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Eric Scheske

Straight Men to Marry

We'd normally object at such a flagrant disregard of marriage's sanctity, but we're dealing with Canada where marriage is no more valued than a club membership: > Two heterosexual Canadian men are to tie the knot to enjoy the tax benefits of being a

Far Out!

They're bringing back Night Stalker [http://www.scifi.com/kolchak/], one of our favorites from the 1970s. It'll be on ABC. > Premieres Thursday, Sept. 29 at 9/8c > Carl Kolchak is the "Night Stalker," a newspaper reporter who investigates strange deaths and

Another Small Scandal

It frustrates us, but the Catholic Church just has a way of messing up their own bed. It's probably because it's such a large body that isn't nearly as closely organized administratively as people think. But still, these things get tiresome. Link [http://www.

Our Money was on Martha Burk

> A New York radio station has agreed to pay $240,000 after sponsoring "smackfest" contests in which young women took turns slapping each other for a chance to win concert tickets and cash. > In a statement, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and State Athletic Commission

Knight Time Reality

We detest reality shows, but this one could be pretty good, if you're a sports fan: > ESPN announced last week that Knight would choose a walk-on from a field of 16 to fill the last roster slot on his 2006-7 Red Raiders basketball team. >

Hitler in the Hood

Yo' mama do' know Adolph/ And yo' brutha done be queer/ We be the neo-Nazis/ Gonna stab you in da ear. You might think I look ugly/ With a swastika-tattooed head/ But I slap my woman fo' the **** of it/ At night when I

GM Finds Bail Out?

If people really believe that what's good for GM is good for America, fasten your seatbelts for a lot more concessions to China: > In this obscure corner of southern China, General Motors seems to have hit on a hot new formula: $5,000 minivans that get 43

Guy Rants

Bernard Chapin at Crux reviews Thomas Ellis' The Rantings of a Single Male: Losing Patience with Feminism, Political Correctness, and Basically Everything [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0976261308/thedailyeudem-20]. Pretty good, hard-hitting stuff. Link [http://www.cruxmag.com/SingleMaleAlone.htm]. Excerpt: > [H]is title

Beatlemania Coming?

We've always been more on the McCartney side, but we'd like to see this: > "Lennon," which opens Sunday at the Broadhurst, tracks Lennon's life through his songs, interspersed with video and his own words. It's an undertaking complex enough

Stooping Too Low for NBC?

Leave it to the UCoCs: > Stirring the pot again, the United Church of Christ, the church that, earlier this year, ran ads mocking other churches showing a bouncer who refused entry to minors and gays is planning a new ad. The first ad, "Bouncer," part of the