tuesday reads

A powerful explosion that ripped through one of the entrances to the Philippine house of representatives today, killing one person and injuring at least seven, has been confirmed as a bomb.


A prominent female activist and one of the monks who led anti-government protests in Burma during September have been arrested, it was reported today.


Fresh fighting erupts in Somalia as mass exodus continues


El Salvador's Patriot Act


A federal judge Monday ordered the White House to preserve copies of all its e-mails, a move that Bush administration lawyers had argued strongly against.


The economic costs to the United States of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan so far total approximately $1.5 trillion, according to a new study by congressional Democrats that estimates the conflicts' "hidden costs"-- including higher oil prices, the expense of treating wounded veterans and interest payments on the money borrowed to pay for the wars.


Cory Doctorow: Warhol is turning in his grave


Liberals enjoy a broad range of music, while conservatives dislike most music genres.


Preznit bu$h vetoes health and education programs.


The Brad Blog: Hanging With Wingnuts In Their Well-Constructed Imaginary World