Beauty is truth, truth beauty, -- that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. - John Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn It is refreshing to have a bit of silliness introduced into a world consumed by weighty problems seeking resolution. For our examples we turn to West Virginia and the European Union. West Virginia is concerned with beauty and the European Union is concerned with ugly. The voice for West Virginians concerned with beauty belongs to Jeff Eldridge of West Virginia, a member of the House of Representatives of that fair state. On March 3, 2009, Mr. Eldridge introduced House Bill 2918. The summary of the Bill says it is a bill banning "the sale of 'Barbie' dolls and other dolls that influence girls to be beautiful." The bill...
- 4/16/2009
- by Christopher Brauchli
- Huffington Post
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