A week ago I made a connection in Dallas-Ft Worth Airport, and was wearing my "Impeach God" button. A pilot said it takes courage to wear such a button there. It did not seem to me that I was being particularly courageous.

However, a rather strange conversation ensued on the subsequent flight: a flight attendant said, "I feel offended by your button. Please take it off."

I responded, "I don't see why you should feel offended, unless … you're not a god, are you?"

She: "No, but I believe in god."

I: "Well, I don't."

She: "But you're putting your views all over me!"

I: "Actually, I'm putting them all over me. I can't make you wear such a button, and I wouldn't try."

At that point, she let the issue drop.

Peter van Buren reviews reports on al Qa'ida's magazine.

In tyrannical states such as the UK, you could be imprisoned just for having a copy of the magazine.

A world-wide survey found that around half of all girls expect to have no control over their lives.

Germany's government is practicing economic harshness for harshness' sake, and pushing Europe into depression.

The level of sexual harassment female students face in UK universities today is amazing.

I think it is largely the same in US universities, but I never saw anything like this when I was studying at Harvard in 1970-74.

I think the social pressure to get drunk is the worst part of it.