speaking of totalitarian schools, the supreme court is hearing arguments in a case where a 13-year-old girl was strip-searched at her school on the suspicion that she was concealing...ibuprofen. if i was antonin scalia (which i am) i'd simply arrest the searchers for assault and clap them in irons. one thing i like about the case: the search was based on a report from another student. i think it's very important that we destroy anti-snitching culture, and encourage denunciations to the authorities, even in cases where there's nothing wrong at all. this is very important to citizenship responsibilities in a democracy.