Durex Jane!

[Editorial] The ever-leftist Jane Fonda, wife of media mogul Ted Turner, is apparently no longer content amusing herself with hubby's last gift - the United Nations (suitably wrapped in money, of course). Butting heads with Sen. Lauch Faircloth, she has now embarked on a campaign to trash the sexual abstinence education program which took effect on October 1 as part of the 1996 Welfiare Reform Act.

Like many post-60's leftists, however, Ms. Fonda has grown up; her anti-abstinence message is being spoken for the "Truth For Youth" campaign, a project of none other than the Durex condom company, makers of Sheik, Ramses, Avanti, and Gold Coin condoms ("Only the feeling gets through!"). Not that Durex would let its economic stake in the issue affect its objectivity, mind you.

Columnist Kathleen Parker said it best: "[H]aving Mr. Rubber teach our kids about sex is like having Joe Camel teach them about health." Ummm, Kathleen? That's Ms. Rubber to you.