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Eric Scheske

This Ain't Sydney or Amsterdam

Odd choice of venue: > Staid Singapore will host its first-ever Sex Expo in November after receiving in-principle approval from the tightly-controlled city-state's authorities, a local newspaper reported Sunday. > The Singapore police have already imposed certain conditions for organizers - no obscene acts can

Hands On

We've said before that art comes in all sizes and types. When it comes to crafts, making things with ones' own hands, we're hopelessly inept, yet we respect the efforts. Here's a book for those who do what we can't. Link

Weighing in at Four Pounds . . .

. . . the September 2005 issue of Vogue: > For years, September has brought heavy issues of monthlies, traditionally women's fashion and beauty magazines like Elle, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. More recently, other magazines are also producing ad-thick issues, in categories like men's lifestyle, health

The Nanny Attack

John Leo recounts the attack of the nannies: > The nannies are all around us now, attempting to ban smoking in outdoor areas, including New York's vast Central Park, working to eliminate one schoolyard game after another, including dodge ball (too violent), tag (hurts feelings by turning kids

One Town's Odd Idea of Tourist Development?

> An unusual and noisy mystery has people in a small town north of Middletown on edge, worried and asking questions, News 5's Brian Hamrick reported. > Liberty, Ohio, is a quiet little community, except for one thing -- the scream. . . > With a sensitive microphone and some special

Library Responsible for Assault on Customers?

Tough questions can lead to tough responses. > A library in Holland is lending out people, as well as books, in a new initiative aimed at challenging stereotypes. > People can borrow gay people, gipsies and Muslims for an hour and talk to them about their lives, reports Nu.nl.

Real Men Play Golf?

Eric Scheske hacks around once in awhile (eight times last year, once this year so far) and he follows the Majors (U.S. and British Opens, PGA, Masters), so he's interested enough in the sport to find this writer's ideas about is male-ness very interesting.

Bowing Before the Atheist God

Sure, it sounds laughable, but if you've ever talked with atheists, you know many of them take their irreligion religiously. Like G.K. Chesterton said, if there was no God, there would be no atheists. Link [http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45874]. Excerpt: >

Wally Unions

The real movement to bring down Wally World has begun: > A global coalition of unions is launching an unprecedented campaign to organize workers around the world at US retail giant Wal-Mart, seeking to bring a new level of globalization to the labor movement. > The Wal-Mart campaign

The Nordic Track

A movie based on the Brothers Grimm [https://thedailyeudemon.com/2103/], now a movie about Beowulf. Can the film epic Ragnarok [http://www.pantheon.org/articles/r/ragnarok.html]! be far behind? > [Angelina] Jolie has signed on to star in a big-screen adaptation of the epic English poem