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Eric Scheske

What About Cooing at the Nursing Students?

Playing peek-a-boo is pretty degrading, too. Heck, so is having your diaper changed: > A West Yorkshire hospital has banned visitors from cooing at new-born babies over fears their human rights are being breached and to reduce infection. > A statement from Calderdale Royal Hospital in Halifax

NBA Poetry

Well, I've never posted serious poetry to this site, so this is a first: an excerpt from the poetry of Etan Thomas, black activist and NBA forward for the Washington Wizards. > Now I look upon my culture, I see ballers, sure I do Hard corers in Haute

Leno on Boston's Catholic Problem

> Good gossip this week ”“ according to the National Enquirer, President Bush has started drinking again...boy he'll do anything to get Ted Kennedy's support for his Supreme Court nominee.

Catholic Among the Taliban

Interesting piece at AsiaNews. Link [http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=4203]. Excerpt: > "From when I was young, I tried to enter the mosque like everyone else," recalled M. "But the others prevented me from doing so and they accused me of

Book Return: On the Road

The October issue of Touchstone features the second Book Return: Jack Kerouac's On the Road. The writer, Stephen Webb, did a nice job with it. Link [http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=18-08-014-c]. Excerpts: > Americans have always been on the move, but

JPII Twice

Two made-for-TV movies about JPII will air shortly. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/28/arts/television/28pope.html]. Excerpts: > As it happens, two American television networks - ABC and CBS - had the same idea about the same time. Both movies are planned for this season,

Book Returns

Touchstone magazine has started a new series: Book Returns. Here's how they describe it in a marketing e-mail they sent last night: > [In Book Returns,] we reevaluate some culturally significant books of the last forty years. Here are some of the upcoming contributions: > Syndicated columnist

The Blogger's Keyboard

I actually prefer a reasonably-clear workspace, but some days, it feels like this:

Gourmet Hemp

I thought this was a joke at first, but it appears to be real. Link [http://www.davidmccandless.com/articles/high_society.htm]. Excerpt: > You've smelt it, wafting sweetly across the park, floating over the fence from the pumping party next door, rising to greet you off

Beer v. Wine and Liquor

This should go under "Brews You Can Use," but by next Friday, it'll be stale, and stale beer is horrible. This link [http://www.heartheissues.com/americanson-alcoholicbeverages-g.html] provides a detailed analysis of the recent poll that showed wine has become the favored drink