Rather than leaving the protection of students and teachers in the hands of off-site police officers, the community of Harold, Texas will allow its teachers to carry concealed firearms to allow them to protect their own school.

When asked to defend his school board's plan to allow teachers to carry guns, the superintendent replied:

'When the federal government started making schools gun-free zones, that's when all of these shootings started. Why would you put it out there that a group of people can't defend themselves? That's like saying "sic em" to a dog,'

"For years, even decades, these Mexican and Guatemalan families had called Postville home. Here, in a place first settled by German and Norwegian Lutherans and Irish Catholics more than 150 years ago, Hispanic immigrants were raising children, buying houses, building businesses.

Like the Hasidic Jews who came to the town in 1987 to open the meatpacking plant, and the Eastern Europeans who made up the first band of workers there, the influx of Guatemalans and Mexicans had both buffeted and bolstered this quiet community - until it reached a new cultural equilibrium.

In time, the newcomers became part of the fabric of Postville, which proudly bills itself as "Hometown to the World." Now, they were clustered in hiding or being herded away in handcuffs by immigration agents."

In spite of the fact that technology (and increasing personal wealth!) is coming closer and closer to allowing private firms and individuals to make their own lunar missions, Obama has decided that not enough public money is being spent, and government should be the one pioneering (er... re-pioneering) a trip to the Moon.

The comments on this story should be some excellent fodder for crashers with some time on their hands. Peaceful protesters should not expect to be arrested, even if they "disrupt" a convention.