Eric Scheske

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666 Weddings

Neutrality is a fiction. When something ceases to be revered, it gets degraded. In this case, if it ceases to be a sacrament or otherwise blessed by the church, it tends to sacrilege: > Registry offices in Holland have been flooded with requests for couples who want to get married

College Ads

Slate takes a clever look at college advertisements during the bowl season [http://www.slate.com/id/2133433]. It's a nice sliver of the ridiculousness that has become higher education. From the conclusion: > The season's most memorable institutional spot won't be playing during

Chug That Pint of Water!

The nation's first Islamic sorority [http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060104-122658-7552r.htm]. You'd think that's an oxymoron, given the drunken and slutty ways of sororities these days. I chuckle at the thought of Islamic Greek life, but it's too bad there aren&

8:00?

The media says the Rose Bowl will start at 8:00 tonight. What time will it really start? Lying about little things, after all, is the media's mode of operation (see this piece of commentary I wrote for Catholic Exchange [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_

Dead Pyschology

Pyschology has been captured by social activism, much to its deterioration, at least according to this piece of commentary. [http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20060102-101312-8014r.htm] It's highly believable.

Too Dangerous to Play Outside

I guess I'll throw this out there for your general edification: > Children who live in neighborhoods that their parents believe are unsafe are more likely to be overweight than those in neighborhoods perceived as safe, according to a study in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics

From My Readings

Concluding words from Christopher Dawson's Progress & Religion: > We are only just beginning to understand how intimately and profoundly the vitality of a society is bound up with its religion. It is the religious impulse which supplies the cohesive force which unifies a society and a culture.

From My Readings

On Rootedness > The Southerner always thinks of himself as being from somewhere, as belonging to some spot of earth . . . He is a Virginian, or he is a Georgian in a sense that I have never encountered in the Middle West–though Indiana Hoosiers may offer a fair approximation. . . The

Smut Subs

First, David Lee Roth was supposed to replace Howard Stern. Now this article says Paris Hilton will become the new Britney Spears [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2006000024,00.html]. It's kind of fun to watch the smuts realign and jostle for better positions. It beats

PSA

Blogging will be light today. It's family and football day.