Dialing for dollars

Don’t we at least get a tote bag? With the expiration of the Patriot Act and its collection of Americans’ phone records, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican candidate for president, was taking credit. “Yesterday, I forced the expiration of the NSA’s illegal spying program. Contribute $5 now to show your support,” he tweeted.

Better pony up that $5; Paul knows who to contact to see if you called in your pledge.

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Check out this season’s collection of black robes: The U.S. Supreme Court strengthened religious civil liberties in the workplace, ruling that Abercrombie &Fitch was wrong to deny employment to a Muslim woman who wore a black head scarf in violation of the retailer’s “East Coast collegiate” dress code.

A&F has since changed its dress code to allow head scarves, as long as the material is a tartan plaid.

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Channel-surfing the vast cultural wasteland: Among the series returning for the summer season is CBS’s silly “Under the Dome,” about a town trapped in an alien terrarium.

Hey, Rand, if you can force the cancellation of “Under the Dome,” that five bucks is all yours.

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