wednesday reads

A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.


A decade of fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo is continuing to kill about 45,000 people each month - half of them small children - in the deadliest conflict since the second world war, according to a new survey.


Wired: Piecing Together the Dark Legacy of East Germany's Secret Police


Gen. Petraeus: Progress in Iraq is a Friedman Unit away.


With all the talk about how to stimulate it, you'd think that the economy is a giant clitoris.


MPAA Admits Mistake on Downloading Study


Texas rated No. 1 in Army recruiting, but 'quality' down.