Reuters Runs Staged Photo Of Bloody Honduran Protester  —  Reuters has run photo of a bloodied Honduran protester (below) dramatizing the bloodshed at protests for Manuel Zelaya.  (h/t) Problem is, this photo appears to be staged.  —  Blogger Hunter Smith, who recently finished …

Feminists and the mystery of Sarah Palin  —  I don't usually comment on other blogs; I have little enough time to keep my own gig in working order.  But the other day I was over at I Blame The Patriarchy, where I was dismayed to find in the comment threads some of the same Palin-bashing …

Biden Suggests U.S. Not Standing in Israel's Way on Iran  —  WASHINGTON — Plunging squarely into one of the most sensitive issues in the Middle East, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. suggested on Sunday that the United States would not stand in the way of Israeli military action aimed at the Iranian nuclear program.

Bruce Bartlett misstates the problem  —  He says: … Um, that's totally false.  Did Bartlett even look at the Bernstein-Romer paper?  Here's the key graph:  —  The predicted impact from the stimulus is indicated by the difference between these two curves.

Wife blows MI6 chief's cover on Facebook  —  The wife of the new head of MI6 has caused a major security breach and left his family exposed after publishing photographs and personal details on Facebook.  —  Sir John Sawers is due to take over as chief of the Secret Intelligence Service in November …

Schumer promises public option in healthcare bill  —  The healthcare reform bill that emerges from Congress this year will include a government-run public health insurance option, regardless of the bipartisan negotiations seeking a compromise in the Senate, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday.

In Defense of Neo-Con Bashing  —  Greg Djerejian offers up something of a mea culpa and something of a defense against Jeff Weintraub's charge of “rather tiresome ritual 'neocon'-bashing which is becoming too much of a reflex in some quarters.”  —  It's actually true that neocon bashing is a bit on the tiresome side.

Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe is an atheist and respects Richard Dawkins  —  It is no secret that people have long protested not only the Harry Potter books but the movies as well.  Many of those people who protest do so with their religious conviction in mind.

D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry Arrested for Stalking  —  D.C. Council member Marion Barry was arrested last night and charged with stalking a woman after the woman reported that Barry was “bothering her” as the two traveled in separate vehicles in Anacostia Park, police said this morning.

Colin Powell worries Obama tackling too much  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Colin Powell worries that President Barack Obama is trying to tackle too many big issues at one time and he offers this advice: take a hard look at costs and consider the additional red tape that will be created.

US-Russian Arms Negotiators “Under the Gun,” Might Temporarily Bypass Senate Ratification for Treaty  —  MOSCOW — With the clock running out on a new US-Russian arms treaty before the previous Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, expires on December 5, a senior White House official …