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Don't worry. I'm not going to make this blog "The Daily Brews You Can Use," but this story is already two days old, so I didn't want to hold it back until tomorrow: > Milwaukee's taverns and nightclubs could be

Mafia Discourse [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=34618]: My column this week at Catholic Exchange.

> The Russian government is warning that people who give or take bribes will "burn in the flames of hell." > The drastic warning comes in a mass leafleting scheme aimed at rooting out widespread corruption in society. Link [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2021110.html?

Sorry about the light posting. It's been a manic Monday. Until I can post something better: An aphorism every teenage girl needs to hear, memorize, and understand: > Love in young men, for the most part, is not love but simply sexual desire and its accomplishment is its

The megachurches have come up with a new way to make money: ATMs for giving. LA Times link [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-holyatm28sep28,0,6671307,full.story] . > It was one of Stevens Creek's three "Giving Kiosks": a sleek black pedestal topped with

> Starbucks is raising the price of a cup of coffee to $5.00. Don't worry, you'll still get the sneer from the girl with a nose ring serving your coffee.

An astute reader sent this a few days ago: How an Egyptian student came to study 1950s America and left determined to wage holy war [http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/2006/february/presence.php]. It's from The Smithsonian, which isn't exactly known for multi-cultural intolerance. It&

Amy Welborn has posted a nice little tribute to St. Jerome [http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/2006/09/st_jeromeand_ot.html].

Here's a needle in a haystack for you: I'm looking for a blogger (besides me) who has admitted that s/he fails to finish books that s/he's started. Not all the time, but with frequency. Email on your left.