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Eric Scheske

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]

Something for Sunday Morning

In "Our Lady's Juggler," a former carnival juggler lives in a monastary. He notices that each monk does something special in honor of the Virgin Mary. The juggler is ashamed he has nothing to offer. But late at night, he sneaks downstairs with his balls and

Freaking Out Over Freaks

> Britain is in danger of becoming overwhelmed by a drug culture that would see a society where drug dealers hold political influence, the streets are teeming with "the walking dead", and "gated communities" are created to protect their residents. > This is the vision in

The Wand and the Crescent

We're not sure whether this reflects well on the terrorists or poorly on Harry Potter fans: > Harry Potter's worldwide popularity is so broad-based that it has become favorite reading for Islamic terror suspects at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay. > Lori, who