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Gov’t Agency Paints Dire Picture of ‘Out-of-Control’ Iraq
Jan 18, 2006 This official U.S. assessment is much darker than what the Pentagon is peddling to the public. It was drawn up for contractors bidding on rehab projects. | storyCall us cynical, but why exactly are they getting different intel than the rest of us?
Relatively Speaking, How Big a Liar Is Frey?
Jan 18, 2006 The line between fact and fiction blurs more often in memoirs than we'd like to believe, as this article makes clear | storyHey, that sounds like a perfect medium for a certain POTUS we know browse the book.Finally! Feds Probe Sale of Private Phone Records
Jan 18, 2006 What the heck took the federal government so long? | storyMaybe its investigators were too busy hunting for porn.Gore Smacks Back at Gonzales Criticism
Jan 18, 2006 After the attorney general dismissed the vexed former veep's charges of illegal spying, Gore swats back: No wonder you didn't defend yourself on the issues--you can't | releaseMeanwhile, a group of arch-conservatives call for hearings into Bush's program Hey, if you've lost Grover Norquist and David Keeneasp?id=59381" title="release">release .If Al Gore Speaks Out in the Forest and No One Is There to Hear Him…
Jan 18, 2006 Buzzflash decries the fact that the former VP's gutsy critique went largely ignored by the traditional media. | editorial
Holland To Vote on Burqa Ban
Jan 17, 2006 One of the most socially progressive European states debates whether or not to allow women to wear the garments in public Can a fatwa be far off? | storyAlso, The Guardian probes an Islamic debate over the place of nudity in, heaven forbid, marriage | story.
Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Assisted Suicide Law
Jan 17, 2006 In a rebuke to the Bush administration, the justices voted 6-3 to keep the law on the books. Roberts dissented (for the first time). So did Scalia and Thomas, surprise, surprise. | storyJames Frey Gets Spanked by Two NYT Columnists
Jan 17, 2006 Kakutani and Haberman slam the "Million Little Pieces" fabulist for his BS spin attempt | There seems to be no end to the number of potential headline puns stemming from "A Million Little" .Iran Lifts Ban on CNN After Apology
Jan 17, 2006 CNN had mistranslated the Iranian president as saying Iran had a right to use nuclear "weapons," rather than nuclear "technology." | story
With Friends Like Oprah, Who Needs Irony?
Jan 17, 2006 Winfrey's next monthly selection is a Holocaust memoir. | story But her now-dubious stamp of approval is hardly a comfort.Al Qaeda, Taliban on Rise in Afghanistan: Report
Jan 17, 2006 Remember the "other" country we liberated? The Independent reports that it's going back to hell in a handbasket. | storyDeath Toll Rises to 90 After Mexico Earthquake
Sep 11, 2017 President Enrique Pena Nieto says a third of the homes in the city of Juchitan are uninhabitable.