Monday morning engine-starter: Jeremiah Wright, racial phrenologist  —  Good morning, people.  I'll be on Fox and Friends at around 8:15am to talk politics.  Today's engine-starter is The American Digest's post on Jeremiah Wright's racial brain theories.  —  Do you remember nutball racialist …

Hillary Gets No Respect  —  I normally don't claim to speak for other members of the vast right-wing conspiracy.  After all, we're each nefarious in our own, individual way.  Indeed, we often disagree with one another.  —  But I do think I can speak for most of my fellow right-wingers when I say this …

McCain Criticizes Remarks by Obama's Former Pastor  —  CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Senator John McCain delved on Sunday into remarks made by Senator Barack Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., saying it was “beyond belief” that Mr. Wright had likened the Romans at the time of Jesus' crucifixion …

Court rejects voter ID challenge; no new grants  —  The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a constitutional challenge to Indiana's law requiring voters to show a photo ID before they may cast a ballot.  Three Justices said the evidence offered against the requirement did not support a challenge …

Eyes on Blue-Collar Voters, Obama Shifts Style  —  ANDERSON, Ind. — Senator Barack Obama is making subtle changes to his campaign style and message in an effort to strengthen his appeal to blue-collar voters and to avoid a defeat in Indiana that aides fear could give Democratic Party leaders further pause …

Bush Made Permanent  —  As the designated political heir of a deeply unpopular president — according to Gallup, President Bush has the highest disapproval rating recorded in 70 years of polling — John McCain should have little hope of winning in November.  In fact, however, current polls show him roughly tied with either Democrat.

Iraqi political leaders protest U.S. siege of Sadr City  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq — About 50 leaders representing a variety of Iraqi political blocs took to Baghdad's Sadr City on Sunday, a stronghold of fiery religious leader Muqtada al Sadr, to protest the U.S.-led siege of that area.

CHRC: “nothing untoward, nothing wrong” with hacking citizen's Internet  —  Nelly Hechme is the innocent bystander whose Internet connection was hacked by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, so their investigators could cover their tracks when they went online under their secret codenames to surf white supremacist websites.

Roger Waters plays ‘Dark Side,’ unleashes giant pig  —  INDIO, Calif. - Roger Waters brought Coachella to a close with an epic two-set performance that included playing all of “Dark Side of the Moon” and unleashing a giant inflated pig into the night sky.  —  The 64-year-old Waters …

Boston's Scrappy Herald, Screaming for Readers  —  BOSTON — Kevin Convey is proud of that morning's screaming front-page headline.  —  “HONEY, I DUCT-TAPED THE KIDS!” blares the Boston Herald, describing a local mother accused of mistreating her young children and posting the photos on MySpace.

The Next Generation  —  I have a dirty little secret — I'm at least two “generations” apart from the majority of the force.  I came into the Army at a time when we were trying to figure out just what we were supposed to do in a post-Cold War World.  I vividly remember several of my instructors …