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Eric Scheske

American Exhibitionism

Tunku Varadarajan on an American pastime: > Americans . . . tend to make very good exhibitionists. By contrast, and famously, the British make much the better eccentrics. Americans, in fact, are not very good at eccentricity, just as Brits are clumsy at exhibitionism. . . > What is the wellspring of American exhibitionism? Life

People Against Religion

The reliable James Kushiner at Mere Comments [http://merecomments.typepad.com/merecomments/2005/08/people_for_the_.html] recommends this site. Link [http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/headline/2871]. Excerpt: > People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has been widely criticized for its campaign comparing Nazi

Schools Can Be Sold

> A federal bankruptcy judge yesterday ruled that churches and schools in the Catholic Diocese of Spokane are owned by the diocese and can be sold to pay settlements to sex-abuse victims, a decision that evoked both triumph and disappointment. > The decision – the first of its kind in

Political Zoo

Nothing new here. As a father of seven and frequent zoo visitor, Eric Scheske has noticed for years that zoos have a naked political agenda of the outdated Malthusian/ Darwinian stripe. Link [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050826/ap_on_fe_st/britain_human_zoo_3]. Excerpt: > Caged

The Weekend Eudemon

Fun night last night, which threatened to get out of hand. Neighbor's house for a beer after work, drinking club for a few tall pilsners, back home for a glass of White Grenache, then back to the neighbor's to meet some guy named Pinot Grigio. Fortunately,

Another Tradition Dies

We're not big fans of beauty pageants, but we hate to see a traditional American venue like Atlantic City lose a long-time partner. > After an 84-year run on the Boardwalk, the Miss America pageant is bailing out of Atlantic City, pageant and city officials said

Spiritualism and ID Today

John Mark Reynolds recounts the rise and fall of spiritualism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He uses the narrative to draw parallels to today's Intelligent Design movement. The parallels seem stretched, and we suspect he does no favors to the ID movement by comparing it to

What the Heck . . .

. . . it's Friday, and the beer is calling. This will provide you with good bar fodder in a few hours: > A postal worker has been charged with putting urine in the coffee of co-workers who set up a video camera in their break room after they became

Latin Mass Returning?

Eric Scheske attended his first Latin Mass earlier this year. He scarcely understood a thing, efforts to follow along in the Latin-English Missal notwithstanding. He loved it. The very last sentence below pretty much sums up his experience. Link [http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050826/

Send Post to a Friend

After a frustrating couple of weeks, the "Send This Post To A Friend" feature is working. There are a few kinks that need to be worked out, but you can now forward posts to family, friends, and enemies.