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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Divorce Ain't Just the Couple's' Business

> Are children raised outside of intact marriages at increased risk for crime and delinquency? iMAPP's latest policy brief, "Can Married Parents Prevent Crime? Recent Research on Family Structure and Delinquency 2000-2005," looks at empirical research from the United States published in peer-reviewed journals

Strider Wouldn't Be Ashamed

Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen was once so hungry he ate a roadside rabbit that had been hit by a car. Link [http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/mortensen%20makes%20roadkill%20confession] .

What Good Are Ordinary Books . . .

. . . if you go blind? > [A] half-dozen Wiscosin librarians have posed semi-nude for a "Desperate Librarians 2005" wall calendar. Link. Excerpt: > Five middle-aged library directors and a 32-year-old assistant each put up $200 and posed provocatively, using oversize books to cover what

Part of Kennedy's Ongoing War Against the Church

> Culture & Cosmos also reports that a prominent Church prelate said he was furious that aid to private schools had been kept out of the package and he was especially angry that it is being blocked by "four Irish Catholic Senators." > The proposal for financial aid

Poor Fulton

The eponymous grandson has been a moral disgrace: > Reformed hell-raiser Charlie Sheen left a whole baseball team with endless wild memories, after throwing them a party at his house complete with prostitutes and porn stars. . . > Former Reds player Rob Dibble tells FHM, "During our championship season

Reader's Digest Condensed Version

Let me guess, quite a few of the politically incorrect passages were scissored: > A Church of England vicar was on Wednesday unveiling his self-styled "100-Minute Bible", an ultra-condensed edition of the Christian holy book which claims to neatly summarise every teaching from the Creation

Oh, the Mocking This Invites

But the image is there: > THIS IS A GENUINE SONOGRAM PRINTOUT of our child at 8 weeks, 4 Days. If you look close, however, you can see an outline of the Blessed Mother. Interestingly enough, the length of the fetus also is the top and bottom of the Blessed

Biloxi Rubble

> The Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, has a web site up that contains photos, videos, and reports of the devastation wrought by Katrina on the Catholic Church in that area. Every single building owned by the diocese has been damaged to some degree, and some have been wiped clean off

Branding the Man

> In an unusual publishing move, Tom Wolfe's most-recent novel, I Am Charlotte Simmons, will be printed without the title on the cover of its paperback edition - just its author's name in giant letters. . . > "We are using Tom Wolfe's name as

Is the Suffering Over Already?

> Louisiana lawyers are attempting to capitalize on recent events by requesting a patent for alcoholic drinks bearing the Katrina name. Andrew Vicknair and Harold Ehrenberg are the two kooks who applied for the patent September 4 which included a logo with the name Katrina, a satellite image of the