Opinion: In today’s pages: Darwin fish, forgeries, wiretaps
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Columnist Jonah Goldberg doesn’t like the Darwin fish:
I find Darwin fish offensive. First, there’s the smugness. The undeniable message: Those Jesus fish people are less evolved, less sophisticated than we Darwin fishers.The hypocrisy is even more glaring. Darwin fish are often stuck next to bumper stickers promoting tolerance or admonishing random motorists that ‘hate is not a family value.’ But the whole point of the Darwin fish is intolerance; similar mockery of a cherished symbol would rightly be condemned as bigoted if aimed at blacks or women or, yes, Muslims.
Attorney Kelly Valen remembers her encounter with John McCain’s autopen. As the Anthony Pellicano case continues, author Will Vaus remembers his father, the original Hollywood wiretapper.
The editorial board applauds efforts to narrow AIDS vaccine research, explores why Mars rovers have so many fans, and explains that the U.S. approach in Basra requires more subtlety.
Readers react to columnist Rosa Brooks’ piece warning moms to resist Disney princesses. Valencia’s Natasha Wegter asks Brooks not to ‘punk the princesses,’ but Monterey Park’s Ralph Mitchell thinks ‘Brooks doesn’t go far enough in her objections.’