monday reads

Juan Cole: The Real State of Iraq


Tomgram: Finally, the Oil...


Haditha victims' kin outraged as Marines go free


Police raided the headquarters of Zimbabwe's opposition party Monday, a day after its leader withdrew from a presidential run-off vote against Robert Mugabe because of pre-poll violence condemned by the international community.


Preparations for the 2010 census are a shambles.


R.I.P. George Carlin

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.