Deadly Attack On CBS News Crew  —  Two Team Members Killed, Correspondent Seriously Injured By Roadside Bomb In Baghdad  —  (CBS/AP) Two members of a CBS News team, veteran cameraman Paul Douglas, 48, and soundman James Brolan, 42, were killed and correspondent Kimberly Dozier, 39 …

Bush Invokes the Fallen, Past and Present  —  ARLINGTON, Va., May 29 — President Bush paid homage to fallen members of the nation's military on Monday, using his annual Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery to draw a link between those who fought in an earlier era and those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Memorial Day Truth: There Is No "War on Terror"  —  There is no "War on Terror."  —  There is, however, a "war" on the U. S. Constitution.  —  After September 11, 2001, we've learned that we can take a punch and move on.  We've faced far worse threats to our national survival in our history …

Talk of Pelosi as Speaker Delights Both Parties  —  WASHINGTON, May 29 — Hoping to win a Congressional majority in November, some optimistic Democratic lawmakers have taken to referring to Representative Nancy Pelosi as "speaker," as in speaker of the House.  So have some optimistic Republicans.

Reid Accepted Free Boxing Tickets While a Related Bill Was Pending  —  Senate Democratic Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) accepted free ringside tickets from the Nevada Athletic Commission to three professional boxing matches while that state agency was trying to influence him on federal regulation of boxing.

Democrats Eye November Landslide  —  Republicans are three steps from a November shellacking _ each a grim possibility if habitually divided Democrats get their acts together.  —  First step: Voters must focus on the national landscape on Nov. 7 rather than local issues and personalities that usually dominate midterm elections.

Regime Commandos & Hezbollah Thugs Pound Iranian Protesters  —  Four are dead from weekend protest violence in northwest Iran.  Authorities called in the "Yegane Bizhe" special guard, which differs from other troops because of the cruelty it uses to suppress demonstrators...  But, still the protests continue!

Washington Whispers  —  The CIA's class of '85 must have been a doozy.  Three alumni of that year's fall career training class are much in the news these days.  There's Valerie Plame, the now retired spy whose outing is being investigated by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.

SUMMER'S HERE AND THE TIME IS RIGHT...  ...for arguing about literature.  I don't know about you, but we need a break from poltics.  So, in anticipation of time at the beach, in the hammock or on the dock, we thought it would be fun to see what our readers consider to be the best American novels ever written.

Memorial Day  —  DOES REMEMBRANCE matter?  The Greek playwright Aeschylus was the author of dozens of works, and while most of them are lost to us, his "Oresteia" trilogy and "Seven Against Thebes" are among those that survive as jewels of world literature.

Pope: How Could God 'Tolerate' Holocaust?  —  OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI visited the Auschwitz concentration camp as "a son of the German people" Sunday and asked God why he remained silent during the "unprecedented mass crimes" of the Holocaust.

NO FLOWERS ON GRAVES (Memorial Day Tribute)  —  My niece Sarrah Jessika just graduated from high school, and was asked to do the commencement address.  But instead, she decided to read this essay to her classmates.  It's about Memorial Day.  When I heard it, I thought - WOW.

Afghans Riot After Deadly Crash by U.S. Military Truck  —  KABUL, Afghanistan, May 29 — A deadly traffic accident caused by a United States military convoy quickly escalated into a full-blown anti-American riot that raged across much of the Afghan capital on Monday, leaving at least 14 people dead and scores injured.

Bush's Talk And Results On AIDS  —  The Bush administration's critics should give credit where it's due.  And when it comes to the global AIDS crisis, it is due — big-time.  —  Five years ago, the U.S. government's total contribution to fighting HIV-AIDS abroad stood at $840 million.