Tidbits & outrages.

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THE CASE FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM ON CAMPUS

Washington University in St. Louis hired former Rep. Jim Talent to teach a single course called "Thinking Like a Congressman"--and paid him $90,000 for the effort. The average annual salary for a full-time associate professor at the school is $67,000.

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BEATING THEM WHEN THEY'RE DOWN

According to The Progressive, Enron is "the only company in the world to have its own Amnesty International report," a result of worker mistreatment at the company's $3-billion power plant in Dahbol, India.

mouse trapped

Speedy Gonzales, the Warner Bros. cartoon mouse who famously bested Sylvester the Cat and Daffy Duck with his trademark cry "Arriba! Arriba!" has been banned from the Cartoon Network, which, Fox News says, considers him "an offensive ethnic stereotype of Mexicans." However, the rapid rodent can still be seen...