Analysis of Bush's reasons to reward loyalty over competence (particularly for "Fredos" who don't turn on their bosses). Conservative picks for who should replace Gonzales. News bubbles up of an Idaho senator pleading guilty to solicitation, giving license to toilet reporting. Walter Mosley: Two
After three weeks of work and two additional deaths, Utah rescue team plans to lower robotic camera into mine. More than 63 people are dead in Greek forest fires--is it arson? Russia arrests 10 members of Chechen underworld, linking them to the death of a controversial and crusading journalist.
Thanks for the ride, Bert: Gonzales resigns. Army lures new recruits with $20,000 to enter basic by the end of September--aka, the end of the fiscal year. With fewer foreign fighters able to enter Iraq, insurgents are enlisting children, and U.S. detention facilities are filling with pre-
Amnesty publishes proof Sudan is breaking the Darfur arms embargo--most likely with the help of Russia. Much of the U.S. is currently snorkeling, if not Jet-Skiing, home from work. Gov. George Wallace's would-be assassin released from prison after serving 35 years of 53-year
Flinty intelligence assessment of Iraq's government, Bush's government, and Democrats who would withdraw. Will an op-ed by seven soldiers have more impact than stories penned by generals? (See here for the op-ed.) Chapter five in Josh Neufeld's wonderful "A.D."
As is common practice on risky projects, demolition work at ground zero is being carried out by a shell corporation. Pakistani Supreme Court allows former PM, exiled in 2000, to return to the homeland. White House takes Office of Administration off list of bodies covered by Freedom of Information Act,
In veterans speech, Bush connects Iraq to Vietnam--this time we can win it, see? More and more of the electricity grid in Iraq is being seized by armed militias. Pre-treating posttraumatic stress. Texas executes its 400th inmate since reinstating capital punishment in 1982. Wives and their wrongfully convicted
Blackhawk helicopter crash in Iraq kills 14 American soldiers. Congress forces CIA to release document analyzing pre-Sept. 11 intelligence weaknesses; ACLU forces White House to release political protest action plans. Everyone except Mother Earth wins when Brazil resettles urban homeless to virgin rain forest. Russia can't get
Bush finds fewer words of praise for Maliki and the Iraqi government as the surge evaluation approaches. Over 100 foreign-policy experts surveyed for a look at the current state of terrorism. Iran releases Wilson Center's Dr. Haleh Esfandiari. Pdf: Details on the roadblocks and corridors (with map)
Michigan pushes presidential primary up to January 15, causing New Hampshire and Iowa to leapfrog theirs to next Tuesday. Sex researchers draw battle lines around work of J. Michael Baily, advocate of an alternate transgender theory. "The fact that those who do not serve in the military can become
