Labor DayMolly Ivins talks about Labor Day. “What [the administration] know about working-class Americans would fit in a gnat’s eye.” Molly Ivins: Labor Day … [Keep reading >>]

Patriot ActHow the Patriot Act has begun to affect archivists and researchers, a personal story. Patriot ActHow does it affect ordinary folks, say trying to open an online brokerage account? … [Keep reading >>]

The AdministrationThings are so bad that Karl Rove is aligning himself with the State Department against his hawkish friends. “Officials in the office of Vice President Dick Cheney and some … [Keep reading >>]

IraqNot only are things bad in the Shiia south, they are not good in the Kurdish north. SFChronicle: KurdsIt seems that al Qaeda is in Iraq now, blowing up Iraqis. … [Keep reading >>]

Untruths in High PlacesJohn Dean is repenting well for his sins in the Nixon era. Here he ferrets out of an ever so polite GAO report Dick Cheney’s deliberate … [Keep reading >>]

IraqWilliam Beeman talks about the coming civil war in Iraq, the predictions of which US war hawks impatiently brused aside so entranced were they with their own predictions of the … [Keep reading >>]

EnronThese guys sure have been below the radar. It might be ready to re-appear, especially if Treasurer Ben cops a plea. Houston Chron: Enron … [Keep reading >>]

Chief Neo ConRichard Perle is at last admitting to an enormous blunder – not cultivating the Iraqi resistance before going in. Of course the French are still wrong, … [Keep reading >>]

IraqThe horrific car bomb that went off was outside one of the main Shia mosques. Not known who was the target, or the perpetrator, but one of the vicitims … [Keep reading >>]

Real DemocracyThe grilling Tony Blair has gone through is what we would hope to see here, on occassion anyway. Not yet though. It appears that his communications chief Alastair … [Keep reading >>]

IraqKrugman says the implications of Iraq, and its cost, are more guns, more soldiers, more cost. The admnistration is in denial. NYTimes: Krugman … [Keep reading >>]

KoreaThe scary news of the day is North Korea’s claim — during the negotiating session in Beijing — that it already has nuclear capability, and the means to deliver it. … [Keep reading >>]