THE UNITED NATIONS IS ON THE JOB AGAIN, taking care of what’s really important in the world:

Britain should repeal a 142-year-old law giving parents the right to spank their children because it violates an international treaty, a United Nations committee said Friday.

The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child, which oversees a 1989 accord protecting youngsters, said it welcomed British legislation abolishing corporal punishment in schools.

But it also called for the repeal of an 1860 law that allows parents to use “reasonable chastisement” to punish their children.

Take it away, Stacy Tabb. . . .

UPDATE: Oops. Stacy’s busy tracking down a renegade Marine who’s threatened her on her comments board. I have great respect for the Marines but (1) I’ll bet Stacy is more than a match for this guy; and (2) this is the second Marine / blogger incident and while the first one didn’t bother me since it was aimed at me, I don’t think that Marines are supposed to threaten ladies.