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Religions in a Nutshell There's a lengthy article in Christianity Today [http://www.christianitytoday.com/bc/2005/002/6.10.html] about ongoing dialogue between Catholics and Evangelicals. The article is upbeat about the process, especially with regard to beating back the secularism that is trying to outflank

Yet Another Call for McLuhan Fascinating article on the revolution [http://www.lewrockwell.com/rogers/rogers134.html] that is about to take place in electronic entertainment. Here are two excerpts: (1) The opening paragraph; (2) a paragraph that describes one of the leading technologies that is going to lead the

Malt Liquor Another study confirming what anyone with a modicum of street knowledge already knew: “Malt liquor, a type of beer that is higher in alcohol than other brews, is largely a drink of the homeless and unemployed, and is likely to be abused, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

Fearing the Meat How long do children carry around shadowy notions of natural calamities? The flooding in southeast Asia occurred almost three months ago, and Eric Scheske's daughter Meg, who just turned four two weeks ago, still fears "the salami."

Unscrewed John Zmirak reviews an unheralded movie [http://www.godspy.com/reviews/Mary-and-Joseph-at-the-Sex-Therapist-by-John-Zmirak.cfm] , Unscrewed. It's an entertaining article. The movie and review in a nutshell: A young married couple is inexplicably unable to have sex. They consult all sorts of therapists, and eventually get it sorted together

For the “Fact Stranger than Fiction” Category We're not positive this story is real, but it appears to be. Students in Bible quiz competitions are being tested for performance enhancers, like ephedra, large doses of caffeine, and ginseng. LINK [http://www.larknews.com/march_2005/secondary.php?page=

Fat No More We're sure most readers have heard this statistic that's being tossed around: Nearly two-thirds of Americans are overweight and about half of those are considered obese. That fat fact drove the effort against McDonald's "Supersized" menu items and prompted

Raising Readers A neat article at Lew Rockwell encourages parents to get their children to read a series of books in order to turn them into adult readers. The article then lists a dozen such series (listed below, along with a link to the article and an excerpt from the

Another Breast Story A photographer in NYC discovered what we already knew: There's too much sex in our culture, it's become normalized, and we've become desensitized to things that would've brought prison sentences in a more modest era. LINK [http://nydailynews.com/

The Other Performance Enhancer A reader sends along this message: “If society is opposed to steroids in sports/recreation, then enhanced breasts should be damned as well.” We're not sure what prompted the letter (maybe the gorilla/breast story from earlier today?), but he has a point. Eric