Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid.

Another reason the Right is winning: they're completely cornered student activism with a cohesive movement, funded by giant special interests, and trained by the likes of Karl Rove. From the Nation, Sam Graham-Felsen writes,

"student conservatives have managed to balance organizational and ideological discipline with ragtag rebelliousness, positioning themselves as perpetual underdogs on oppressively liberal campuses. Armed with their version of a screw-the-man mentality, the student right's activism is often shocking: affirmative action bake sales where white students are charged more for cookies than blacks, for instance, or immigrant hunts where students dressed in Border Patrol uniforms chase targeted "illegals" with water guns. As tasteless and offensive as such stunts might be, they make waves on campuses and garner national attention for the movement."

Meanwhile, the Bush Administration continues to silence the truth about global warming.

Thank god for Molly Ivins. A real Texan.