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Eric Scheske

Nine-Eleven Days

I decided to make as many enemies as possible, so this week's column at Catholic Exchange criticizes forced community emotionalism. Link [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=29945]. Opening paragraph: > Well, it's that time of year again. Nine-

In Belgium?

We appreciate the effort, but isn't this kind of like the Nazis marching in Skokie, in reverse? > A pro-family group has organized a march to protest a Belgian Parliament draft proposal to legalize homosexual adoption. Although Belgium has had legal same-sex “marriage” since 2003, the

Shutting Down the Midnight Fast Food Drive-Thrus

> A natural constituent of cannabis can suppress the appetite and may open the door to a new class of drugs for treating obesity, a scientist has said. > Professor Roger Pertwee, a neuropharmacologist at Aberdeen University, said it was well known that cannabis stimulated the appetite, but not widely

"L" is for . . .

Love, lesbian, lawyer: > Two women who once planned to raise a family and spend the rest of their lives together will instead be represented this week by dueling attorneys as their bitter child custody battle plays out before the Vermont Supreme Court. > For Lisa and Janet Miller-Jenkins,

"I Don't Hate Them Wicked Papists Any More, Either"

> Blonde bombshell Jessica Simpson has abandoned her strict Christian upbringing, admitting she rarely goes to church or reads the bible anymore. The Dukes Of Hazzard star launched her career on the Christian music circuit - backed by her Baptist minister father Joe - and famously refused to have sex before marrying

Ham Radio in Vogue

> In an age of high-tech, real-time gadgetry, it's the decidedly unsexy ham radio -- whose technology has changed little since World War II -- that is in high demand in ravaged New Orleans and environs. The Red Cross issued a request for about 500 amateur radio operators

Important Symbolism

> Pope Benedict XVI is sending a personal donation to relief efforts for the victims of hurricane Katrina. > The Holy Father has dispatched Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, the head of the pontifical charity Cor Unum, to deliver the aid and to express the Pope's sympathy to the

More Corroboration

My earlier post (link [https://thedailyeudemon.com/2277/]) about the strain imposed by absorbing 200,000 welfare recipients is already coming true. I'm not particularly proud about the observation, since I think everyone was thinking the same thing, but it's good to be partially justified in

Growing Up Mafia

My effort to break up all the New Orleans coverage. I find this type of stuff fascinating: > When still a schoolboy the American gangster Charles (“Lucky”) Luciano noticed that some of the older Irish and Italian kids were waylaying the younger and smaller Jewish kids on their way home

Charming II

What were the cliche-ists saying last week? Disaster brings out the best and worst in people? > You know a city has legs when three or four dozen of them are parading down Bourbon Street – some clad in tutus and grass skirts – six days after the most damaging hurricane