Chair-Splitting Difference

Kudos to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, for convincing Whittier Wood Products of Eugene, Ore. to voluntarily recall 2,200 of its "Chelsea pub stools" because a lack of glue used in the construction process means the chairs "could break and collapse during use, causing consumers to fall." There's enough inherent risk in using a bar stool for its intended purpose without having to worry that one will collapse under a user while he or she is stone cold sober.