No Comment.

• Position: Brief Article

Mount Limbaugh

From The New York Times on Rush Limbaugh's reaction to the notion that neither he nor his talk radio program is featured much in the news anymore: "`I'm part of the landscape of America,' he said. `They don't talk about Pike's Peak every day. They don't talk about Mount Rushmore every day. But it's there.'"

What? Me Racist?

From an Associated Press story in the Wisconsin State Journal datelined Spokane, Washington: "A federal judge says he doesn't have to apologize for notes he exchanged with courtroom staff that contained racially offensive language.... The Spokesman-Review reported that U.S. District Judge Alan McDonald wrote, `Ah is im po tent!' in one note while a black man was testifying .... McDonald said the notes were never intended for the public and were being misrepresented."

Bombs, Not Food

From The New York Times on Representative Sam Gejdenson, Democrat of Connecticut, on the value of the Naval Submarine Base in Groton: "Gejdenson, whose Congressional district includes Groton, said it would be impossible to quantify a century of Navy influence on the region, `but certainly it has to be in the hundreds of billions of dollars.' ... Mr. Gejdenson said that without submarines, southeastern Connecticut would be much more heavily dependent on fishing or farming."

How to Get a Man for Under Ten Grand

From the Philadelphia Inquirer's on-line edition on Manhattan psychotherapist Marilyn Graman and her seminar for single women called "Marriage Works--A Step-by-Step Intensive Program Designed to Lead You Down the Aisle": "What do you get for your $9,600? A talk with an interior designer on how women's living spaces can inadvertently shut out men, a home visit by an image consultant who will make your closet `man ready,' a trip to the bridal shop so you can visualize yourself getting married, twice-weekly group lectures by Graman focusing on what's holding you back, individual weekly sessions with a Graman-trained `Guidess,' two Q&A sessions with a panel of live men, instructions on acting like a goddess, and five three-day weekend workshops aimed at making you nicer to be around."

McRatatouille

From an Associated Foreign...