Saturday Morning News Digest

I've never been an Obama critic. Irresponsible though my apathy to domestic politics may be, I've already decided it's not for me.

With that in mind, I'd love to get some commentary going on Obama's support of the construction for a Mosque blocks from the Ground Zero site.

In other news, I hope that one positive result of the drought in Russia will be that Americans vary their grain intake!

And finally, an LA Times article got me wondering.

Apparently, French women are now opting to cover up on the beach. They girls interviewed said they still go topless in private, because strap marks are ugly (agree!); but as most women no longer bare it all, they prefer not to cause a spectacle.

I agree with that as well, but it begs the question as to who the first women were to cover up and why...