What Is Wrong With You?!?  —  The difference between the far right wing and the far left wing: the far right will do anything — anything — so long as the ends justifies the means.  The far left folks have ethical boundaries that they try very hard not to cross: things like attacking …

Leak Severed a Link to Al-Qaeda's Secrets  —  Firm Says Administration's Handling of Video Ruined Its Spying Efforts  —  A small private intelligence company that monitors Islamic terrorist groups obtained a new Osama bin Laden video ahead of its official release last month …

Bartlett on the GOP Field: A Hick, a "Dud" and a "Flip-Flopper"  —  Dan Bartlett, formerly one of the closest advisers to President Bush, has been offering a tough analysis of the GOP field.  (White House Photo Office).  —  One of President Bush's closest advisers has a brutally candid analysis …

Court Declines Case of Alleged CIA Torture Victim  —  The Supreme Court today declined to hear the case of a German citizen who said he was kidnapped, imprisoned and tortured by the CIA.  —  A federal district court judge and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit had earlier dismissed …

Matthews on Matthews  —  On today's "Morning Joe," Joe Scarborough asked Chris Matthews if Republican candidates would try to get a "cheap applause line" tonight by pointing to his recent controversial comments.  —  Said Matthews:  —  I've been thinking about that....It's not my stage tonight.

DoJ Vote Chief Argues Voter ID Laws Discriminate against Whites  —  When Justice Department lawyers and analysts found in 2005 that a Georgia law requiring voters to have photo ID would disproportionately discriminate against African-Americans, they were overruled by John Tanner …

Greenwald takes a closer look at FISA revisions  —  What FISA capitulations are Democrats planning next?  —  An article in this morning's NYT reports what many have long been expecting — that Congressional Democrats are ready to capitulate to the White House again on warrantless eavesdropping …

Diet and Fat: A Severe Case of Mistaken Consensus  —  In 1988, the surgeon general, C. Everett Koop, proclaimed ice cream to a be public-health menace right up there with cigarettes.  Alluding to his office's famous 1964 report on the perils of smoking, Dr. Koop announced that the American diet …

Phony 'Satirical' Anti-Muslim Posters Circulated at GWU  —  At George Washington University, another outrageous action by the Saudi-funded radical Islamic front group calling itself the Muslim Student Association, as they circulate flyers purporting to be from a conservative campus group …

Court Identifies Eleven Inaccuracies in Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth'  —  Here's something American media are virtually guaranteed to not report: a British court has determined that Al Gore's schlockumentary "An Inconvenient Truth" contains at least eleven material falsehoods.

The War on Ramadan  —  It seems that last week, the House of Representatives passed on of those meaningless resolutions that congress is inclined to pass every so often — this time one in recognition of Ramadan.  Inoffensive, right?  Well, hundreds of members of congress thought so …