friday reads

Supreme Court Justice David Souter to retire.


May Day riots start a day early in Berlin.


Orcinus - The Far Right's First 100 Days: Shifting Into Overdrive


The Rude One: Arlen Specter, Tuesday Morning, First Light


Violet Blue: Why the SF Weekly should be 'whipped and gagged'


Rock Paper Scissors Spock Lizard

thursday reads

In a ruling in Madrid today, Judge Baltasar Garzón has announced that an inquiry into the Bush administration’s torture policymakers now will proceed to a formal criminal investigation.


'Probable' case of swine flu closes Austin school. Flu panic sweeps Texas.


Condi Rice pulls a Nixon

monday reads

Could the swine-flu outbreak be linked to a factory farm?


Europeans urged to avoid Mexico and US as swine flu death toll exceeds 100


Scott Horton: Broder for the Defense


Nick Turse: A Tsunami of Hunger


Jürgen Klinsmann sacked.