Was the 2004 Election Stolen?  —  Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted — enough to have put John Kerry in the White House.  BY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.  —  The complete article, with Web-only citations, follows.

The Haditha Story  —  The accelerating media feeding frenzy over the alleged killings of twenty-four Iraqi civilians in Haditha by US Marines last November is about to overwhelm American politics.  Propelled by their most irresponsible war critics, the left will try use Haditha as it used …

No Icons, No Monuments Worth Protecting  —  Richard Esposito Reports:  —  New York has no national monuments or icons, according to the Department of Homeland Security form obtained by ABC News.  That was a key factor used to determine that New York City should have its anti-terror funds slashed …

Baseball's Rockies seek revival on two levels  —  DENVER — No copies of Playboy or Penthouse are in the clubhouse of baseball's Colorado Rockies.  There's not even a Maxim.  The only reading materials are daily newspapers, sports and car magazines and the Bible.

New 'Iraq massacre' tape emerges  —  The BBC has uncovered new video evidence that US forces may have been responsible for the deliberate killing of 11 innocent Iraqi civilians.  —  The video appears to challenge the US military's account of events that took place in the town of Ishaqi in March.

Official Apologizes For Saying Bush Should Be Shot Between Eyes  —  NEW YORK — State Comptroller Alan Hevesi publicly apologized Thursday for a "beyond dumb" remark about "putting a bullet between the president's eyes."  —  Hevesi hastily called a mea culpa press conference hours after putting …

FEC finds Frist violated law by failing to disclose $1.4 million personal loan  —  Earlier today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) received notice from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) indicating that in response to a complaint filed by CREW …

Poll: Americans Support Searches  —  Public Sides With FBI in Congress Search Issue  —  June 1, 2006 — In the rift between Congress and the Justice Department, Americans side overwhelmingly with law enforcement: Regardless of precedent and the separation of powers, 86 percent say the FBI …

Third Time  —  America may be ready for a new political party.  —  Something's happening.  I have a feeling we're at some new beginning, that a big breakup's coming, and that though it isn't and will not be immediately apparent, we'll someday look back on this era as the time when a shift began.

Fundraiser Admits Illegal Bush Donations  —  TOLEDO, May 31 — A coin dealer and prominent GOP fundraiser at the center of an Ohio political scandal pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges that he illegally funneled about $45,000 to President Bush's reelection campaign.

Good book news  —  (updated below)  —  We were notified last night that How Would a Patriot Act? has made the New York Times' Best Sellers List, and will debut at #11 [this upcoming Sunday] on June 11, on the Paperback Nonfiction List.  The NYT has sent us the actual page (.pdf) as it will appear in the printed edition.

LIBERAL WORDS, ILLIBERAL ENDS....I have a few more things I want to say about Peter Beinart's The Good Fight, and now's as good a time as any.  —  First: it's a pretty good book.  Most of it is an intellectual history of the "anti-imperialist" left in America, a subject that dominates …

It's Hurricane Season: Know Where Your Levee Is?  —  Hurricane season in the United States officially begins today, and NOAA is predicting a very active season again this year.  How are things going in the Gulf Coast region — in New Orleans and all over the coastline of Louisiana …

Clashes in Paris Suburbs Recall Riots of Fall  —  PARIS, May 31 — Small gangs of youths pelted riot police with rocks and set cars and garbage bins ablaze late Tuesday in a second night of unrest in the Paris suburbs, raising fears of a return of the disturbances that inflamed 300 French towns and suburbs last fall.

TAXES ARE HARD.  Some attention has already been paid to this hackish op-ed expounding on the conservative virtues of the Alternative Minimum Tax.  It is, the author writes, the quickest way of taking the country to a flat tax, which should be the preferred conservative solution.

Ala. candidates revive judicial debate  —  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - In a debate with powerful echoes of the turbulent civil rights era, four Republicans running for Alabama's Supreme Court are making an argument legal scholars thought was settled in the 1800s: that state courts are not bound by U.S. Supreme Court precedents.

In a June race for Congress, shades of fall  —  Tuesday's election in a California district is an early test of voters' views.  —  SAN DIEGO - By the numbers, Democratic congressional candidate Francine Busby shouldn't expect to get a federal paycheck anytime soon.

Remembering the Farhud  —  Today marks the 65th anniversary of the Farhud.  Arabic for "violent dispossession," this is the word used to describe the infamous pogrom of June 1, 1941, against the Jews of Baghdad.  In its wake, the Farhud left some 200 dead, 2000 injured, and 900 Jewish homes destroyed.