Monday Quick Fix 6 (8/23/04)

I hate to admit I was wrong about something. But ... I was wrong about the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre's production of "Cats." I went back a second time Saturday (closing night) because I was so unimpressed with my intro to "Cats." It wasn't the troupe's fault. Even with a briefing about the thin story line from Amy Dearest, I couldn't figure it out. Now, I do. The troupe was superb closing night (as it was in all four productions this summer). The full house loved it. I still don't like cats, the animal; but I now have a fondest for "Cats," the play. But enough of my poor attempt at stage review. Here's your fixes:

1. Political 'Toon Fix: Chuck Asay expresses my sentiments exactly on the coverage of the Iraqi war here, and Chip Bok eyeballs J. Flipflop Kerry's unimpressive U.S. Senate record here.

2. Kobe Bryant (pictured), the Los Angeles Lakers star who couldn't find a basketball court big enough for Shaq and him and who's facing a rape charge on the side, celebrates his 26th birthday today. For the rest of your My Way Fix, you can find Today's Birthdays here, This Day in History here and This Day in Music here.

3. Top of the News Fix: Dole: Kerry should apologize for anti-war testimony here, Buchanan: No conservative party left in Washington here, 46,000 New Yorkers also registered in Florida here, Athens Olympics ratings top Sydney's here, and U.S. softballers finally give up a run but not the gold here.

4. Eddie Murphy made "The Nutty Professor" famous back when. But Malcolm A. Kline came across a whole squadron of nutty professors who aren't very funny, like the University of Kansas sex-ed prof who gets his kicks showing his class porn films featuring dwarfs. Here's your Off to College Fix.

5. Seems Google is fine with gay porno sights but not with religious conservative sites that condemn the gay porno sights. In other words, sez religionjournal.com, "I'm OK, you're OK -- unless you're a Christian." Here's your Christophobic Bias Fix.

6. Opinion Fix: W. Thomas Smith Jr. (Time not on al-Sadr's side), Rep. John Boehner (Charter schools threaten teachers' union), John Fund (Why we're refighting Vietnam?), John O'Neill & Jerome Corsi (Kerry's tall tale), and Don Feder (New French anti-Semitism).