Rev. Wright Delivers Fiery Address to NAACP  —  Speaking in Detroit, at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's 53rd annual “Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner,” Rev. Jeremiah Wright took on his critics even while he spoke of a new, unified day coming.  —  You can watch the speech HERE.

Eyes on Blue-Collar Voters, Obama Shifts Style  —  ANDERSON, Ind. — Senator Barack Obama is making subtle changes to his campaign style and message in an effort to strengthen his appeal to blue-collar voters and to avoid a defeat in Indiana that aides fear could give Democratic Party leaders further pause …

CHRC: “nothing untoward, nothing wrong” with hacking citizen's Internet  —  Nelly Hechme is the innocent bystander whose Internet connection was hacked by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, so their investigators could cover their tracks when they went online under their secret codenames to surf white supremacist websites.

Obama stars in Mississippi attack ad  —  The Republican candidate in a special election to fill an unexpectedly contested seat in a conservative Mississippi congressional district is using recent controversies surrounding Senator Barack Obama to tar his Democratic rival.

Mccain Vs. Mccain  —  He seems to think he can magically unite the two main strands in the foreign-policy establishment.  He can't.  —  Amid the din of the dueling democrats, people seem to have forgotten about that other guy in the presidential race—you know, John McCain.

The Next Generation  —  I have a dirty little secret — I'm at least two “generations” apart from the majority of the force.  I came into the Army at a time when we were trying to figure out just what we were supposed to do in a post-Cold War World.  I vividly remember several of my instructors …

ROBERT FRANK FALLS FOR THE TWO-INCOME TRAP: In today's Washington Post, Robert Frank writes: … Professor Frank has missed the ball on this one.  As I observed in the Wall Street Journal last August in my column “The Two Income-Tax Trap” the math behind this simply doesn't add up—using Warren and Tyagi's own numbers:

Loan Industry Fighting Rules on Mortgages  —  WASHINGTON — The mortgage industry, facing the prospect of tougher regulations for its central role in the housing crisis, has begun an intensive campaign to fight back.  —  As the Federal Reserve completes work on rules to root out abuses by lenders …

Hillary has cynically turned to the one argument she has left: race  —  She failed to convince the electorate of her own viability.  Now her team claims that voters won't back a black candidate  —  It is one of the enduring paradoxes of American racism that those black Americans most likely …

NEVADA POLITICS: GOP convention cut short  —  Some supporters of Ron Paul riled after time runs out at state party event  —  RENO — The state Republican convention was called off Saturday evening without electing national delegates, prompting protests from a record crowd that included …

New FAS-FAX: Steep Decline at ‘NYT’ While ‘WSJ’ Gains  —  NEW YORK Print circulation continues on its steep downward slide, the Audit Bureau of Circulations revealed this morning in releasing the latest numbers for some of the country's largest dailies for the six-month period ending March 31, 2008.

Boston's Scrappy Herald, Screaming for Readers  —  BOSTON — Kevin Convey is proud of that morning's screaming front-page headline.  —  “HONEY, I DUCT-TAPED THE KIDS!” blares the Boston Herald, describing a local mother accused of mistreating her young children and posting the photos on MySpace.

Follow-up on Obama and Fox News  —  I suppose I should follow up my earlier diary on Obama going on Fox News since it has sparked some discussion.  Eugene at Dailykos wrote the following diary, the gist of which was as follows. … That's not really the issue at hand, though of course that is how it's being framed.

Hillary Gets No Respect  —  I normally don't claim to speak for other members of the vast right-wing conspiracy.  After all, we're each nefarious in our own, individual way.  Indeed, we often disagree with one another.  —  But I do think I can speak for most of my fellow right-wingers when I say this …