Everyone seems to be banning the plastic non-fantastic these days in the newest example of the environmental theatre that makes the actors feel good about themselves about saving the world. My “Boston Globe” old friend, Jeff Jacoby, writes in his email newsletter (if you don’t subscribe to it yet, why not? Here’s a link) about the actual practicalities of the ban:

Depriving American consumers of throwaway straws for their iced coffees and Frappuccinos will have, in round numbers, zero impact on marine pollution.