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Eric Scheske

Worth a Laugh

I was going to make-up some mock quotes from this group, but it's pretty much impossible to parody them. > The international dissident movement "We Are Church" is issuing an appeal to the Catholic bishops, gathered in Rome for the Synod, to confront the "

Secularists Wailing and Gnashing Their Teeth

A columnist at the relentlessly secularist Huffington Post is upset about Christianity. Link [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-schaub/the-lion-the-witch-the-_b_8323.html] . Excerpts: > The Palm Beach Post reports that Bush's "Just Read, Florida" program has selected CS Lewis' The

Narnia's Christianity Test

According to Time, whether the new movie is Christian rests largely on whether one passage from the book makes it into the movie. Link [http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1113226,00.html]. Excerpt: > Aslan's sacrifice on a huge stone table (not a cross;

Wait Till the ACLU Hears

ACLU: "We hope President Bush doesn't plan to infringe freedoms in the name of public health. If we let a pandemic flu destroy civil liberties, the flu has beaten the United States." > President George W. Bush said Tuesday that he was working to prepare the

Miers' Religion

The NYT runs an article this morning on the faith of Harriet Miers. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/05/politics/politicsspecial1/05miers.html?ei=5094&en=7e04971063f63746&hp=&ex=1128571200&adxnnl=1&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1128506591-+OBcdliwcZU0gng55ykzNw] . Nothing terribly surprising. As

Clooney the Liberal

I try to avoid blatant politics on this site, but Clooney's words today cracked me up and made me sneer. That accomplishment deserves a comment. > Ocean's Eleven star George Clooney is urging his fellow Hollywood stars to keep quiet when it comes to politics, because

Danica and Car Racing

I had great fun last Spring when Danica Patrick performed well at Indy. I have long maintained that car racing isn't a "sport," in the athletic sense, but my car-racing friends (I have too many) strongly disagree with me. I even tried a logic test

Kmiec on Miers

Doug Kmiec taught me Constitutional and Real Property Law while at Notre Dame. He attended the Mass when I entered the Catholic Church (inadvertently; he was there anyway, but he went out of his way to congratulate me afterwards). We've met once since graduation and have corresponded occasionally

Ready for California's Smoke-Free Bars

> A chimpanzee in a Chinese zoo has successfully kicked a 16-year smoking habit after becoming hooked when two spouses died and her daughter left, state press said on Monday. > Ai Ai, a 27-year-old chimp at the Qinling Safari Park in northern China's Shaanxi

A Katrina Wrap Up?

I think most of us have had enough of Katrina, but we shouldn't. There are lessons to be learned, and not about levee management. It's about people, sapping their spirit, creating an underclass that has been deprived of a basic moral upbringing. Kara Hopkins tells the