Eric Scheske

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Monster in the House

Well, it finally happened: I have a teenager under my roof. Alex turned 13 today. Shaggy hair, a little sassy, and getting a bit big for my strong-arm liking, he's a teenager and enjoying his new status. So far, he's been a great kid. If the

The Gay Roll

Gay parents lined up to crash the Bush White House annual Easter egg hunt [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060417/ts_alt_afp/uspoliticseaster_060417200009]. Why? Symbolic, of course: "The gay groups said their gesture was meant to make their presence felt in American society even though Bush

On-Line Dating

The jury is still out on the long-term results of on-line mating, but it appears the forecast might be a little rocky [http://biz.yahoo.com/weekend/mismatch_1.html]. Excerpt: > While many happily married couples say they may never have found a mate offline, there are already indications

Caitlin's New Book

Fine stylist Caitlin Flanagan has waded further into the feminist wars with a book on working mothers. The LA Times [http://www.calendarlive.com/books/cl-et-flanagan12apr12,0,487361.story?coll=la-home-headlines] has a pretty a good piece about it. Excerpt: > These are the women who seem to be a

Rat Own!

Actually Husbands Work Much Harder Than Wives. [http://www.iwf.org/inkwell/default.asp?archiveID=1942]

Immigration Bill

A friend sent out a mass email about the immigration bill. It came yesterday. At first, I thought it was a response to my post yesterday [https://thedailyeudemon.com/4283/], but it wasn't. It was just a coincidence. She raises a good point: > Dear friends, please pay

Pet Kids, Episode 1,999,024

The Meow Mix Cafe [http://www.meowmix.com/newsevents/meowcafe.asp]. The first restaurant for cats.

Data on Bigger Families

From The Atlantic Monthly. I'm not sure what this says about my family of seven children, but it's interesting: > [Researchers in Israel] found that the presence of a third child (or more than three children) had little effect on the long-term educational attainment, adult earnings,

Malthus was an Idiot

Amazing piece at Foreign Policy about declining birth rates and the return of the patriarchal society [http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3376&page=0]. It's lengthy. The best stuff is on the first 1.5 pages, if you want to take the short

Roe v. Wade for Men

I assume everyone has heard about the Roe v. Wade for Men lawsuit in Michigan. If not, here's the story [http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/LegalCenter/wireStory?id=1702992&page=1]. I haven't kept up with the banter much, so what I say here might