Quick Fix 6 (3/29/05)

APhoto Fix: The Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, speaks to the media while Mary and Bob Schindler, Terri Schiavo’s parents Tuesday morning March 29, 2005 outside the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla. Terri has been without food and water for 11 days. Jackson called that immoral and he’s right here .

If you think colleges are dominated by Liberal professors, you’re right. But it’s worse than you think. “By their own description, 72 percent of those teaching at American universities and colleges are liberal and 15 percent are conservative, says the study being published this week. The imbalance is almost as striking in partisan terms, with 50 percent of the faculty members surveyed identifying themselves as Democrats and 11 percent as Republicans,” writes Howard Kurtz /Washington Post. For complete story, click here .

1. Political ‘Toon Fix: Paul Nowak ( Border Patrol ), Wayne Stayskal ( Fox News ), and Henry Payne ( Middle East regional ).

2. Humor Fix: “Here’s the story of the week – a woman goes into Wendy’s and she orders the chili and she finds a human finger in the chili. (groans) I mean, how many of you were stunned – how many of you didn’t know they put meat in Wendy’s chili? (laughter) This is interesting. She spotted the finger when it pointed to the salt” — David Letterman .

3. My Way Fix: This Day in History here , Today’s Birthdays here , and Positive Quote here .

4. Top of the News Fix: Pope having trouble swallowing here , Oil-for-Food report critical of Annan here , 59 US ex-diplomat oppose Bolton for UN here , Anthrax dumped near Saddam palace here , and Moderate Muslims celebrate public rebuke of bin Laden here .

5. Religion on TV News Fix: An extensive report reveals that religious stories on TV news has slipped this year after Mel Gibson’s “Passion” and Pope John Paul II’s 25th anniversary dominated the news in 2004 here .

6. Opinion Fix: Brendan Miniter /Wall Street Journal ( D’s Social Security ideas ), Joanne Kaufman /Wall Street Journal ( Amazon.com’s prolific reviewer ), Andrew C. McCarthy /National Review ( Terri Schiavo ), Bruce Bartlett /National Center for Policy Analysis ( Tax rates ), and Phyllis Schlafly /Phyllis Schlafly Report ( Radical campus profs ).