More Than 500,000 Rally in L.A. for Immigrants' Rights  —  Joining what some are calling the nation's largest mobilization of immigrants ever, hundreds of thousands of people boisterously marched in downtown Los Angeles Saturday to protest federal legislation that would crack down on undocumented immigrants …

Afghan Court Drops Case Against Christian  —  Afghan Court Drops Case Against Man Who Faced Possible Execution for Converting to Christianity  —  KABUL, Afghanistan Mar 26, 2006 (AP)— An Afghan court on Sunday dismissed a case against a man who converted from Islam to Christianity …

Norgs: the unconference: "this is the day that the war ends"  —  I wanted to post this quickly to point you to a few participants and their reports, the day was too big skip without getting at least this up.  I will have more later, about the day, the format (hey - the unconference format works!), and thoughts for the future.

Former DeLay Aide Enriched By Nonprofit  —  A top adviser to former House Whip Tom DeLay received more than a third of all the money collected by the U.S. Family Network, a nonprofit organization the adviser created to promote a pro-family political agenda in Congress, according to the group's accounting records.

McCain, Feingold Air Views in Iraq  —  Visiting Legislators Debate U.S. Policy as Violence Rages  —  BAGHDAD, March 25 — The increasingly rancorous public debate in the United States over the war spilled into Iraq during a news conference Saturday with two visiting lawmakers who are outspoken in their opposing stands on the issue.

The pro-freedom of expression rally in London  —  The rally in Trafalgar Square today was attended by about 1,000 (at most by my estimate) very disparate people and was a worthy effort for a poorly funded ad-hoc team of folks.  —  My main criticism would be that most of the speakers seemed …

The Democrats' plan for midtern elections  —  If the elections were held today, top strategists of both parties say privately, the Republicans would probably lose the 15 seats they need to keep control of the House of Representatives and could come within a seat or two of losing the Senate

Did Anyone Get Michael Ware on Bill Maher?  —  Did anyone record Michael Ware on Bill Maher this evening?  If you did, please send me the clip.  —  I know it' a longshot, well, because it's Bill Maher, but please send it this way.  I am unable to record clips my self while I am in NC.

Election commission takes light touch with Net regs  —  The Internet's freewheeling days as a place exempt from the heavy hand of federal election laws are about to end.  —  Late Friday, the Federal Election Commission released a 96-page volume of Internet regulations that have been anticipated …

Dose of Tenacity Wears Down a Horrific Disease  —  OGI, Nigeria — Whatever secrets the turgid brown depths of the Sacred Pond of Ogi may keep, there is one they betray quite easily: why it is so infuriatingly hard to wipe even one disease off the face of the earth.

Schools Cut Back Subjects to Push Reading and Math  —  SACRAMENTO — Thousands of schools across the nation are responding to the reading and math testing requirements laid out in No Child Left Behind, President Bush's signature education law, by reducing class time spent on other subjects and …

Domenech appears to have copied from National Review column  —  A Flat Hat opinion column written by former Washingtonpost.com weblogger Ben Domenech was found today that is similar to two columns written by Jonah Goldberg for National Review Online.  —  Domenech's column, entitled …

Redirecting Bullets in Baghdad  —  NEW TARGETS Violence has changed, not abated, in Baghdad.  Now Iraqis bomb each other, not just Americans.  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq  —  I GOT back to Iraq two weeks ago, having been away more than a year.  The first story I covered began with a tip that vigilantes …