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Ho On a Minute! Freedom of expression, freedom to be hypersensitive, and political correctness crash in the Northleft [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002225807_tshirt31m.html]: "When Snohomish High senior Justin Patrick wore a T-shirt to school last month with the lettering 'SNOHOS' across the front,

Binge Drinking Almost one-quarter of Americans reported binge drinking in the last month, according to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Amazing number? Not quite. The Administration defines "binge drinking" as having five or more drinks on the same occasion. Criminy. By that definition,

Friday's Brews You Can Use From Hail the Ale [http://www.hailtheale.com/blog]: "For those who drink less discerning beers, there is a new movement afoot to rid the nasty aftertaste of your Bud or Miller. InBev will be distributing Brahma, a Brazilian beer that will

The Successor John Paul II has received last rites. Who will be the successor? We've heard three theories: 1. The next Pope will be malevolent and cause great harm to the Church. This is an unacknowledged prophecy from at least one purported mystic. 2. The next Pope is

Rodrigo Revisited It appears we may have been duped with respect to the Maradiago story (see below). We asked for comments, and we got 'em. A reader wrote to us earlier this afternoon: "You got played. The canadafreepress story about Maradiaga copied most of its 'quotes'

Fat and Poor According to the Child Well-Being Index, America's children are fat but sober, poor but safe. Basically, everything seems to be going well for them, except they're poorer and getting big as whales. It's probably because they're spending all their

On Comics Interesting article about society's attitude toward comics [http://www.jeetheer.com/comics/intellectualmarijuana.htm]. For the first half of the century, the article says comics were condemned as “intellectual marijuana” and contributors to juvenile delinquency. In the last half of the century, they were accepted, thanks

Debt Culture is Dangerous Culture “The sheer scale of consumer debt has made millions of households extremely vulnerable to shocks in the economy, both from fiscal mismanagement and external factors such as oil price rises, acts of terrorism and wars. A downturn in the economy would create serious economic and

What's the Standard in Bath Houses? We doubt many in our reading crowd need it, but Slate's “Dear Prudence” column has provided guidance on homosexual public display of affection. We like the underlying assumption that such displays are fine overall. More normalizing: “Prudie's opinion

Dying Babies According to The Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;sessionid=G0V42NXSPTKNJQFIQMGSM5OAVCBQWJVC?xml=/news/2005/03/31/nbaby31.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/03/31/ixportal.html] , the number of babies who die during or soon after birth is rising in the UK. The pre-birth mortality