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This reminds us of that Eddie Murphy stand-up routine about Mehmet All Agca: "He shot the pope?" I guess he "wanted to go to Hell, but didn't want to stand in line with everybody," so he's taking the "Hell Express."

The New York Times reports this morning that the National Academy of Sciences has drafted stem cell research guidelines. Among much else, the guidelines discuss the use of "chimeras": animals seeded with human cells. The guidelines allow chimeras, but only under restrictions. You see, there could be a

Issue XXII A little Luna Di Luna, Merlot/Cabernet. Eric Scheske has to drink wine by himself, and he typically doesn't want an entire bottle, so he buys four-packs of wine. We're guessing there's eight or ten ounces in a bottle. It's

The same type education takes place at campuses throughout the country with no objection from, and often the tacit support of, adminstrators. At least this school is honest enough to admit that this is what students learn at their college: > On May 4, the Epicenter Gallery in San Francisco

> The Seminole County sheriff's office said a Volusia County man is in custody on his 16th drunken-driving arrest. > Mitchell Raulerson, 55, of Seville, was stopped in Sanford by an officer who was suspicious about his hand-drawn license plate. Link. [http://www.wesh.com/news/4416716/detail.

While at Notre Dame, Eric Scheske had a jurisprudence professor who appalled female law students by referring to children of working mothers as "part-time orphans." It was funny stuff, but apparently at least one CNN correspondent woman is willing to risk it for real. Link [http://www.nydailynews.

In an article about odd baseball remedies, we ran across this: > And then there's Cubs pitcher Mark Prior, whose manager resorted to a more conventional talisman to help his young ace recover from arm problems during spring training. > Dusty Baker doused Prior's inflamed right

The apocalypse is upon us! The LA Times has an article that quotes G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc. The article is about Catholic jokes, and it's not bad. Link [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-mcgough25apr25,0,7344950.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions] . Excerpts: > Much funnier was

We don't like the behemoth that is Wal-Mart. We know, we know: we should respect the free market, Wal-Mart lowers costs for consumers which in turn frees up money for consumers to spend elsewhere, it provides jobs. They're legitimate "pros." Still, its rapacious hunger

Prosperity theology has disgusted and amused us for years. We used to receive the free Norman Vincent Peale pamphlets every quarter, which we read strictly for masochistic purposes, kind of like watching bad variety shows from the 1970s. The whole idea of taking a poor, mocked, and tortured God and