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Only in the Netherlands . . .

. . . and in California (don't forget about NAMBLA [http://216.220.97.17/], which started there, if memory serves correctly): > Dutch pedophiles were launching a political party to push for a cut in the legal age for sexual relations from 16 to 12 and the legalisation of child

Klever Kurtz

Stanley Kurtz has written a clever (and thorough) article about gay marriage [http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTU4NDEzNTY5ODNmOWU4M2Y1MGIwMTcyODdjZGQxOTk] . We're all tired of hearing about it, but the debate is probably just heating up. Excerpt: > The traditional family is losing its monopoly, as new forms of living, like

More EU Aggression

In case your day is going well, check out this story at The Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/27/wpolder27.xml] about the European Union's plans to forcibly take land from a farming couple, so the EU can create more

Clergy for Fairness

One thing that stinks about blogging (or any journalism or writing, for that matter), is finding a possible post, following it up, then finding it's a non-starter. This morning's NYT has this story [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/23/us/23marriage.html?_r=1&

This is Comforting

Some nasty disease is afflicting England [http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article548096.ece]: > So far 161 people in the UK have succumbed to the incurable infection which slowly destroys the brain and leads to death. It can be passed by blood transfusions. The answer? Screen donors.

Life After Roe

The current issue of The Atlantic Monthly is on the stands. The cover story: " Life After Roe [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200606/roe]" (which I think is available on-line to non-subscribers). I thought it'd be fascinating, but it wasn't. Without too much exaggeration,

Pell Me

Sign me up for the land downunder: > Australia's most influential Catholic has said the Koran is riddled with "invocations to violence" and the central challenge of Islam lies in the struggle between moderate and extremist forces as the faith spreads into a "childless Europe&

Gotta Love the Honest Scholarship

> Alcohol is more harmful and causes more deaths than the drug ecstasy, a leading scientist who advises the Government on drug safety is warning. > Professor David Nutt, a senior member of the drugs panel which recommended the downgrading of cannabis, is calling for the current system of drugs

Cheech and Chong Nation

I missed this story yesterday: Mexico is poised to legalize cocaine, heroin, LSD, marijuana, PCP, opium, synthetic opiates, mescaline, peyote, psilocybin mushrooms, amphetamines, and methamphetamines. LA Times Link [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-legalize3may03,0,5634216.story?track=tothtml] . I gotta believe this was on the TV news,

White Guilt

Shelby Steele at WSJ, [http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008318]courtesy of Suicide [http://suicideofthewest.com/?p=289]: > After World War II, revolutions across the globe, from India to Algeria and from Indonesia to the American civil rights revolution, defeated the authority inherent in white supremacy,