-Protestant-turned-Roman Catholic from Kansas who attends services in the two faiths each Sunday and once

Brews You Can Use

Spoetzl is Texas' oldest independent brewery and producer of Shiner beers, named for the town where the brewery began in 1909. It has come out with "Shiner 96," the first of the company's annual series of commemorative beers that will lead up to the brewery&

A Little More Potter Debate

I found the entire row over the Harry Potter books tiresome (endorsement of black magic, great children's tale, etc.). But I found this commentary interesting: > Rowling's disregard for the virtues of obedience, truth telling, and self-restraint cultivated in traditional children's literature show

Nursing Home Heavyweight Champion

> Hollywood sources confirmed last night that Sylvester Stallone has agreed to star in the sixth instalment of the Rocky saga. > Filming starts in Los Angeles in December and Stallone, who will turn 60 next year, is also lined up to direct. Link [http://www.thisislondon.com/films/articles/

When the Bush Comes Around

Readers may recall that I'm a fan of Johnny Cash's "When the Man Comes Around" ( link [https://thedailyeudemon.com/2259/]). I was amused to see Thomas Woods note [http://blog.lewrockwell.com/lewrw/archives/009075.html] that some right-wing zealots said the song

Parents of Gay Catholics

I'm thinkin' there's a good chance these folks encouraged the sexual orientation. Homosexuality is a disorder that needs to be combatted and fought, albeit with love and understanding. If it's encouraged or accepted like a parent accepts, say, his child's red

Those Crazy Dutch!

> The Netherlands is likely to become the first country in Europe to ban the burka, under government proposals that would bring in some of the toughest curbs on Muslim clothing in the world [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1823334_1,00.html]. I don't