things i think

US Christian Right misfires again. Sunday's editorial in The Observer smacks the previous bit about the March of Conservatives right back into perspective.

But surely the penguin is only one of God's works. Earth also has Bonobo chimps, whose jaw-dropping sexual athleticism would make Hugh Hefner blush; well-fed cats that cruelly toy with their prey; and praying mantises that eat their spouses. How do we know that these creatures do not point The Way? We don't, therefore we should remember the words of the film company executive responsible for March of the Penguins: 'You know what? They're just birds.'

The NYTimes linking to this on their editorial page seems to be the only good to come out of their new NYT Select program... damn them for taking my beloved Maureen Dowd from me.