Flawed interpretation of Koran results in overreactions to “˜Everybody Draw Mohammed Day’

Images can become idols. Stare too long at Justin Bieber’s venerable mug and you might forget the real boy behind Usher’s experiment. Look at a picture of God, and the image might take God’s place. And since the human hand cannot possibly portray the divine, it will be a poor copy. Ask to see God, and you’ll be shown Santa Claus with Christmas-red swapped for a toga.

Flawed interpretation of Koran results in overreactions to “˜Everybody Draw Mohammed Day’

Images can become idols. Stare too long at Justin Bieber’s venerable mug and you might forget the real boy behind Usher’s experiment. Look at a picture of God, and the image might take God’s place. And since the human hand cannot possibly portray the divine, it will be a poor copy.

FDA salt crackdown is in bad taste

The FDA recommends a daily allowance of sodium not in excess of 2,300 milligrams, a boundary the average American has a hard time respecting despite the threat of hypertension and heart disease. Because its recommendation is being taken with a grain of salt, the FDA is currently planning to overstep its own boundaries as a government regulatory agency by placing legal limits on the amount of salt processed foods can contain.