Call to Censure Bush Is Answered by a Mostly Empty Echo  —  WASHINGTON, MARCH 31 — The Senate Judiciary Committee opened a bitter if lopsided debate on Friday over whether Congress should censure President Bush for his domestic eavesdropping program.  —  Although few Senate Democrats …

NOW and NAACP make fools of themselves defending wackjob Rep. McKinney's ridiculous racial complaint  —  Good God.  If you ever needed proof of how irrelevant the big-monied liberal advocacy groups have become, we got a lovely demonstration today when the NAACP and the National Organization …

More Insight Into Carroll's Situation  —  I think anyone who wants to criticize anything Jill Carroll has done or said should at a very minimum stop and read this article first.  I'll say it again: this woman is not a soldier, and she was under no obligation whatsoever to hesitate for a nanosecond …

Rice Gets an Earful From British Muslims  —  BLACKBURN, England, April 1 — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice faced more protests and public embarrassment here on Saturday that have turned a trip meant to be a friendly follow-up to an American trip by Foreign Secretary Jack Straw …

Cranky Al Franken, Matt Lauer, NBC's Today Show, Michael Smercomish  —  FRANKEN: 'SCREW YOU!'  —  On National Television, Grumpy, Testy Al Lets Loose  —  Memo to network producers: avoid booking Al Franken in the early morning hours.  Before a certain point, he's a certifiable grump.

'I Am Not Running Away'  —  Meet Benon Sevan, the man at the center of the Oil for Food scandal.  —  NICOSIA, Cyprus—"Medium or sweet?" asks Benon Sevan.  He is inquiring how much sugar I would like in the Turkish coffee he's boiling up for us on his kitchen stove, and I am torn between thanking …

US lobby groups aim to weaken Cfius bill further  —  Washington's most powerful business lobbyists patted each other on the back this week after an intense lobbying campaign helped water down proposed legislation that will make the national security review process tougher for foreign companies buying sensitive US assets.

Politics Is Facing Sweeping Change via the Internet  —  WASHINGTON, March 31 — The transformation of American politics by the Internet is accelerating with the approach of the 2006 Congressional and 2008 White House elections, prompting the rewriting of rules on advertising, fund-raising …

WSJ Fails to Credit Online Reporter Who Broke Story  —  The Wall Street Journal today published article by Brody Mullins on Michael Scanlon and his former fiance Emily Miller.  It fails to credit investigative journalist Jason Leopold who broke the story in January.

Clark: U.S. Needs New Plan on Terror War  —  WASHINGTON - Former Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark accused the Bush administration Saturday of taking the nation on a "path to nowhere" with misguided moves on national security.  —  The retired Army general and NATO military commander argued …

ABC Suspends Producer Over Bush-Bashing E-Mail  —  ABC News suspended the executive producer of the weekend edition of "Good Morning America" yesterday over a pair of leaked e-mails in which he used inflammatory language to slam President Bush and Madeleine Albright.

Borders Blasts Back On Controversial Cartoons  —  New York, Mar. 31 - Gregory Josefowicz, the combative chairman of Borders Books, blasted back at his on-line critics today in a scathing on-line letter singling out right-wing blogger Charles Johnson of "Little Green Footballs".

The Duke La Crosse Players Rape Allegations: Truth or Scam?  —  The best coverage of the story so far: There was a party at a house rented by three Duke La Crosse team members.  They hired two exotic dancers.  The dancers were black and 46 of the 47 team members are white.