TWO FROM ESCHATON

State's abstinence-only sex education
doesn't work any better, report says

From the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Some experts, however, say that none has been effective in reducing pregnancy and sexual activity.

"So far all of the programs that have been demonstrated to have a positive impact . . . have been comprehensive sex education that emphasize abstinence and talk about condoms and contraception and encourage their use for young people who are sexually active," said Douglas Kirby, a researcher on sex education for the National Campaign to End Teen Pregnancy.

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The New American System Of Justice

An op-ed piece on Dean-bashing from the New York Newsday:

Howard Dean then said that he was old-fashioned and he didn't think you could judge or punish Osama bin Laden until you had a trial and found him guilty.

Suddenly, politicians and the news industry shouted, What are you talking about innocent until found guilty? How can this man Dean say that bin Laden deserves a trial? They said that this was a perfect illustration of Dean talking without thought. And completely un-American, too.

In 1945, they had the Nuremburg trials for Nazis who had killed tens and tens of millions, and had judges, witnesses, evidence and defense counsels. Just the other week, one of the Democratic candidates, Wesley Clark, testified in the Hague at the trial of Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia.

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