GAFFE OF THE WEEK

“I think that President Bush is also very committed in drug addiction,” – President Andres Pastrana, of Columbia, quoted in the Washington Post.

TOUGH CELL: The Washington Post rightly excoriates Peter Angelos for yet another insidious class action lawsuit against cell-phone manufacturers, despite the fact that there’s no evidence that they do any harm to anyone. Angelos absurdly argues that his lawsuit is designed to raise awareness of the possibility of danger to consumers. With that standard, what’s safe? Of course, my own preference would be a lawsuit against cell-phone users, but that’s another matter.