“Protesters from California, Texas and the Carolinas plan to rally on the National Mall for women’s reproductive rights Sunday, joining marchers from Denmark, Germany and Kenya.” “Activists from nearly 60 countries say they’ll attend the event, standing with their American counterparts not only in unity but to highlight the plight of women’s health abroad.” “In our country, it’s so important to feel solidarity with the rest of the world on

From the Sunday Denver Post: Call it a duel: Two filmmakers eat nothing but McDonald’s food for 30 days. One gains 25 pounds, gets gut-wrenching ill and goes on to win Best Director at the Sundance Film Festival. The other? Well, she’s losing weight and claims she has never felt better. Quick: which do you suppose is the media darling? Thankfully we have the Sundance crowd — with their personal

Finally, something French I can get behind that’s not named Ludivine Sagnier… Next up: aerosol cheese. Welcome to the 21st century, mes amis…

John Kerry’s campaign looks more and more like an “X-Files” episode with each passing day. I don’t know about the rest of you, but me, I’m stocking up on silver bullets, sharpened stakes, and cloves of garlic strung into demon-repellent necklaces. I’m also thinking about writing a flat tax manifesto and folding it into the shape of a crucifix. Just in case. Lenin to Kerry: “Beware the power of the

Is there anything worse than death by trial lawyer? Probably not — until we start seeing advertisements for “Joey Buttafuoco: The Cologne.” And don’t think it won’t happen, either.

Chapter 3: Trout Fishing in America Revisited Chapter 1. Chapter 2.      “Do I know you?” I asked after awhile, confident that I didn’t.      “No,” she said. “But then I don’t know you, either.”      That made two of us.      She took another swig of my Boone’s Farm wine, strawberry, then wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, eyeing me carefully. “Why the long face?” she asked finally.      I smiled.

American hero. For all of Michael Moore’s bloated, furniture-bumping, sweatsoaked girth, he’ll never be half the man this guy was. RIP. **** [Update: Juliette offers her thoughts]

Writing in Reason, Cathy Young bemoans the partisanship of the 9/11 commission, then points to one of the most interesting tidbits to emerge from the proceedings, which she notes has received very little press coverage: One startling fact to emerge from the 9/11 hearings is that, apparently, the Federal Aviation Administration hits airlines with fines if more than two people of the same ethnic background are subjected to extra scrutiny