Daily Archives: February 21, 2009

Back to bake sales for abstinence-only

It almost makes me want to buy a cupcake for the cause. Pursuant to the Democrats’ sweep of Congress and now the new face in the White House, the “abstinence-only” movement is on its own. When dominant in Washington, Republicans couldn’t find extra money to devote to cleaner water, security-exposed ports or levees that worked.…

School prayer mime games

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s rhetorical styling is as silly and annoying as that guy in the park wearing whiteface, a turtleneck, and rappelling on an invisible rope. Abbott is miming for an audience, in this case for the court. Abbott can’t admit what lawmakers clearly wanted when they imposed a “moment of silence” on…