Eric Scheske

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Starting at the Beginning

> Muslims should reciprocate the respect that Christians show for religious freedom, the Vatican Secretary of State argues. > Cardinal Angelo Sodano, speaking to reporters at a reception in Rome on Monday evening, avoided any specific reference to the Danish cartoons which have been a focal point of anger in

China's Capitalism

Robert Reilly,Â reviewing Constantine Menges' China: The Gathering Threat [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1595550054/thedailyeudem-20] in this month's Crisis [http://www.crisismagazine.com/]Â (this link takes you to the magazine site, not the article, which isn't available on-line), says: >

Ghetto Blues

John McWhorter is interviewed in U.S. News & World Report about the ghetto blues [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060220/20qa.htm]. Good stuff. Best excerpt: > The people who think that black poverty and its manifestations are all about racism would be very surprised if they

A Former Muslim?

Having been Muslim once, . . . [http://www.lewrockwell.com/featherstone/featherstone49.html] I found that statement in an article at Lew Rockwell by Charles Featherstone, who, I think, is now Catholic. It's not often you see that type of statement, unless it's part of an epitaph. Lew

Evolution Sunday

412 congregations in 49 states have decided to observe “Evolution Sunday.” [http://www.getreligion.org/?p=1385] Another link [http://www.uwosh.edu/colleges/cols/rel_evol_sun.htm].

Hate Monger Going to Prison

I dislike crimes against hate speech, but this sentence strikes me as fair. If there's a tangible connection between one's words that encourage murder and the murder itself, the punishment is hitting at the action, not just the words. It's a fuzzy line, but

Irritable Gays

> A particularly bad strain of chlamydia not usually seen in this country appears to be slowly spreading among gay and bisexual men, an infection that can increase their chances of getting or spreading the AIDS virus. > Called LGV chlamydia, this sexually transmitted disease has caused a worrisome outbreak

Calling the ACLU

> A maximum-security jail was in a lockdown Sunday, a day after a race- related riot left one inmate dead and more than 100 injured. > Investigators were interviewing hundreds of inmates and witnesses to the fighting that erupted between black and Hispanic prisoners Saturday at the North County Correctional

We're Done Apologizing

Delivering body blows to the multiculturalists who would have us kiss the feet of the new barbarians [http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,398853,00.html]: > Be proud, do not apologize. Do we have to go on apologizing for the sins our fathers? Do we still have

Kanye West Chairs the NAACP?

> Civil rights activist and NAACP Chairman Julian Bond delivered a blistering partisan speech at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina last night, equating the Republican Party with the Nazi Party and characterizing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her predecessor, Colin Powell, as "tokens." > "The