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| July 04, 2005 | Miller, John J. | COPYRIGHT 2005 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

MOST second-graders spent the last school year struggling with multiplication tables and spelling tests. One special group from Connecticut, however, apparently conducted an analysis of corporate lending practices in developing countries. For on December 16, 2004, they took a field trip to Manhattan, where they picketed the offices of J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. for loan policies that supposedly contribute to rainforest destruction and global warming. The sponsor of their expedition, the Rainforest Action Network, was no doubt happy to see these young minds engaged in so much hands-on learning.

This effort to enlist little kids as shock troops in the ...

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