Okay, here's my first nomination for membership in the Ostrich Society: The entire mainstream media. Yes, that's a lot. A whole lot. So what qualifies them? The Foley page scandal.

In a nutshell, what the entire mainstream media refuses to acknowledge is that the age of consent in DC is 16. The age of the page in question was 18. A congressman said some racey things to that page. So? The Ostrich Killer now goes back to sleep . . .

Oh, wait. We've heard the words 'pedophile' and 'homosexual'. Since it's impossible to be pedophilic if you're, uh, engaging someone of legal age, that label clearly doesn't apply. That leaves 'homosexual'. But haven't we all been hammered by liberal leaders endlessly to be more tolerant of homosexuals and their behaviors? Yet here's the mainstream media, along with most of the left wing in Congress, hammering Foley for doing what, in the final analysis, is legal. Maybe not ethical, but legal. Why? Because he's a homosexual? Would this same level of finger pointing and name calling be leveled against a congressman who engaged in legal heterosexual activity?

You be the judge. In the meantime, I need another beer.