friday reads

More than one million Iraqis have died because of the war in Iraq since the US-led invasion of the country in 2003, according to a study published Wednesday.

Two bombs in busy Baghdad animal markets have killed at least 64 people.


Juan Cole: Blowback from the GOP's holy war against Muslims


David Swanson: Signing Statement Silence


Glenn Greenwald: What "bipartisanship" in Washington means


Scott Horton on Michael Mukasey's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee


Tomgram: Michael Klare, Barreling into Recession


Alarmed by the George W. Bush administration's increasing use of the so-called "state secrets privilege" to keep politically embarrassing lawsuits against the government from ever coming before a judge, Congress is stepping in to help ensure that people with grievances can have their cases heard.


Sara Robinson: Democracy, Fear, and the War on the Middle Class


Keith Olbermann's Countdown Special Comment: On FISA and Telecom Immunity


Paul Krugman: The Edwards Effect


Mr. Airplane Man - "Jesus on the Mainline"