Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist.
Eduard Shevardnadze

MSNBC ~ Associated Press

PM designate signals crackdown on militias

“There’s going to be more tough fighting ahead in Iraq and there’ll be more days of sacrifice […]

A place full of different people.

AlterNet ~ By Molly Ivins

The Latest White House Whopper

Let me point out again, I don’t have a dog in this fight. There are just some things I know from living in Texas all my life. One is, don’t bother to build a fence. Two […]

a very influential
American economist

Yahoo News ~ By somebody who has to report it

Bush urges Congress to
make tax cuts permanent

Slap your forehead, sigh and just share a good laugh with him today.

Then you just have to, […]

A quick pictorial of Sen. Reid’s response to the great unifier George W Bush and his party.

Yahoo News ~ By DAVID ESPO, AP

Bush, Reid Trade Barbs on Immigration

President Bush accused Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Thursday of “single-handedly thwarting” action […]

Slide of early sighting of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in remote Montana wilderness.

Washington Post ~ By Thomas E. Ricks

Military Plays Up Role of Zarqawi

That slide, created by Casey’s subordinates, does not specifically state that U.S. citizens were being targeted by the effort, […]

“Peace is our Profession”

Wisconsin State Journal ~ By Bill Wineke

Could Iran become classic case of crying wolf?

Vice President Dick Cheney says the United States is “keeping all options on the table. We will not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.”

So the question is, would you support […]

God has given us the Papacy - let us enjoy it”

Washington Post ~ By Jonathan Weisman

Immigrant Bill Fallout May Hurt House GOP

Republicans say they could accept that sentiment if they believed they had won political points from the GOP’s restive base. But for all the negatives, they don’t […]

Yahoo News ~ By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press Writer

Shiites Ask: Why Convene Iraq Parliament?

Al-Khuzai said Shiite politicians were asking for representatives of each political bloc to meet Sunday to discuss names for the key positions, which include the president, the parliament speaker and deputies.

If […]

Hold, Hold, repeat HOLD YOUR POSITIONS; our war planners and commanders had miscalculated on how effective their ally’s advance would be, irrespective of the motley and disorganized appearance the Northern Alliance gave as soldiers. Like wild Afghan ponies that would never be corralled by a sometimes cowboy, the fighters broke away rather easily from instructions […]

In an attempt to sort it all out, we hovered for a moment on a wild idea. Why not send the illegals to France?

Townhall.com ~ By William F. Buckley

Illegal conundrums

That is an enormous job — and fatefully complicated by the U.S. Constitution, which says that anyone […]