Eric Scheske

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Israeli Anti-Semites

If you missed this [http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,412390,00.html] last Friday: > Following the outrage over the Muhammad caricatures published in Western newspapers, Israeli artists staged a contest. They were looking for the best anti-Semitic cartoons. The results are in. There are some pretty

Desecrating the Memory

Of course, Johnny Cash did plenty to desecrate his own memory, but he doesn't deserve this: > PETE DOHERTY [Pronounced "DoCK-er-ty] is planning another spell behind bars – this time for a JOHNNY CASH-style gig for inmates. [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2006180269,00.html] >

Southern Ramblings

A few random thoughts that hit me while traveling through the upper South (southern Kentucky, chunks of Tennessee, northern Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia): Could Michigan or Illinois name a state park and other landmarks after the first Grand Wizard of the KKK [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest]

Maybe She Can Pray to L. Ron

You bedded the man, Katie, now enjoy it: > Tom Cruise has given Katie Holmes an iPod with calming tunes to help her stay silent during childbirth. > The gift came after The Sun revealed the couple had put up 6ft posters in their Beverly Hills mansion reminding her not

Lookin' for Pain

ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is looking for pain: cancer sufferers, hate crime victims, families with terminal children. The uglier the better. Here's the disturbing summary [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0327062extreme1.html]. The TV show finds a suffering family and then re-makes their house into

If You Name It, They Will Come

I found this in yesterday's WSJ (James Taranto's Best of the Web [http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/]). It's not a joke: > [T]here's a small but growing effort under way to get a Vermont mountain named after the controversial movie, Brokeback

Farce of the Penguins

> Actor Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to narrate an upcoming spoof of the Oscar-winning documentary "March of the Penguins" with an all-star supporting voice cast, independent studio ThinkFilm said on Friday. > "Farce of the Penguins," mixing archival wildlife footage with an R-rated screenplay

Research Confirms Common Sense

Of course, the idiot brigade will be out in full force on this one [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=380662&in_page_id=1770] . "Hey dude, it's not like, you know, you see Mary Ann [http://en.

Rotten Low-Class Tenants

I've been so busy, I missed this gem on Monday: > Claiming that his $70,000-a-month tenant Prince undertook an extremely tacky makeover of his Los Angeles mansion, an NBA star recently sued the mercurial singer over the purple-hued alterations. In a January complaint, Carlos Boozer, a forward

Historical Miniature

Like it or not, Playboy is part of our culture. If you want to read about its Playmates, go here [http://www.newyorker.com/critics/books/articles/060320crbo_books]. It's a review/essay of The Playmate Book: Six Decades of Centerfolds. Yes, the piece is risque (though no