Progressive Grad Student:  “So as part of my community service work with children (we’d recently completed our “Bravo Kyoto” poster, macramed from hemp and freshly picked daisies, and finished with rainbow glitter), we were gathered this morning into a sharing circle watching Playtime Disney’s “Higglytown Heroes”—a show to which I generally give high marks, promoting as it does the idea that each member of the community is equal in social

Hmmm.  Where have I heard this argument before?  From the WSJ: […] There is little doubt that the Washington Post story on alleged prisons in Europe has done enormous damage—at a minimum, to our ability to secure future cooperation in the war on terror from countries that don’t want their assistance to be exposed. Likewise, the New York Times wiretapping exposé may have ruined one of our most effective anti-al

From the Spain Herald: The Spanish Socialist Party will introduce a bill in the Congress of Deputies calling for “the immediate inclusion of (simians) in the category of persons, and that they be given the moral and legal protection that currently are only enjoyed by human beings.” The PSOE’s justification is that humans share 98.4% of our genes with chimpanzees, 97.7% with gorillas, and 96.4% with orangutans. …and 99% with

Referencing an LA Times story, the New Editor’s Tom Elia notes that teachers unions are steering their members into inappropriate retirement plans that charge abnormally large fees, in return for which the unions receive millions in payments from the investment companies that set up the accounts. These transactions effectively transfer large portions of the teachers’ retirement savings into income streams for the unions—and is done mostly without the knowledge of

Fausta’s blog looks at the latest (disputed) brainchild of progressive French thinking:  Airbus passengers fly standing up! Which, judging from the conceptual pictures printed in the Times UK, uses a harness and bar system similar to something you might find on a EuroDisney adult ride.  Or, for the less sanguine, a personal caging system similar to something you’d find in a slaughterhouse, just before the spring-loaded bolt squares up the

From CNN: Fox News’ Tony Snow is set to move from the anchor chair to the hot seat, agreeing to take on the role of White House press secretary amid slumping poll ratings for President Bush. The appointment of Snow, who has formally accepted the job, will be announced Wednesday morning, according to three Republican sources familiar with Snow’s discussions with the White House. He will replace Scott McClellan, who