Has anybody been following the story going on in France with Chirac's plan to ban all(or mostly all) religious symbols in schools? No more hijabs, yarmulkes or crucifixes. Not surprisingly, NPR's singleminded focus is on how this will discriminate against Muslims. In fact, you'd think that that was the only religion involved. Never mind the fact that Catholicism is the largest religion in France. Anyway, NPR is furious. They had a few interviews with French school children who were pretty much indifferent, Bob Edwards, host of NPR's Morning Edition was not so willing to let Chirac off the hook. In a supreme example of hypocrisy(bear in mind the children don't care), Edwards asks his correspondent in France, "What kind of politician tries to make a big controvery out of nothing?"
Gee, I dunno, Bob. Perhaps one that has his eyes on a job at NPR?
I really don't know why I waste my time listning to NPR anymore. It gives me high blood pressure.
