THE PICTURES YOU WON'T SEE  —  ***updated 5/2 940am EDT...***  —  Compare the NYTimes' white-washed May Day photo section with these candid shots of yesterday's National Day to Hate the Yanquis:  —  Protest Warrior Chicago exposed ugly, American flag-trashing advocates...

Iran will hit Israel if US does "evil": agency  —Text+TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will target Israel first if the United States does anything "evil", a senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday.  —  The United States says it wants Iran's nuclear standoff …

White Guilt and the Western Past  —  Why is America so delicate with the enemy?  —  There is something rather odd in the way America has come to fight its wars since World War II.  —  For one thing, it is now unimaginable that we would use anything approaching the full measure of our military power …

Keeping a Democratic Web  —  "Net neutrality" is a concept that is still unfamiliar to most Americans, but it keeps the Internet democratic.  Cable and telephone companies that provide Internet service are talking about creating a two-tiered Internet, in which Web sites that pay them large fees would get priority over everything else.

Immigrants Take to U.S. Streets in Show of Strength  —  LOS ANGELES, May 1 — Hundreds of thousands of immigrants and their supporters skipped work, school and shopping on Monday and marched in dozens of cities from coast to coast.  —  The demonstrations did not bring the nation to a halt …

Sour news for GOP in poll  —  WASHINGTON — Six months before Republicans try to hold on to control of Congress in the fall elections, a new poll shows President Bush has slid to the lowest approval rating of his presidency, and a majority of voters say they'll vote for Democrats in November.

Limbaugh Facing Drug Tests Under Deal  —  Rush Limbaugh must submit to random drug tests under an agreement filed Monday that will dismiss a prescription fraud charge against the conservative commentator after 18 months if he complies with the terms.  —  He also must continue treatment …

FBI Sought Data on Thousands in '05  —  The FBI sought personal information on thousands of Americans last year from banks, Internet service providers and other companies without having to seek approval from a court, according to new data released by the Justice Department.

Republicans Drop a Tax Plan After Businesses Protest  —  WASHINGTON, May 1 — Senate Republicans on Monday hurriedly abandoned a broad tax proposal opposed by the oil industry and business leaders, another sign of their struggle to come up with an acceptable political and legislative answer to high gasoline prices.

THE GOP AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT: DO THEY HAVE A FUTURE TOGETHER?  —  The era of big government is alive and well.  You might think that after dominating all branches of the federal government for more than a half decade, Republicans, who like to talk big about lean and limited government, might have taken Leviathan down a few notches.

Strikes on Iran too risky, says US general  —  Military action against Iran would be fraught with risk and would have repercussions across the region, a leading American general conceded.  —  "Any action militarily is very complicated," Lt Gen Victor Renuart, the director of planning …

Arrogance defined by McCain  —  The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner  —  WASHINGTON - James Madison, the prime mover behind the U.S. Constitution, and his colleagues among the Founders rightly feared arrogant men like Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., so they limited the central government to a few, well-defined powers.

FACT CHECK: U.S. Government Commissioned Spanish-Language 'Star-Spangled Banner' in 1919  —  The right wing is up in arms over a new version of the Star-Spangled Banner written in Spanish.  Last week President Bush stated that "the national anthem ought to be sung in English."

How Bad Is Inflation in Zimbabwe?  —  HARARE, Zimbabwe, April 25 — How bad is inflation in Zimbabwe?  Well, consider this: at a supermarket near the center of this tatterdemalion capital, toilet paper costs $417.  —  No, not per roll.  Four hundred seventeen Zimbabwean dollars is the value of a single two-ply sheet.

Not Credible  —  David Shuster set hearts fluttering when he confirmed a Raw Story report telling us that Valerie Plame was the only person standing between us and a nuclear Iran.  —  Please.  —  David Shuster was a clearly dishonest when he deliberately dropped a key qualifier …

PROBLEMA  —  PRO-ILLEGAL MARCHERS ALIENATING AMERICA  —  May 2, 2006 — THANKS a lot, amigos.  —  The organizers of yesterday's "Day Without Immigrants," who are also responsible for other recent demonstrations demanding special treatment for illegal aliens, have betrayed not only the people …

The Self-Inflicted Wounds of the Academic Left  —  Truly this is a bizarre time for the life of the mind in America.  The airwaves and best-seller lists are noisy with anti-intellectual jeers.  The ruling party embraces the nostrums of "No Child Left Behind" while tossing the teaching …