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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Bush Plans Speeches on Terrorism  —  With the midterm elections coming into view, President Bush is launching an extended publicity tour to draw attention back to the threat of terrorism, quickly pivoting to more comfortable political territory for him after the focus in recent days on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

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 …

Mind the Gap  —  Democratic voters have unambiguously repudiated the Bush doctrine.  The same can't be said for Democratic foreign policy elites.  —  It is becoming increasingly obvious that Democrats have a stronger grasp on national security issues than do Republicans.  Democratic voters, at least.

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 …

Abbas urges prisoners' document reply  —  Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will ask Hamas and Islamic Jihad to respond within a week on the prisoners' document , PA journal Al-Ayam reported on Thursday.  —  The PLO Executive Committee approved the plan and Abbas discussed …

WisPolitics: Elections Board Gives Green 10 Days to Dump PAC Money  —  BROOKFIELD - The state Elections Board today ordered Mark Green to divest his campaign of any contributions from PACs that were not registered in Wisconsin when the donations were made.  The order applies to an estimated $468,000 …

NYT move to block Web to Britons raises questions  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York Times decision to block British online readers from seeing a story about London terrorism suspects raises new questions on restricting the flow of information in the Internet age, legal and media experts say.

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 …