Money where his mouth is: Bush talks a good game on women's rights. But talk is cheap. (Gazette).(United Nations Population Fund, UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women)

AFGHAN WOMEN ACQUIRED an unlikely ally last November, when first lady and "Comforter in Chief" Laura Bush became feminism's newest convert. In a radio address, Mrs. Bush bemoaned the plight of Afghan women and declared a U.S. commitment to restoring their rights. Four months later, on International Women's Day, the first lady embraced even more of her sisters, telling the United Nations, "We affirm our mission to protect human rights for women in Afghanistan and around the world."

But if the administration's feminist puppet show looks too good to be true, ...

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