Star Wars as Morality Play

The de facto biggest movie of the summer, Star Wars Episode II, is due out in theaters May 16. Without delving too deeply into Star Wars geekiness, this installment will portray the beginning of Anakin Skywalker's descent from the boy-wonder of Episode I to the arch-villain of the original trilogy. George Lucas has a gigantic canvas to use in his portrayal of how evil operates within a person. Lucas has described himself as quasi-Buddhist, which strikes me as not a hopeful sign. After many errors in Episode I (i.e. Jar Jar Binks), Lucas is eager to redeem himself and his magnum opus. Regardless of how dorky the enthusiasts seem, the Star Wars hexology is the closest thing modern society has to Der Ring des Nibelungen, and it would be a shame for comservatives to miss the boat on this one.

Reason save France... or not
The stunning news has just hit us: instead of seeing the usual face-off between a moderate conservative (as much as that exists in France, one could also call him a not-so-lefty leftist) and a traditional socialist in the final round of the French presidential election, the socialist's spot was taken away by a nationalist. Jean-Marie Le Pen, who has often and rightfully been accused of racism, anti-semitism, and other vices, beat socialist Lionel Jospin at the political game and will now fight the current president, Jacques Chirac, for office. This trend of leaning toward fascist-types and increasing hatred for foreigners after the country has been ruined by leftist politics has been seen before several times in history. When politics fail and the country is in turmoil, people falsely believe an authoritarian president will bring more order to the country. Hopefully the French will realize in time that it is more freedom, not more restrictions, that will restore balance.

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"Blog low, blog slow and don't say too much."
I won't lie to you. John Wayne didn't say it quite that way. But the YFP is busy with its print edition, so please excuse the slowdown. Go see Eve. Or Zorak. Yes, we noticed Zorak.

So who said homeschooling screws kids up? Read this article to find out otherwise.

Suing for memories
A female student at the University of Virginia School of Law is suing her professor for bringing back memories of sexual abuse when tapping her shoulder in an innocent classroom demonstration. Nuff said.

Colorblindness Part III
When I asked Ms. Lorimer what the race of the suspects was, her assistant succinctly replied: "African-American".

If at first you don't succeed, retract, retract again.
Maybe if the YDN's parodies were actually funny, they wouldn't have to retract them.

The solution to the YFP's labor problems:
Pigeon Clusters.

Kenneth Clarke: "Isn’t it terrible about losing to the Germans at our national sport, Prime Minister?"
Margaret Thatcher: "I shouldn’t worry too much - we’ve beaten them twice this century at theirs."
--After England’s loss to Germany in the 1990 World Cup Soccer Semi Final

Colorblindness Part II
The suspects described in the quoted e-mail below have been spotted in a college basement. Still no mention of what color they are. But they were still wearing dark clothing and a ski hat, one step short on the thief stereotype scale of wearing black and white striped prison garments and carrying a bag with a money sign on it. This time, though they were armed. And the article still fails to mention skin, hair, or eye color. We are forced to assume that they're anything but whites or Asians, the honorary whites (otherwise their race would be newsworthy, the YDN and Linda Lorimer seem to think). People here howl about the Vice President's secret meetings, the President's shadow government plan, and the Pentagon's ministry of disinformation, but no one here is demanding to know what the armed thieves prowling around this college really look like. Where's your full disclosure now?