Just when I thought the dark days of US xenophobia couldn't get any darker, I read that Utah has taken down its Spanish-language Web site.

According to the article, ""Two weeks ago, the state launched www.espanol.utah. gov, a Spanish-language companion to the state's informational Web site The Spanish-language site offered 10 pages of information on taxes, health services, driver licences, and work-force services selected from the state's 400-page Web site. But within days, callers complained to the governor's office that the site violated Utah's law making English the state's official language. The Spanish-language site was quickly taken down until its content can be reviewed, said Mower."

As US companies add Spanish content to their Web sites at a furious pace (Southwest Airlines, Home Depot, Lowe's), our federal, state, and local governments are going in reverse (or leaning in that direction). In a period of time when Americans should be learning second and third languages, we're having debates on "protecting" English. How long will it be before WhiteHouse.gov takes down its Spanish content?

These are dark days.