31 Jan 2007
School to test for students' weekend drinking

Lest you think I've been overreacting of late against perceived threats to our liberty, I offer the following tale.

How long before we institute a urine test for sexual activity, punishing the unmarried for their fornications? It'd sure fit right in with "abstinence only" sex-ed classes, eh?

So am I really making mountains out of molehills? Draw your own conclusions.

Some teenagers who drink over the weekend could be in big trouble come Monday morning: A New Jersey school district plans to institute random urine tests capable of detecting whether alcohol was consumed up to 80 hours earlier.

(link) [CNN]

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Molly Ivins Is Dead at 62; Writer Skewered Politicians

While I can't say I agreed with her 100% of the time, whatever she said she said with style and wit and grace. She will be missed, indeed.

Molly Ivins was a liberal newspaper columnist who delighted in skewering politicians and interpreting, and mocking, her Texas culture.

(link) [NYT > Home Page]

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Cold, Colder and Coldest

All of our water has turned to ice, and winter is really, really, finally here. The air temperature in the barnlot this morning was -7°F, and the wind was out of the west at a nice steady 15 mph. You do the math for the wind chill...

Brrrrrr....

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