….Well, because they can save kids from socially engineered micromanagement like this (courtesy of Jim Caple, writing for ESPN’s Page 2): If you thought some schools went overboard when they banned dodge ball last year, consider this: A Santa Monica elementary school principal recently banned tag, saying the game can only be played under the strict supervision of physical education teachers and not at all during the lunch hour recess.

….Well, because they can save kids from socially engineered micromanagement like this (courtesy of Jim Caple, writing for ESPN’s Page 2): If you thought some schools went overboard when they banned dodge ball last year, consider this: A Santa Monica elementary school principal recently banned tag, saying the game can only be played under the strict supervision of physical education teachers and not at all during the lunch hour recess.

The ACLU (predictably) reacts to the Ninth Circuit Court’s Pledge decision this way: As today’s decision recognizes, the United States, with more than 1,500 different religious bodies and 360,000 churches, mosques, and synagogues, is the most religiously diverse nation in the world because of, not in spite of, the fact that we do not allow government to become entangled in religion. Great argument, guys. Now, would you mind explaining to

The ACLU (predictably) reacts to the Ninth Circuit Court’s Pledge decision this way: As today’s decision recognizes, the United States, with more than 1,500 different religious bodies and 360,000 churches, mosques, and synagogues, is the most religiously diverse nation in the world because of, not in spite of, the fact that we do not allow government to become entangled in religion. Great argument, guys. Now, would you mind explaining to

Writing for the editors of The Weekly Standard, David Tell asks, ” If it is true that John Ashcroft has assaulted our rights by arresting innocent people willy-nilly and detaining them ‘indefinitely’ without basic procedural protections, then surely one such person — among the thousand-plus the federal government has detained since September 11 — would by now have been identified. Where, after all this caterwauling, is the archetypically sympathetic victim

…for those of you who’ll be attending the Rocky Mountain Blog Bash tomorrow evening: We’ll be in the pool room, which is up the stairs. If you can’t find the group (how hard can it be? — we’ll be the one with laptops, reference books, and life-sized cutouts of Steven Den Beste), just ask the hostess — who’ll look confused momentarily before snapping to and saying, “Oh, you mean those

…for those of you who’ll be attending the Rocky Mountain Blog Bash tomorrow evening: We’ll be in the pool room, which is up the stairs. If you can’t find the group (how hard can it be? — we’ll be the one with laptops, reference books, and life-sized cutouts of Steven Den Beste), just ask the hostess — who’ll look confused momentarily before snapping to and saying, “Oh, you mean those

Reports of smoke coming from the Capital Building in Washington. Evacuations in progress. Fire ladders being run to the 4th floor (House side). More firetrucks on the way. Developing… [update: t’weren’t nuttin’ serious, it turns out — Kennedy was showing Byrd his “blue-flamed pants rocket” trick and inadvertantly set ablaze a stack of cocktail napkins. Luckily, he was able to douse the flames with a double Glenlivet over ice. Though

Found this on Campus Nonsense: A few definitions: The Government 30* syllabus from Dartmouth includes terms you need to know, such as: “Left — favoring a greater degree of equality (social, economic, political) Right — favoring a greater degree of inequality, believing that a select few should have power based on birth or merit Radical — favoring fast, large changes toward equality Liberal — (the narrow, modern definition) favoring slow,

Found this on Campus Nonsense: A few definitions: The Government 30* syllabus from Dartmouth includes terms you need to know, such as: “Left — favoring a greater degree of equality (social, economic, political) Right — favoring a greater degree of inequality, believing that a select few should have power based on birth or merit Radical — favoring fast, large changes toward equality Liberal — (the narrow, modern definition) favoring slow,