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I was afraid that while I was on vacation the entire Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy might fall apart, but I'm happy to see that such is not the case. I opened my Journal Gazette this morning and what did I find but this lament by columnist E.J. Dionne Jr., which some might dismiss as lefty paradnoid delusions, but which I took heart in:

Honest, this is a straight news story from The Associated Press, not a parody from The Onion:

I guess those who claim I'm hopelessly old-fashioned have a point. I'd argue that, when there is a law against something, the sensible thing to do is to enforce that law. But the Dutch have a much more practical idea:

A park near Amsterdam has unveiled information signs pointing out spots where officials say gay men are known to have sex, so visitors are not taken by surprise.

This probably doesn't fit in with what professional educators have called "reinventing schools for the 21st century," but it's still a good idea -- make the kids memorize poetry:

The result of a vote by Purdue University students should surprise no one. About 54 percent voted in the affirmative on this question:

It asked students if the penalties for marijuana use should be the same as those for alcohol. Currently, students are kicked out of residence halls if they are found using marijuana. Alcohol consumption includes lesser penalties.

The Day The Earth Stood Still, real-life version:

On March 28, if the lights go off in your Cape Town hotel or, close to home, a Seattle hotel restaurant switches to candles, do not be alarmed. It's not an electrical-grid meltdown but a global show of support.

During Earth Hour, citizens of the world are asked to turn off their power for one hour, starting at 8:30 p.m. local time, in a symbolic stance against global warming.

People go into therapy because they don't know who they are or are having trouble facing who they are. So why would we find a psychotherapist among the Amish, who are about as comfortable in their own skins as any group in America? Well, we learn, in this fascinating National Public Radio story, some of the kids who go on Rumspringa adventures, sampling the outside world before settling into Amish life, get into trouble with the police and have to go into court-ordered counseling.

Yes, Mommy, I will, but if I'm a good boy and eat my vegetables, can I stay up an extra hour and watch the good shows on TV, huh, huh, huh, pleeease?

You know, we want to make sure our guests here and across the nation are eating nutritious items,” said Mrs. Obama, who served lunch to several homeless men and women and delivered eight cases of fresh fruit to the soup kitchen, all donated by White House employees.

I've written here that my weekly reading of Newsweek is how I keep up with current liberal thought (though the magazine would deny that such is what it offers). But it is getting to be a greater and greater chore. First, they had the "We are all Socialists now" cover. Now they tell us that Radical Islam is a fact of life and we have to just get used to it, with a cover in Arabic:

Well, duh: