Dusty! That's it!

Verizon Wireless made a ripple recently by refusing to carry text messages from Naral, an abortion rights group, even in answer to requests from subscribers. It appears now the company has "reversed course," as the Times delicately puts it. Why?

"[The decision] was an incorrect interpretation of a dusty internal policy," Mr. [Jeffrey] Nelson [a company spokesman] said.

Way to go, Jeff!

And man, I would have loved to be in the meeting where they figured that one out. Dusty! Hey, everybody knows you can't get good cleaning help these days.