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Eric Scheske

Tokens and Ennui Prevention

These folks are putting up pictures of game tokens. Don't ask us why. It strikes us as a colossal waste of time (maybe it's how Trekkies spend their free moments). It is, however, a pretty neat-looking page. Link [http://www.flickr.com/photos/petromyzon/sets/

Yet Another Biblical Event Verified

Archeology hasn't proven a single Biblical incident to be fictional, and it has established many as facts. The most recent: > When the sewer line in the Old City of Jerusalem needed repairs in the fall of 2004, the workmen made a historic discovery: the biblical Pool of

St. Hef

Clever leftist theologian quoted at Mere Comments: > It is not often that I commend the writings of a liberation theologian. And I'm not about to do so now, at least not in totality. But Native American liberationist Vive Deloria's thirtieth anniversary edition of God Is

Slow Drivers

Brad Edmonds at Lew Rockwell raises valid points about slow drivers. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/edmonds/edmonds257.html]. Excerpts: > [S]low drivers make things more dangerous for everyone else. When a fast driver moves along the interstate, he doesn't force anyone else to change lanes or

Tough Suit

On the one hand, we figure you take your chances when you hang out at such places. On the other hand, the guy was at least trying to be discrete about his sin and this was a bogue thing to do. We won't shed tears for any of

No Sacrament, No Contract, and Now Not Even a Reception

These people got married by blog. Link [http://weblogs.about.com/b/a/193241.htm] .

Godless and Childless

A writer at Asia Times Online has fired a nice salvo at secularist ideas and practice as seen through the prism of babies. Link [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/GH02Aa01.html]. Excerpts: > Humankind cannot abide the terror of mortality without the promise of immortality, I have argue

Double Deaths

Two music legends died this week: > 1938, the legendary Robert Johnson dies in Greenwood, Mississippi ... Johnson's moonshine had been poisoned days earlier ... known for his womanizing, the murderer was presumed to be the angered spouse of one of his paramours ... it was rumored that Johnson's

Thinking About the Taj Mahal

Eric Schwappach at The American Thinker brings this controversy to our attention. Link [http://americanthinker.com/comments.php?comments_id=2859]. Excerpt: > Controversy surrounds the Taj Mahal. This recent dispute pitted a Muslim trust which claims Islamic ownership of the great Mogul monument against the Indian government, which asserts

Dealing with Muslims

The New Yorks Times this morning has a neat piece that discusses how different European countries are dealing with the terrorist threat. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/14/weekinreview/14imam.html?pagewanted=1&hp]. But at one point, the NYT mentions civil libertarians' concerns: > [T]