The Associate Pirate

What with all the news about politicos and mala prohibita these days, this story might be a sign that we’ve jumped the shark: an eighth-grade honors student in Connecticut was suspended, and stripped of his title as class vice president, after buying a bag of . . . Skittles.

Yes, the candy.

Politicians and their sweeties. The corruption starts younger and younger.

(Luckily, the decision was reversed after the first day of suspension and a meeting with the student’s parents.)