Reuters:
One juror in the perjury trial of former vice presidential aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby was dismissed on Monday after she told the judge she had been exposed to information about the case outside of court.
Judge Reggie Walton said the jury would continue to deliberate with 11 members.
“It’s imperative that you not have any contact [...]

At a news conference today, filmmakers will announce the release of a new documentary “The Lost Tomb of Jesus,” which claims to have found ossuaries belonging to Jesus, his wife, Mary Magdalene; their son, his mother and other family members:
Scientific analysis of limestone ossuaries (bone boxes) and physical evidence found in a 2,000-year- old [...]

Modern journalism by giving us the opinions of the uneducated, keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.
— Oscar Wilde

Earlier this month, New York Magazine published a series of essays under the collective title, “Bush’s Mind: Analyzing the President.” In 17 essays by experts in politcs and psychology, the magazine offers what it calls a “psychopolitical survey” of the inner George W. Bush:

Think about it: if the United States really believed Iran had nuclear defense capability, would we be so belligerent and overbearing toward it? Or, as with North Korea, would we call upon others to help us take the diplomatic route? Our behavior tells me we’re lying.
A story in the L.A. Times reports that with [...]

From our friends in New Europe

Finally, a glimmer of hope for our country:
Some of America’s most senior military commanders are prepared to resign if the White House orders a military strike against Iran, according to highly placed defence and intelligence sources.
Tension in the Gulf region has raised fears that an attack on Iran is becoming increasingly likely before President George [...]

Early last year, Rev. Lonnie Latham, a Baptist preacher who railed against the evils of homosexuality, was arrested for inviting a male undercover cop in a seedy part of Oklahoma City up to his motel room for oral sex. Latham’s trial is underway now, and his lawyer’s opening gambit is interesting in light of the [...]

Propaganda works:
The number of Iraqis killed, however, is much harder to pin down, and that uncertainty is perhaps reflected in Americans’ tendency to lowball the Iraqi death toll by tens of thousands.
Iraqi civilian deaths are estimated at more than 54,000 and could be much higher; some unofficial estimates range into the hundreds of thousands. The [...]

If he said it once, he’ll say it again. And he did. Dick Cheney wants us to know he really meant it when he said Nancy Pelosi and the members of the House who voted to dial down on Iraq are on the side of al Qaeda.
Carter says Dick is no better at assessing foreign [...]