So the other day I heard Richard Dawkins on "Fresh Air".
Israel's liberal intellectuals lament the malaise that grips their country - but refuse to face up to the ethnicide at the heart of it
A series of polls taken over the last few weeks of August show that support for the war in Iraq among Americans is at an all-time low.
Conservative author Ann Coulter sparked a storm on Wednesday after describing a group of September 11 widows who backed the Democratic Party as millionaire "witches" reveling in their status as celebrities.
Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted -- enough to have put John Kerry in the White House.
From secret detention centers to warrantless wiretapping, Bush and Co. give free rein to their totalitarian impulses.
As a former NSA analyst, I'm dismayed by the continuing revelations of the National Security Agency's warrantless -- and therefore illegal -- spying. The case involves fundamental issues related to NSA's missions and long-standing rules of engagement.
I have instant respect for anyone who can be strong enough to admit their mistakes:
Weird story about the Department of Defense showing promo video at Chuck E Cheese:
President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.
The mark of the beast -- sort of -- flying over the sands of Daytona Beach this week incited a wave of excitement: the fearful kind.
With all of these false positives, not only are we going to miss the really terrorists, but we are going to make life worse all of us non-terrorists. Note to populace: stop being jumpy little cowards. Thanks.
Democrats smelling blood in November's elections had an in-your-face taunt for President Bush's political sage Karl Rove yesterday, claiming they would win on national security issues.
The terrornoia has to stop, people are just getting ridiculous.
Morality returns to America:
After the latest round of blaming the media for distorted coverage in Iraq, which emerged this week from top Bush administraton officials, war reporters and editors strongly defended their coverage this weekend in a variety of venues, as violence in the country reached new levels.
From Madeleine Albright:
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi police have accused American troops of executing 11 people, including a 75-year-old woman and a 6-month-old infant, in the aftermath of a raid last Wednesday on a house about 60 miles north of Baghdad.
The Senate narrowly approved a $2.8 trillion election-year budget Thursday that broke spending limits only hours after it increased federal borrowing power to avert a government default.
President Bush delivered a partisan pep talk Thursday night to Republicans who may be jittery about midterm elections while his approval rating is at an all-time low.
Review of Kevin Phillips' book, "American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century".
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