THE PICTURES YOU WON'T SEE  —  ***updated 5/2 940am EDT...***  —  Compare the NYTimes' white-washed May Day photo section with these candid shots of yesterday's National Day to Hate the Yanquis:  —  Protest Warrior Chicago exposed ugly, American flag-trashing advocates...

Sour news for GOP in poll  —  WASHINGTON — Six months before Republicans try to hold on to control of Congress in the fall elections, a new poll shows President Bush has slid to the lowest approval rating of his presidency, and a majority of voters say they'll vote for Democrats in November.

Keeping a Democratic Web  —  "Net neutrality" is a concept that is still unfamiliar to most Americans, but it keeps the Internet democratic.  Cable and telephone companies that provide Internet service are talking about creating a two-tiered Internet, in which Web sites that pay them large fees would get priority over everything else.

Ideals Collide as Vatican Rethinks Condom Ban  —  ROME, May 1 — Even at the Vatican, not all sacred beliefs are absolute: Thou shalt not kill, but war can be just.  Now, behind the quiet walls, a clash is shaping up involving two poles of near certainty: the church's long-held ban on condoms and its advocacy of human life.

Not Credible  —  David Shuster set hearts fluttering when he confirmed a Raw Story report telling us that Valerie Plame was the only person standing between us and a nuclear Iran.  —  Please.  —  David Shuster was a clearly dishonest when he deliberately dropped a key qualifier …

White Guilt and the Western Past  —  Why is America so delicate with the enemy?  —  There is something rather odd in the way America has come to fight its wars since World War II.  —  For one thing, it is now unimaginable that we would use anything approaching the full measure of our military power …

Arrogance defined by McCain  —  The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner  —  WASHINGTON - James Madison, the prime mover behind the U.S. Constitution, and his colleagues among the Founders rightly feared arrogant men like Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., so they limited the central government to a few, well-defined powers.

Republicans Drop a Tax Plan After Businesses Protest  —  WASHINGTON, May 1 — Senate Republicans on Monday hurriedly abandoned a broad tax proposal opposed by the oil industry and business leaders, another sign of their struggle to come up with an acceptable political and legislative answer to high gasoline prices.

2006 Trustees Report - Long-Term Financing Challenges Remain  —  The 2006 Social Security Trustees Report shows little change in the projected financial status of the Social Security program over last year.  The Trustees Report projects that the Social Security Trust Funds will be exhausted in 2040 …

A Day of Images : UPDATE 2  —  Under the auspices of Pajamas Media, Roger Simon and I went out to one of the LA versions of "A Day without Immigrants" and took documentary-maker Andrew Marcus and cameraman/editor Jeff Koeglar along with us.  —  One of the fun things about being among …