Iranian Police Clash With Protesters  —  TEHRAN — Police officers used sticks and tear gas to force back thousands of demonstrators gathering in the capital on Saturday, a day after Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said there would be “bloodshed” if street protests continued over the disputed presidential election.

Times Reporter Escapes Taliban After 7 Months  —  David Rohde, a New York Times reporter who was kidnapped by the Taliban, escaped Friday night and made his way to freedom after more than seven months of captivity in the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

NIH Funds $423,500 Study of Why Men Don't Like to Use Condoms  —  In what government watchdogs are calling a waste of taxpayer money, the National Institutes of Health is spending nearly half a million dollars to determine why men don't like to wear condoms during sex.  —  FOXNews.com

Obama, the Right and defendants' rights  —  On Thursday, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision (.pdf), ruled that convicted criminals have no constitutional right to access the state's evidence in order to subject it to DNA tests which could prove their innocence.

Iranian dispute dividing Senate  —  The Senate ended this week divided along partisan lines over U.S. policy regarding Iran's disputed election, with Democrats defending President Obama's hands-off approach and Republicans arguing the U.S. should step into the controversy.

The difference between addressing someone with their title and “Sir or Ma'am”  —  Apparently, Barbara Boxer, a Senator from California where some of the biggest military bases exist, doesn't understand respect when she hears it.  —  As a former Army Officer, if one of my soldiers called me …

AmeriCrooks Watch: Meddling Michelle Obama to keynote volunteerism conference  —  Well, well, well.  —  Michelle, Michelle, Michelle.  —  Guess where the First Lady will be on Monday?  —  Why, she'll be delivering the keynote address at the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service in San Francisco.

Real Time New Rules June 19, 2009  —  You can view this video right here by getting the latest version of Flash Player!  —  DOWNLOADS: (254)  —  PLAYS: (1361)  —  Real Time's New Rules from June 19, 2009.  Bill gets an amen from me this week.

‘Movement by the people, for the people’  —  Article's topics: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei  —  The following letter from an Iranian student was received by The Jerusalem Post via a professor at a leading American university with close ties to Iran:

Obama Job Approval Slips to 58% for First Time  —  Lowest reading for Obama thus far in Gallup Poll Daily tracking  —  PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack Obama's job approval rating fell to 58% in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from June 16-18 — a new low for Obama in Gallup tracking …

Some Gitmo Detainees Resist Move to Palau  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's drive to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has hit a new snag: At least some of the 13 detainees accepted for resettlement by the island nation of Palau don't want to go there.