Media finally starting to report the President's systematic lawbreaking  —  (updated below)  —  On March 24, 2006, The Boston Globe published an article by Charlie Savage reporting that the President, after signing into law the bill which renewed the Patriot Act, issued a "signing statement" …

Sharp Reaction to G.O.P. Plan on Gas Rebate  —  WASHINGTON, April 30 — The Senate Republican plan to mail $100 checks to voters to ease the burden of high gasoline prices is eliciting more scorn than gratitude from the very people it was intended to help.  —  Aides for several Republican …

Day without immigrants approaches  —  Some big businesses closing for the day  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Now that immigrants have grabbed the nation's attention, what next?  —  Monday has been set aside for immigrants to boycott work, school and shopping to show how much they matter to their communities.

Osama Needs More Mud Huts  —  Global Islamic terrorism is the product of scattered groups.  It has much less support in the Muslim world than people think.  —  May 8, 2006 issue - Imagine if a few months after September 11 someone had said to you, "Five years from now, in the space of a single week …

Did Gary Becker prove that advertising is informative?  —  So claims a NYT obituary for John Kenneth Galbraith.  CrookedTimber and Brad DeLong question whether such models should be called "proofs."  Fair enough, but neither does the obituary correctly represent Becker's theory of advertising.

Divisions Cast Aside in Cry for Darfur  —  Clutching signs that read "Never Again," thousands of protesters from across religious and political divides descended on the Mall yesterday along with celebrities and politicians to urge President Bush to take stronger measures to end the violence …

The Rehabilitation of the Cold-War Liberal  —  This fall, for the third time since 9/11, American voters will choose between Democrats and Republicans while knowing what only one party believes about national security.  In 2002, Democratic candidates tried to change the subject, focusing on Social Security and health care instead.

Merits of Partitioning Iraq or Allowing Civil War Weighed  —  As the U.S. military struggles against persistent sectarian violence in Iraq, military officers and security experts find themselves in a vigorous debate over an idea that just months ago was largely dismissed as a fringe thought …

Dollar starts the big slide against major currencies  —  THE dollar has embarked on a big decline that will see it fall against all leading currencies, according to analysts.  —  The plunge is being prompted by America's $800 billion (£438 billion) current-account deficit, they say.

Polls Suggest Ethics Issues Could Haunt GOP  —  The day before the Republican House leadership struggled for five hours to bring lobby reform legislation to the floor, Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-Calif.) declared that voters have little or no interest in ethics legislation.  —  "Do I think they care about it?