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Stretching Asylum

Give me your tired, your poor, your sexually promiscuous . . . > A court in the US has ruled that a gay Mexican with Aids is eligible for asylum because of the danger of persecution in his home country. Link [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4149892.stm]. It'

Oh, the Inhumanity of It All!

Fire up the Sicilian ACLU! > Italy has arrested 141 people in a security swoop following the bombings in London and Egypt last month and remains at high risk from an attack by Islamic militants, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. > Italy, the subject of several Internet threats from

Encouraging

Britain is looking into ways to stem the flood of violently pornographic websites in its country. They're apparently more hopeful than their U.S. counterparts that something can be done. Link [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/08/15/nporn15.xml&sSheet=

Fictional Women Redux

Eric Scheske wrote last year about the problems with plastic surgery and computer enhancements. Link [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=24526]. Most of his points were based on common sense. A new study on doctored photos has corroborated much of his analysis.

PETA to the Rescue, Again!

PETA wants the recent NCAA ban on Indian nicknames to extend to names that show disrespect to animals. Specifically, South Carolina's and Jacksonville State's nickname, the Gamecocks. > "We don't have a problem with names like the LSU Tigers," he said, "

PETA's Continued Lack of Decency

> People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is reconsidering a campaign linking images of animal abuse with those of slavery after complaints from civil rights groups and others. > The animal rights group's "Animal Liberation" campaign included 12 panels juxtaposing pictures of black people in

Godless and Childless

A writer at Asia Times Online has fired a nice salvo at secularist ideas and practice as seen through the prism of babies. Link [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/GH02Aa01.html]. Excerpts: > Humankind cannot abide the terror of mortality without the promise of immortality, I have argue

The Wand and the Crescent

We're not sure whether this reflects well on the terrorists or poorly on Harry Potter fans: > Harry Potter's worldwide popularity is so broad-based that it has become favorite reading for Islamic terror suspects at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay. > Lori, who

Internationals Slipping?

Global U.S. companies are apparently slipping in appeal, and some blame the Iraqi War. If that doesn't prompt an exit strategy, nothing will. Link [http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/12/news/fortune500/brands_ranking/index.htm?section=money_topstories] . Excerpt: > Global consumers have spoken: They&

Call It "Chernobyl World"

> Chernobyl's ecosystems seem to be bouncing back, 19 years after the region was blasted with radiation from the ill-fated reactor. Researchers who have surveyed the land around the old nuclear power plant in present-day Ukraine say that biodiversity is actually higher than before the disaster.