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Eric Scheske

We Need Studies to Tell Us This?

Clint Eastwood summarized these findings in Dirty Harry: "A man's got to know his limitations." > Dozens of studies agree: Most people overrate their own abilities. This tendency can have severe consequences: young adults making poor decisions about college and careers, pilots flying into storms and

Kill the Smurfs

Odd choice of advertising. Using children figures in a way that makes the ad unacceptable for viewing by children. > The people of Belgium have been left reeling by a public service commercial featuring the Smurfs, in which the blue-skinned cartoon characters' village is annihilated by warplanes. >

Boy George in Prison? . . .

. . . Isn't that kinda like selling Jessica Simpson to a white slave trader? > Police arrested Boy George, whose real name is George O'Dowd, at his home in the Little Italy neighbourhood of the city, after they responded to a call reporting a burglary in the early

Catchphrases

In this morning's New York Times, P.J. O'Rourke takes apart Leslie Savan's Slam Dunks and No-Brainers, a book apparently dedicated to lamenting the use of catchphrases. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/books/review/09orourke.html]. Excerpts: > Savan

Something for Sunday Morning

> Sports, balls, festivities, display, the drama . . . The evil lies not in doing the thing, but in caring for it. St. Francis de Sales

If Art is Subjective, Why Not?

He's as much a modern art exhibit as a lot of that trash: > A man stripped off naked and declared himself a "guest exhibit" at one of Germany's most respected museums. . . > According to visitors to the museum, Walter Hofmueller, 58, suddenly removed

How Fast Can a Person Backpeddle?

> Salt Lake mayor Rocky Anderson is dealing with a new controversy. > In a recent interview with a British newspaper, Anderson seemed to compare living in Utah to living under the Taliban. . . > Recently, the mayor told an English journalist, "I feel like we're in the

I'm Not Surprised

I actually watched much of the Fantasia Barrino phenomenon, and I didn't like it. She was sassy and exhibited a trashy disposition. After one American Idol performance, she brought her illegitimate son onto the stage. Even though she was probably the best singer of the finalists, she finished

What Kind of Reversal Is This?

You're supposed to kill 'em, especially if they're crippled or ugly, not help 'em: > Researchers said Saturday they have used stem cells collected from the amniotic fluid surrounding fetal lambs to grow windpipes, and then implanted the tissue back into the fetuses while

Gays in Seminary

I assume many readers have seen this, but just in case, I feel compelled to post the conclusion to the story since I covered it earlier: > The Vatican will allow gay men into the priesthood if they can show they have been celibate for at least three years, a