Colbert Lampoons Bush at White House Correspondents Dinner— President Does Not Seem Amused  —  WASHINGTON A blistering comedy "tribute" to President Bush by Comedy Central's faux talk show host Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondent Dinner Saturday night left George and Laura Bush unsmiling at its close.

Death Toll for Americans in Iraq Is Highest in 5 Months  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 28 — The military on Friday announced the death of one American soldier, bringing the death toll so far in April to 69, the highest in five months.  The monthly figure disrupted a trend of steadily falling American fatalities that had begun in November.

Bloggers review "United 93″  —  I won't see it.  Saw this yesterday on Google Video and realized it was enough.  The first reviews are being posted around the blogosphere this morning, though, and I'm going to try to round them up.  If you've posted a review and want it mentioned here …

Tough Primary Race Confronts Lieberman  —  Antiwar Democrat Mounts a Major Challenge to Connecticut's 3-Term Senator  —  NEW HAVEN, Conn. — With his ruddy tan and dark gray suit, Ned Lamont is an antiwar liberal with a twist.  Rather than targeting a Republican, the millionaire Greenwich businessman …

Building the Secrecy Wall higher and higher  —  There are multiple investigative efforts underway — Congressional, judicial, journalistic — seeking to uncover the Bush administration's illegal warrantless eavesdropping activities aimed at Americans, and the administration …

John Kenneth Galbraith, 97, Dies; Economist Held a Mirror to Society  —  John Kenneth Galbraith, the iconoclastic economist, teacher and diplomat and an unapologetically liberal member of the political and academic establishment that he needled in prolific writings for more than half a century …

Evicting Moral Courage  —  "First they came for the Communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out.  Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists but I was not one of them, so I did not speak out.  Then they came for the Jews but I was not Jewish so I did not speak out.

Rush Limbaugh arrested on prescription fraud charges  —  WEST PALM BEACH — Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh on Friday turned himself into the Palm Beach County Jail to face a charge of fraud for concealing information to obtain a prescription.  —  He was quickly released after posting $3,000 bond, jail officials said.

L.A. mayor picks NFL talks over immigrant boycott  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles' first Latino mayor in the modern era, will skip huge pro-immigration rallies planned for Monday to meet with pro football officials in Dallas, leaving organizers feeling like "a ship without a captain."

Gore Redux  —  The former veep is refusing to play overt campaign politics.  But could his focus on the environment be his ticket to the presidency?  —  April 28, 2006 - A movie about Al Gore giving a PowerPoint presentation about global warming doesn't sound all that exciting, but if you liked …

McCain: Trade The First Amendment For Clean Government  —  Mark Tapscott has a clip of John McCain's appearance on the Don Imus Show that demonstrates the truly frightening prospect of having the Senator from Arizona occupy the White House.  McCain told Imus that he would trade the First Amendment for "clean government":

Bye-bye Reggie; Hello Mario  —  Although perhaps not always fulfilling, things are certainly always interesting over at Texansville.  —  In a stunning development, the Texans ignored conventional wisdom and threw today's National Football League draft into chaos by signing North Carolina …

Army Confirms: Rumsfeld Authorized Criminal Conduct  —  Today the Army filed criminal charges against Lt. Col Steven L. Jordan, a military intelligence officer who was second-in-command of interrogation operations at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.  Charge III of the Army's Charge Sheet accuses Jordan of …

Allen ain't nothin' but a hot dog  —  If you mention George Allen outside Washington and Virginia, most people still don't know who he is.  Yet the spin machine trying to cast Allen as a racist - as prequel to his presidential candidacy - already is operating at full throttle.