...at least for a group of sixth-graders in North Carolina who *gasp* want to preserve some of the environment. They got a visit from the under secretary of agriculture...and then sifted through his B.S. and basically told him to find a better plan.

Good job kids. Stand up for something or you'll fall for anything.

....we get this zinger. Even the soon-to-be-departed White House chief lying apologist press secretary couldn't keep this one a secret.

Maybe Tony Snow's first media conference will delve deeper into Bush's english problems.

Splendiferous!

I don't want much network TV at all outside of Meet the Press and the occasional episode of Law and Order, but I'm very excited the ABC will be broadcasting the Scripps National Spelling Bee on primetime television next month.

Why does this make me so happy? Simple, it's nice to have the occasional educational program spotlighted on TV. People like their nighttime soaps, crime shows, glorified karaoke tournaments, etc. and I understand that. But finally someone's putting the spotlight on education and there will be some kid out there watching that can see his peers on TV for being smart and will want to be just like them.