Redacted Version of Original Op-Ed  —  The Iraq Study Group has added its voice to a burgeoning chorus of commentators, politicians, and former officials calling for a limited, tactical dialogue with Iran regarding Iraq.  The Bush administration has indicated a conditional willingness to pursue …

Congressman's No Muslim Fan  —  Republican warns immigration crackdown needed to halt influx  —  Here's the letter Representative Virgil Goode sent to Virginia constituents warning that unless there is an immigration crackdown "many more Muslims" will be elected to public office.

Haditha: Wuterich charged with 13 counts of murder  —  Time reported on September 17th that the charges could come "as early as next week."  They were a little off.  Then they reported yesterday that the suspects won't be held in pre-trial confinement, which they took as a sign that the charges wouldn't be that severe.

Robin Hayes says we will win in Iraq by "spreading the message of Jesus Christ" there.  —  Robin Hayes has the solution to the Iraq war: have our soldiers convert all Muslims to Christianity.  —  Having won the election by only a hair's width and almost getting himself kicked out of Congress seems …

The Wag Time Pet Spa Conspiracy... And a Cancer Survivor's Right to Respect  —  As an investigative reporter and independent journalist, I have pursued a career course of independence so as to not be beholden to anyone.  A grandiose notion, perhaps, and I will perhaps leave it to others to judge my work against the ideal.

Carter's Arab financiers  —  To understand what feeds former president Jimmy Carter's anti-Israeli frenzy, look at his early links to Arab business.  —  Between 1976-1977, the Carter family peanut business received a bailout in the form of a $4.6 million, "poorly managed" …

Franklin did write an autobiography  —  George Will, who seems to be quite troubled lately with the blogging medium, devoted his column today to comparing us — that is, literally people like you and me — to 18th century pamphleteers.  Apparently, we don't measure up well.

'Scarborough Country' for Dec. 20  —  Guests: Michael Crowley, Josh Green, Joan Walsh, Steve Adubato, Rachel Sklar, Katrina Szish, Courtney Hazlett  —  JOE SCARBOROUGH, HOST: Tonight, the Democratic frontrunner for 2008 takes her pre-campaign campaign to "The View."  But first, stop the presses.

Who's Tough on Tehran?  —  Iranian voters are, but not the U.N. Security Council.  —  Iranians made their feelings plain about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last week by voting to reject his allies in municipal elections and in the Assembly of Experts, a clerical body that theoretically has authority over Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Slurs?  Rat's not true, says Regan  —  Embattled publisher Judith Regan is defending herself against new claims that she made anti-Semitic slurs.  —  Two publishing insiders allege the woman behind that O.J. Simpson book regularly compared Jewish people to "rodents."

Judge to decide if voting code is trade secret  —  TALLAHASSEE — The question of whether a private company should disclose the computer codes it uses to operate touch-screen voting machines in Florida will now be decided by a Leon County circuit judge.  —  Lawyers in the case …

The AP (non-)responds and another search comes up empty  —  Yesterday, I contacted the AP about the "Jamil Hussein"/Jamil Ghdaab Gulaim/Ghulaim findings and asked these simple questions: … Here is the response I received yesterday from AP media relations officer Linda Wagner:

Robots could demand legal rights  —  Robots could one day demand the same citizen's rights as humans, according to a study by the British government.  —  If granted, countries would be obliged to provide social benefits including housing and even "robo-healthcare", the report says.

Target Iran: Former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter and Investigative Journalist Seymour Hersh on White House Plans for Regime Change  —  Watch 128k stream Watch 256k stream Read Transcript  —  Help Printer-friendly version Email to a friend Purchase Video/CD

Some Stores In Great Britain Think Santa May Be Unsafe For Kids (UPDATED)  —  You just KNEW THIS DAY was coming, didn't you?  —  It has arrived: … Why, we never thought of it that way.  And to think, yours truly is a baby boomer and this never entered our minds or the minds of parents of kids we grew up with.

Why won't Carter debate his book?  —  YOU CAN ALWAYS tell when a public figure has written an indefensible book: when he refuses to debate it in the court of public opinion.  And you can always tell when he's a hypocrite to boot: when he says he wrote a book in order to stimulate a debate …