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Eric Scheske

We're Overwhelmed

This whole cell phone thing is blowing our minds. We're not sure what to make of it. We're too McLuhanite to embrace it mindlessly, but we're not Luddite, either. We still haven't figured out the speed dial features on our cell phone

God Has Blessed America

> Russians, whose lives are shorter and poorer than they were under communism, have more abortions than births to avoid the costs of raising children, according to the country's highest-ranking obstetrician. > About 1.6 million women had an abortion last year, a fifth of them under

Hey, Snickers, Leave Those Kids Alone

You can't get a bag of chips, but you can get the morning-after pill. > Food for thought is taking on a new meaning as students across the nation begin a new school year. Chicago is just one of many school districts that have mobilized to replace

We're Not Surprised

Starbucks has a pro-homosexual agenda. Who woulda thunkit? A coffee house that's pro-gay? Wow. > The world's most famous coffee shop chain has begun a program called “The Way I See It,” which is a collection of thoughts, opinions and expressions provided by notable

Christians Have Rights, Too

Overzealous public school authorities? Noooo! Say it ain't so: > A federal judge has told an Ohio school district it can no longer bar a middle school student from wearing a t-shirt with a Christian message. > Judge George Smith has ruled that Sheridan Middle School in

Jerks. Give the Island to China!

> Taiwan has withdrawn an anti-AIDS campaign ad featuring a smiling nun holding a condom after it sparked an outcry from Roman Catholics, local media said on Wednesday. > The poster, which shows the nun holding the condom with both hands and saying 'Although I don't

Yikes, Ouch, Gross

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Strange Deaths

From The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs, p. 284: > I've read about blues singer Robert Johnson, who died after drinking strychnine-laced whiskey in a juke joint. And Marie Blanchard, an aviation pioneer who died when her hot air balloon was set ablaze by fireworks.

A Righteous Battle

> Hundreds of looters battled police all weekend at the site of a beer train wreck in violence that left one woman dead, South African police said on Monday as they kept a heavy guard on the remaining alcohol. > The train carrying 180,000 crates of beer from South

Fire Up the Tobacco Company Lawsuit!