Semi on-topic, have you seen the trailer for "The Children of Men?" Has the sheen of compelling film-making (I'm a sucker for that orchestral "Gimme Shelter") but I have to laugh when the hero's oddysey is revealed (no risk of spoilers - it's all in the trailer): he must take his charge, the world's only pregnant woman, to the Human Project: "the greatest minds in the world, working for a new society."

I suspect that prospect is inteneded to cause our eyes to glaze over in wistful gratitude. Maybe he's actually taking her to a Renaissance Weekend to find her Baby Daddy?

That film must be based on the PD James novel of the same name. Don't know about the movie, but the book was great. It never approaches the subject of abortion but it's message is intensley, profoundly, and convincingly anti-abortion. Neat trick for James to pull off.

Yeah, I've been meaning to check that out. I've only read one of her books: "Devices & Desires," which is stunning. I've not read any of her others.

Wow, I don’t believe I’ve read Captain Fishsticks before that was a very damning critique of what seems to be the dominant paradigm in what passes for thought amongst the Left: you cannot be trusted to make your own choices to improve your or your family’s lot in life. Unless of course we’re talking about terminating a fetus, then it’s the pharmacist who should not be allowed to make decisions about whether or not he wishes to sell birth control devices and aborticides.

Something else struck me about the issue of local control of education. So much of the argument we hear from the opposition is that Minnesota has a terrific educational system and by extension it’s a great place to raise your families. It seems to me then, if we’re doing so well with education (and let’s just assume for the sake of argument that’s true), they why WOULDN’T we want to keep the federal government out of it as much as possible so that the decisions are made by the people at the local and State level – the one’s who supposedly have created our terrific educational system? Unless of course implicit in the argument about the superiority of Minnesota’s educational system is the assumption that it’s terrific DESPITE rather than BECAUSE of the “collective wisdom” of people living in Minnesota acting through our duly elected school board members/legislators.

Thanks for giving me another blog to put on my "must read" list.

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