ome of you may remember the man who won a U.S. Supreme Court case over his right to obtain an abortion for his comatose wife. He argued at that time that an abortion could aid a possible recovery for his wife, Nancy, who was comatose as a result of a car accident in 1988. The abortion accomplished, Martin Klein now plans to divorce his wife. His comment was, "Life changes, tragedy happens. It's all very complicated." He also said "my commitment to Nancy continues to remain as strong as ever."
We agree. His commitment to his wife is as strong now as it was previously. That is to say, not very.
We have some good news and some bad news. For the bad news, U.S. News and World Report tells us that things are not looking up on the education front. The latest International Assessment of Educational Progress shows that America's government schools are continuing to drop the football of knowledge -- to speak metaphorically. For example, in math our kids are roughly on the same level as the kids from Slovenia. In science, our thirteen-year-olds ranked fourteenth in a field of ninteen countries.
Oh, right, the good news. The good news is that our nine-year-olds ranked first among fourteen countries in television watching.
In fact U.S. News and World Report was just crammed full of chirpy tidings. Kenner Toys is bringing out a new line of action figure toys on wheels. They are an inch-and-a-half tall, and bear names like Eye Pus, Loaded Diaper, and another one we won't mention here. This does not mean that the toy manufacterer is lacking any sense of decency or responsibility -- far from it. A spokesman for Kenner said, "We have to learn how to handle these things."
The editors are proud to present Kenner Toys as the main selection for our fruit-of-the-month club, with all the cherries.
Dr. Lorraine Day, one of the nation's leading and most respected surgeons, has published a startling new book -- AIDS: What the Government Isn't Telling You. In the book, Dr. Day charges that AIDS is a communicable disease, and not just a sexually-transmitted disease. She says it can be caught from coughs or sneezes, or transmitted from an HIV-infected person to someone else by means of a mosquito.
We fully understand why many Americans will be concerned about her allegations. What we do not understand is the thundering silence of the animal rights activists on this dismaying news. Why have they not spoken out concerning the danger to the mosquitoes?
Newsweek magazine reports that authorities in Montgomery County, Maryland are looking for a man in connection with a series of rapes. Citizens have been warned by the cops to be on the lookout for a man in his thirties with a medium build and "low self-esteem."
People wandering the streets with low self-esteem? And why do the police stand idly by?
The Intercollegiate Review contains an article by Mark Henrie in which he sees "in the venerable Reformation cry of sola scriptura! the seeds of deconstruction in textual criticism." Mr. Henrie objects to the fact that the interpretation of Scripture was torn from an "interpretive community," thus paving the way for the radical subjectivism of deconstruction.
You see, the deconstructionists deny that there is any objective truth in words, and consequently words cannot be trusted. And the Reformers taught that the words of Scripture were the sum of all objective truth, and are worthy of total and complete reliance. And . . . maybe Mr. Henrie needs to tighten up his argument.
More great news from the Federal Reserve. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Fed has cut the reserve requirements for banks in their continuing effort to get us all to borrow more money.
There's the problem! Americans are not borrowing enough money. We urge all our readers to get out there and do their patriotic duty.
The Western Center for Law and Religious
Freedom reports on a real bizarre one out Oregon way. A high school principal, acting in his capacity as an elder in a Baptist church, wrote a letter of spiritual encouragement to
a teen age girl whose father had died. The principal, who was the girl's godfather, wrote the letter on his own time and on personal stationery, at the request of the girl's dying father.
This outrage was too much for the ACLU, which protested that a Christian public school official should not be permitted to do such a thing for a student who attends his school.
ACLU stands for Anti-Christian Liberties Union.
No comment on this last one. The American Spectator reports on Jeremy Rifkin, author of Beyond Beef. Seems he thinks there is a strong correlation between eating meat and domestic violence.
