Keith Olbermann Delivers One Hell Of a Commentary on Rumsfeld  —  Keith had some very choice words about Rumsfeld's "fascism" comments tonight.  Watch it, save it and share it.  —  Olbermann delivered this commentary with fire and passion while highlighting how Rumsfeld's comments echoes …

Sen. Stevens is 'the secret senator'  —  From Andrea Koppel, Ted Barrett and Abbi Tatton  —  Adjust font size:  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The identity of the blogosphere's "secret senator" has been revealed.  —  CNN has confirmed that Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska …

UN condemns Israeli strategy as 'immoral'  —  By Mark Turner at the United Nations, Harvey Morris in Jerusalem and Quentin Peel in Amman  —  The United Nations on Wednesday described as "shocking and immoral" the fact that Israel dropped well over 90 per cent of its cluster munitions …

National Guardsman Brutally Attacked In Pierce County  —  PARKLAND, Wash. — The Pierce County Sheriff's Department is searching for five people who allegedly attacked a uniformed National Guardsmen walking along 138th Street in Parkland Tuesday afternoon.  —  The soldier was walking …

Pinocchio and friends converted to Islam  —  Malcolm Moore in Antalya  —  Pinocchio, Tom Sawyer and other characters have been converted to Islam in new versions of 100 classic stories on the Turkish school curriculum.  —  "Give me some bread, for Allah's sake," Pinocchio says to Geppetto …

Taxpayers pay for Bush's campaign travel  —  WASHINGTON - Bankrolled almost entirely by taxpayers, President Bush is roaming far and wide on Air Force One to help Republicans retain control of Congress and capture statehouse contests in high-stakes midterm elections.

Iranian President Meets Press and Is Challenged  —  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meant to use Tuesday to focus attention on his challenge to the president of the United States: a face-off in a live televised debate.  —  But at a freewheeling two-hour news conference, Mr. Ahmadinejad …

Tomlinson Cited For Abuses at Broadcast Board  —  CPB Ex-Chief Put Friend On Payroll, State Dept. Says  —  A year-long State Department investigation has found that the chairman of the agency that oversees Voice of America and other government broadcasting operations improperly used his office …

Sacrificing truth on the altar of diversity  —  YOU'RE A publisher of children's textbooks, and you have a problem.  Your diversity guidelines — quotas in all but name — require you to include pictures of disabled children in your elementary and high school texts, but it isn't easy …

George Bush Kills His Own People  —  First off, let's discuss the concept of "mandatory evacuation."  Here's a quote from a Washington Post article dated September 15, 2004: … As far as I know, that statement was just as true on August 27, 2005.  And telling people to leave is not the same thing as helping them to leave.

From Hype To Hysteria: Fox News Selling Preemptive War Against Iran  —  Tomorrow marks the deadline for Iran to comply with U.N. demands to suspend portions of its nuclear program.  Fox is using the opportunity to sell another preemptive war.  —  Today Fox has aired multiple segments featuring pundits …

Lieberman, 'Snakes' and the seductive mythology of the blogosphere  —  If ever America needed a wake-up call about the mythology of blogging, we got it this month.  —  On Aug. 8, Connecticut businessman Ned Lamont defeated U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary …

Letter from the Editor: Welcome to Above the Law  —  Back when we practiced law, and we'd tell people what we did for a living, they'd have different reactions.  Sometimes they'd say "Oh, really?", in an impressed, you-must-make-six-figures sort of way.  But sometimes their eyes would glaze over …

You've Got Pink Slips  —  Radio Shack laid off 400 workers from its labor force yesterday.  Perhaps taking their role as a technology company too seriously, they notified the workers of their termination by e-mail: … Consumers may want to rethink their loyalty to Radio Shack after this decision.

UN acts to stamp out sex abuse by staff in East Timor  —  FOR years the United Nations attempted to cover up perverted and outrageous behaviour by uniformed and civilian personnel who have served in East Timor since 1999.  —  But as a new wave of more than 2000 UN-employed police and staff prepare …

Americans Hate their Fabulous Economy  —  Polls consistently show that Americans are rather negative about the economy, and many have wondered why that might be considering that our economy is the envy of the world (as well it should be).  The source of our pessimism is a bit of a mystery, and it is one that I am going to pursue.