aren't even in the running. Spanish is, by millions of students, the most studied foreign language in the United States.

And then there's France, and when's the last time you heard of a French accomplishment except the annual public relations explosion celebrating their successful sale of another year's worth of pre-nubile Beaujolais to American naifs? French is the second most studied language here.

Students of Chinese don't make a blip on the charts.

Mon Dieu! I thought this was the kind of disconnect between the real world and the publik skul classroom we'd never have to worry about once we got a cabinet-level Department of Education.

And so the judge says "no" to Arizona. By extension, the denial of local authority here also applies to at least eight other states who arein one stage or another of doing as Arizona tried to do.

It's tempting to get off a line or two about Judge Bolton as a Clinton appointee, but she was nominated by John Kyl, who sports the sanity of a Midwest upbringing. His dad even performed as an Iowa congresscritter (R) and was not indicted.

The lawsuit will proceed at a boring pace now, but there is a lively battle for public opinion worth our attention. The AP, and others, speculate this morning that Judge Susan is telegraphing a message that that the Obama Administration will not tolerate uppitiness from the states. The item cautions that her suspension of all that really matter in the Arizona immigration law will chill similar sentiments on other states.

Could be, Could also not