3 in 10 Americans Admit to Race Bias  —  Survey Shows Age, Too, May Affect Election Views  —  As Sen. Barack Obama opens his campaign as the first African American on a major party presidential ticket, nearly half of all Americans say race relations in the country are in bad shape and three …

Hate Groups' Newest Target  —  White Supremacists Report an Increase in Visits to Their Web Sites  —  Sen. Barack Obama's historic victory in the Democratic primaries, celebrated in America and across much of the world as a symbol of racial progress and cultural unity …

Falling exam passes blamed on Wikipedia ‘littered with inaccuracies’  —  WIKIPEDIA and other online research sources were yesterday blamed for Scotland's falling exam pass rates.  —  The Scottish Parent Teacher Council (SPTC) said pupils are turning to websites and internet resources …

Inside a 9/11 Mastermind's Interrogation  —  WASHINGTON — In a makeshift prison in the north of Poland, Al Qaeda's engineer of mass murder faced off against his Central Intelligence Agency interrogator.  It was 18 months after the 9/11 attacks, and the invasion of Iraq was giving Muslim extremists new motives for havoc.

McCain Driving Debate, But Some Fear Swerving  —  GOP Insiders Want More Consistent Theme  —  In the two weeks since Barack Obama became the presumptive Democratic nominee, John McCain has demonstrated a knack for driving the daily political debate, forcing his opponent to respond to a challenge …

Time Magazine uncritically prints Nancy Pelosi's “justifications” for the FISA “compromise”  —  (updated below)  —  It's hardly news that Time Magazine's principal function is uncritically to amplify false claims from government officials, but this article by Massimo Calabresi — entitled …

June Polls Don't Hold Up  —  This week's polls showing Barack Obama with small, but significant, single-digit leads among likely voters are certainly welcomed by Democrats, but recent history hasn't been kind to early frontrunners.  —  In fact, only one of the last five June election-year polling averages …

Haditha victims' kin outraged as Marines go free  —  HADITHA, Iraq — Khadija Hassan still shrouds her body in black, nearly three years after the deaths of her four sons.  They were killed on Nov. 19, 2005, along with 20 other people in the deadliest documented case of U.S. troops killing civilians since the Vietnam War.

Pantsuits and the Presidency  —  SOME supporters of Hillary Clinton believe that sexism colored news coverage of her presidential campaign.  The Times reported in a front-page article on June 13 that many are proposing boycotts of cable news networks and that a “Media Hall of Shame” …

Teacher accused of burning cross on student's arm  —  (CNN) — School administrators in Ohio voted Friday to begin the process of firing a middle school teacher accused of burning a cross into a student's arm and refusing to keep his religious beliefs out of the classroom.

Regret  —  As I've written before, Democrats will regret embracing the expansion of executive power because a President Obama will find his administration undone by an “abuse of power” scandal.  All of those powers which were necessary to prevent the instant destruction of the country will instantly become impeachable offenses.

The ground warriors  —  Supporters of McCain, Obama are gearing up  —  digg us!  del.icio.us!  —  Ohio will be a battleground state in the presidential campaign this fall, and battles require armies.  —  The armies of Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain have yet to arrive …

Analysis: McCain hampered by campaign missteps  —  OTTAWA - Call it campaign growing pains.  Or bad luck.  Or a combination of the two.  —  By any name, Sen. John McCain is hampered by missteps and self-generated controversy in the early days of the general election campaign for the White House.

Obama: I'll Fight To Strip Telecom Immunity From FISA  —  (CBS/AP) - Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., issued a statement in support of the House's update of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, but said he would try to strip a provision granting immunity to telecommunication companies …

Three senior Mahdi Army commanders captured in Baghdad, Hillah  —  Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured a senior Mahdi Army commander with “close ties” to Muqtada al Sadr's office in Najaf on June 19.  Two other senior Mahdi Army commanders in Baghdad and Hillah were captured on June 20 and 21.