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Every network television news program, every cable news station, every newspaper and every news web site has been covering, and will continue to cover, the horrific mayhem unfolding between Israel and Lebanon. Anyone seeking information on that situation will not struggle to find it.

"What kind of a god is it that's upset by a cartoon in Danish?" asks Salman Rushdie in the premiere episode of Bill Moyers on Faith and Reason, airing Friday, June 23 at 9 p.m. on PBS.

After the Soviets were booted out of Afghanistan and their puppet government was dethroned in 1992, but before the Taliban took over Kabul in 1996 and established some order in the country, it was four years of bloody debauchery and sheer insanity. By Stewart Nusbaumer

US Army First Lieutenant Ehren Watada says, "I've come to believe this is an illegal and an immoral war, and the order to have us deploy to Iraq is unlawful. I won't follow this order and I won't participate in something I believe is wrong." By Sarah Olson

We can't be blamed if Venezuela's mini-public diplomacy program reminds us of "The Mouse That Roared" - and we can almost hear the gnashing teeth in the White House SitRoom. By William Fisher

A powerful blast scheduled at the Nevada Test Site in June is designed to help war planners figure out the smallest nuclear weapon able to destroy underground targets. By Robert Gehrke

How many Iraqis have died as the result of the Anglo-American invasion and occupation of their country remains an unresolved question in the anti-war movement. It is a question the pro-war camp avoids. Yet what more important question is there? By Dahr Jamail and Jeff Pflueger

After yesterday's presidential news conference, I am beginning to wonder if George W. Bush knows why we went to war with Iraq. He should just come clean and admit that we went to war because Dick, Wolfie, and Rummy told him to. By Scott Galindez

George W. Bush arrives in India late Wednesday evening, but much has preceded him. Like the media hype over the "historic visit," for example. By J. Sri Raman

What President George W. Bush, FOX news, and the Washington Times were saying about Iraq three years ago they are now saying about Iran. By Ray McGovern

Revealed: Bush and Blair discussed using American spy plane in UN colors to lure Saddam into war. By Gary Gibbon

Hugo Chavez Action Figures. The street vendors of Venezuela, who make up an entirely second economy, were selling them on every corner.

Jack Abramoff, the disgraced super-lobbyist, has made a plea agreement in the massive prosecution against him and his cronies.

That's what Marines say before the shooting starts, before the metal meets the meat, before the difference between Now and Later becomes a matter of survival and strength. By William Rivers Pitt

Arnulfo Martinez recalls seeing lots of hombres del ejercito standing at attention. Though he was living on the Belle Chasse Naval Base near New Orleans when President Bush spoke there on Oct. 11, he didn't understand anything the ruddy man in the rolled-up sleeves was saying to the troops.

Allegations keep cropping up in the press that CIA professionals are undermining the administration. In at least one sense, I suppose, this is true. By Ray McGovern

Jimmy Massey is 34 years old. He's originally a Texas boy, raised as a good Southern Baptist who loves squirrel hunting with his air rifle.

Interview with Michel Bozdémir, Professor of Turkish language and civilization at Inalco, and author of La marche turque vers l'Europe [The Turkish March toward Europe]

Tom DeLay, the powerful Republican Majority Leader in the US Congress, has been indicted by a Texas grand jury for violations of that state's campaign finance laws. As a result, DeLay has been forced to resign his House leadership post.

The unbelievably arrogant and power-mad GOP Representative from Texas, Tom DeLay, got a taste of the whip hand on Wednesday. Indicted on a charge of conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, DeLay has been forced to step down as Majority Leader in the House. By William Rivers Pitt

"I am writing to request information regarding the treatment of individuals arrested on September 26, 2005, in front of the White House and processed at the United States Park Police Anacostia Station." By John Conyers, Jr. Ranking Minority Member

I had a huge grin on my face when I was getting arrested yesterday. I have received a lot of flak for smiling. Apparently I am not supposed to smile, but I had some really good reasons for doing so. By Cindy Sheehan

An element that surprised a great many people - the eruption of the black population, a supermajority in this disaster - did not really surprise me personally, since I have done a great deal of work on the mechanisms of racial segregation in the United States.

"To jog your memory further, the thrust of our next two pre-war memoranda can be gleaned from their titles: "Cooking Intelligence for War" (March 12) and "Forgery, Hyperbole, Half-Truth: A Problem" (March 18)." By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity

We don't often see Communist China give up a piece of its sovereignty, still less so to "obscure market forces." Yet that's what's happening now with the remarkable development Beijing has initiated regarding the status of its currency, the Yuan. By Nicolas Barré

If there were any doubt about whether Iraq is headed down the road to being a failed state, yesterday's deposing of the Mayor of Baghdad by the city council, backed by the military arm of the Shi'ite-controlled Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, should be the clincher.

Four years, two failed conference attempts, and one filibuster after the Republican leadership first introduced the Bush-backed energy bill into Congress, the controversial legislation was signed into law Monday by the president, yielding a major victory for the White House - and exposing the contin

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Shiites, Sunnis must find solution to insurgency, US commanders warn. By Tom Lasseter

If the leadership qualities of those in charge of the national Democratic Party could be squeezed into a shampoo bottle, the directions on the back of the bottle might read something like this: "Make tentative statement. By William Rivers Pitt