Why We Need Health Care Reform  —  OUR nation is now engaged in a great debate about the future of health care in America.  And over the past few weeks, much of the media attention has been focused on the loudest voices.  What we haven't heard are the voices of the millions upon millions …

Sarah's Ghoulish Carousel  —  I'm not sure the man who popped off and tweeted that Sonia Sotomayor was a “Latina woman racist” is the best Henry Higgins for the Eliza Doolittle of Alaska.  —  But Newt Gingrich was a professor.  And he does know something about pulling yourself up by dragging …

Swimmers are told to wear burkinis  —  British swimming pools are imposing Muslim dress codes in a move described as divisive by Labour MPs.  —  Under the rules, swimmers - including non-Muslims - are barred from entering the pool in normal swimming attire.

Swine flu jab link to killer nerve disease: Leaked letter reveals concern of neurologists over 25 deaths in America  —  A warning that the new swine flu jab is linked to a deadly nerve disease has been sent by the Government to senior neurologists in a confidential letter.

K. H. Bacon, an Advocate for Refugees, Is Dead at 64  —  Kenneth H. Bacon, a former journalist and Pentagon spokesman who devoted his last years to highlighting refugees' problems and urging policymakers to find solutions, died Saturday morning at his summer home on Block Island, R.I. He was 64 and a resident of Washington.

Valarie Jarrett Heckled And Hissed At Netroots Nation  —  One year ago at the Netroots Nation conference in Austin, Texas the mood of the crowd was one of excitement and elation over the possibility of a Barack Obama presidency.  —  A year later, with that possibility achieved, a sense of cynicism has begun to creep in.

G.I. Jane Breaks the Combat Barrier as War Evolves  —  As the convoy rumbled up the road in Iraq, Specialist Veronica Alfaro was struck by the beauty of fireflies dancing in the night.  Then she heard the unmistakable pinging of tracer rounds and, in a Baghdad moment, realized the insects were illuminated bullets.

Delegation under Fire for Failing to Engage Constituents During August Recess  —  Members of New Hampshire's congressional delegation are under fire today from the editorial pages of the conservative New Hampshire Union Leader and the liberal Portsmouth Herald.  —  No time for town hall meetings

Blogger's Case May Test Limits of Political Speech  —  New Jersey Man Was Arrested After Writing That 3 Judges ‘Deserve to Be Killed’  —  CHICAGO — Internet radio host Hal Turner disliked how three federal judges rejected the National Rifle Association's attempt to overturn a pair of handgun bans.