I've just completed two days of interviews at protests in our nation's capital.

The first demonstration occurred Saturday. About two-thousand people gathered near the World Bank to protest capitalism, America, and international lending practices. The event featured radical cheerleaders, sickle-and-hammer waving retreads, and masked anarchists. One activist I interviewed hoped for the defeat of America in Iraq and Afghanistan, while others called for a revolution in the U.S.

A larger and more mainstream crowd convened on the Mall today to support abortion. Still, extremists peppered the audience and the stage at the rally. One interviewee labeled Attorney General John Ashcroft a greater terrorist threat than Osama bin Laden. Others demanded that the government pay for all abortions. From the podium, some vulgar woman went on an incoherent rant about the "c" word. Chanting "Two, Four, Six, Eight/We're the Ones Who Ovulate," demonstrators carried such signs as "Bush Admin: Our Very Own Taliban," "My Body, My Choice," and "Reproductive Justice for All."

How about some "reproductive justice" for babies?