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Mr. and Mrs. Scheske seem to encounter two types of parents: those who neglect their children and those who over-indulge them. We're guessing this mother falls into the latter category: > A woman allowed her 11-year-old son to drive the family's minivan to his elementary school,

TiVo polled its audience and came up with this list of the Top 25 TV Dads 1. Cliff Huxtable – The Cosby Show 2. Sheriff Andy Taylor – The Andy Griffith Show 3. Pa Ingalls – Little House on the Prairie 4. Howard Cunningham – Happy Days 5. Ward Cleaver – Leave it to Beaver

This appears to be a poster for the upcoming blockbuster production of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. Pretty neat.

England wants to take Canada's lead in efforts to limit freedom of expression: Certain members of its government want new hate speech laws that will primarily protect Muslims. Link [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4075442.stm]. Excerpts: > Controversial plans to make incitement to religious

In a democracy, we only get as good as we deserve. > Ex-stripper Diana Hampton will soon have something new to wear - judicial robes. > Hampton was elected to the Municipal Court in Henderson on Tuesday, defeating Michael Miller in a run-off by 176 votes. > Hampton, 39, had

First Houston takes steps to keep the homeless out of public libraries (link [https://thedailyeudemon.com/800/]), and now Vancouver wants to take away their bathrooms. Link [http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2005/06/08/1077793-cp.html]. Excerpts: > The ripe stench of human excrement is getting stronger in

> The program Meals on Wheels/Pets Eat Too was launched last month with 30,000 pounds of pet food. It's being run under the auspices of the Department of Human Assistance senior nutrition program. > The goal, said Jayna Karpinski-Costa, a Citrus Heights, Calif., city councilwoman and

The Urban Institute recently compared rates of recidivism among ex-convicts who were paroled with those among ex-convicts who were released with no strings attached: > The study found that the recidivism rate among prisoners released unconditionally was virtually the same as that among "mandatory parolees," or prisoners for

This one has it all: Public school teacher/student sex, paganism, lesbianism, gay wedding. And it took place in staid and rather conservative western Michigan. Link [http://www.woodtv.com/global/story.asp?s=3438743]. Excerpt: > Before learning her fate, she stood before Judge Kolenda. "Enough people have

A reader writes with regard to the "Why the European Giants?" post: > A-a-a-a-g-g-h! You allowed these words to appear on your blog: “thirty-five million who live below the poverty line” referring to Americans. Do you realize that this poverty line is established by income and not by