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Eric Scheske

ND President

Here's a nice snapshot of, Fr. John Jenkins, the new president of my alma mater. Link [http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/nation/12744817.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp] . Excerpt: > Jenkins wants the campus to be welcoming to all students and faculty. But he doesn'

Hot off the MSM Polling Press

> Half of Americans say they trust the mass media when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately, and fairly, according to Gallup's annual Governance survey. Trust and confidence in the news media is up significantly since last year, but it is still slightly lower than what

St. Casey?

I've said it before: I'm not a big fan of the Iraqi War, but I don't care for Cindy Sheehan's antics or attitude. "Narcissistic [http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/26/D8CS3A900.html]," Mark Shea has speculated, and I

Big-Toothed Fish

Maybe we should equip every non-Arab-descent grandmother with one of these, so those pesky airport security folks will leave them alone: > A routine check of a shipment at Manila airport turned bloody when a piranha sprung up and bit one of the inspectors. Link [http://hosted.ap.

Top Ten List of Cell Phone Annoyances

These aren't the Top Ten annoyances. If I tried harder, I gotta believe I could come up with better ones. Hearing someone ten feet away from you describe the weather. Hearing someone five feet away say "I gotta run; gotta go to the bathroom." Folks who

Great Idea, but . . .

. . . we don't need to restrict it to tony restaurants. It's considered poor taste to use a cell phone in a nice restaurant, so more of them are creating rooms and other access points. Link [http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-cellphone26.html]. Let'

I'd Welcome This

> An influential Vatican official believes that Pope Benedict XVI could soon expand permission for priests throughout the world to celebrate Mass using the Tridentine rite. . . > Questioned on whether Vatican II intended to abolish the Tridentine rite, Cardinal Medina said that the arguments were inconclusive on that point. However,

Forgive My Lack of Charity . . .

. . . but I've seen so many promos of the Hillary-for-President-Indoctrination series that I'm absolutely sick of Geena Davis' face: > ABC's new series, Commander in Chief, starring Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis as a female vice president who takes the reins

Porn Culture, Episode 1,254,909

> Hollywood actor Tom Sizemore is to release a series of his own home-made sex films. > The Saving Private Ryan star, who filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, is bringing out several tapes he made with nine different women, some of which have already been leaked on to

Bush for Fuel Saving?

I've wondered for the past five years why President Bush hasn't asked Americans to curtail their fuel use. Fuel-fueled terrorists didn't prompt him to do it. Katrina came close, but didn't. Now, finally, Rita has prompted a request. The President has