Bush vetoes war spending, cuts off troops

If the media were actually liberal, that'd be the headline. A quick survey of Google News shows that while the media likes drama - "a standoff, a showdown" - they shoot ideologically straight.

It'll be interesting to see where the debate in Congress goes, since the Democratic leadership doesn't seem inclined to kowtow to the Single Track Mind In Chief:

REID: The president may be content with keeping our troops mired in the middle of an open-ended civil war, but we're not _ and neither are most Americans.

PELOSI: The president wants a blank check. The Congress is not going to give it to him.

Creationism is to Science Education as ______ is to Sex Education

If you guessed "Abstinence," give yourself a point and pat yourself on the back; you now understand sex education better than Congress.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports today that abstinence programs had literally no effect on the number of sexual partners or the age of first sexual experience of teens in the programs versus those taking conventional sex education courses. This report is far from the first evidence; there are numerous studies showing the ineffectiveness of abstinence education. In fact, some abstinence programs not only fail to restrain sexual activity, but cause youth to be less likely to use contraception.

And yet, here's what the original newspaper story had to say about the funding for these ineffective programs:

Congress will consider renewing funding for abstinence education.

Hopefully that means Congress will consider more abstinence education funding like President Bush considers becoming pro-choice.