Eric Scheske

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All Aboard the Hell Express!

> A gunman burst into a church service Sunday evening and robbed several members of the congregation, authorities said. > About 50 people were attending the service at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Bel Air when a man entered brandishing a handgun, the Harford County Sheriff's Office

More Mitt

Shortly after posting the story about Mitt Romney, I found this clever piece by Steve Bainbridge [http://www.professorbainbridge.com/2005/12/mitt_romney_for.html]: an assortment of quotes that indicate we may not want to trust a guy who doesn't smoke or drink. > "They

Something for Sunday Morning

> Even where the Faith is preserved men pursue wealth and power inordinately. Where the Faith is lost they pursue nothing else. Hilaire Belloc

HNY

Happy New Year!

The Ball

Pretty much everything you'd want to know about the Times Square Ball [http://www.timessquarenyc.org/nye/nye_ball.html]. Perfect reading for being ready when your ten-year-old starts asking questions in nine hours.

A Sad Day

Steve Martin has declared himself for the secularists: he has written for The Huffington Post [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-martin/leap-second-lovers-are-tr_b_13068.html] . His piece is clever: a purported monologue by Bill O'Reilly that consists of disjointed connections, bordering on jibberish. The non-sequitorial humor is classic Martin,

The Weekend Eudemon

An abbreviated Weekend Eudemon today. The excellent exigencies of the holidays continue to tap my time, leaving precious few resources for the staples of reading and writing. Last night, I went to the drinking club with my brother and father, where we joined a handful of friends to watch college

Trash of 2005

Another article highlights interesting stories from 2005. Except this time, the media presented them seriously and as facts, when in fact, they are trash. Link [http://www.stats.org/record.jsp?type=news&ID=534]. Excerpt: > America's Teens, Dazed And Confused - 2005 saw a spate

Canada and the EU Better Get Busy . . .

. . . if they want to stay on the cutting edge: > A woman has married a dolphin in Israel. > Sharon Tendler from Redbridge, East London, wore a white silk dress and a pink tiara for the ceremony in Eliat, Israel. > The dolphin, Cindy, swam to the side of his

Stopping Segregation

But will the main prison library have room for the Truman Capote books and Judy Garland videos? > One of the nation's few jail dormitories specifically for gay and transgender prisoners is closing on Rikers Island - where ten of New York City's 15 jails are