By way of a sidebar, this is worth noting:
Kathryn,
One other interesting point from the Kristof piece. If you notice, he
actually refers to the Catholic church leaders as “troglodytes”. This
naturally slips through the editors for the NYT. I can not imagine the
outrage that would be heaped upon the paper if they were to refer to the
leaders of another organized religion or group, for example, the
Palestinians or various imams sitting in Saudi Arabia, with such a term.
Yet again, the last remaining prejudice, especially in the hallowed halls of
the Grey Lady.
God forbid you are a Catholic, or George Bush…
Or Tom Delay, according to the Progressive.