Monday morning roundup

A Times editorial compares and contrasts two responses to the Church's child abuse epidemic. The Post profiles a courageous prosecutor whose story screams that denial is not the answer.

Industry balks at acknowledging the dangers associated with its products? Next you'll tell me there's gambling in casinos.

I've always questioned the "Five Easy Ways to Go Green" mania, either because it's obvious or irrelevant--do you need a magazine article to tell you to turn off lights when you leave a room? You do if you're my former roommate, I guess. By the way--I took a few cans and some plastic out of the trash and into the recycling bin, for the last time. But I digress. I also question the logic of marketing "green" stuff--buying more stuff is not a good environmental move. Let's get serious about environmental protection.

On a related note: Founding Farmers serves Atlantic salmon? WTF? Are they trying to make a mockery of themselves?? Let alone the issue of meat never really being sustainable, but we'll harp on that next time Jonathan Safran Foer does an interview. I don't care about asparagus imported from Peru--if you're paying attention, you're aware that agricultural production constitutes a much more significant proportion of a food's environmental impact than transportation. I know it's hard to be perfect, but Atlantic salmon? Really? And I have very, very little sympathy for the argument that it's hard to keep up. If your whole selling point is sustainability--if that's what's drawing your customers--you'd better not only honor that but be transparent about any shortcomings.