At least the administration is consistent

Separate but equal for public education too.

It's like Brown v. Board of Education never happened...

clearly, Bush and Chirac see eye to eye on some things

Although the law would ban all overt religious symbols from public schools, politicians have made clear that the measure is aimed at preventing Muslim schoolgirls from wearing head scarves. Officials have said they see the growing use of head scarves by Muslim schoolgirls as the beginning of extremist demands that could eventually entail calls for separate swimming facilities and segregated male and female classrooms.

from the Washington Post

Game Day on Saturday

A couple of folks (Nick--Prince Tancred of Antioch and Andy--Emir Duqaq of Aleppo) are going to come over Saturday to play out a climatic battle from our ongoing Princes of the East map-based strategic game. Others are welcome as onlookers or to play other games; just RSVP here or to my regular email.