"It is flatly un-American for people to be hauled out of a public…: cheetahmaster

"It is flatly un-American for people to be hauled out of a public event with the president of the United States because of, say, a political bumper sticker on their car. But is it too much to ask the White House to say so? Apparently."
-Dan Froomkin

Great read, by Tina Brown: "...the culture of news has become a winner-takes-all proposition."

Report calls intelligence "dead wrong" on Iraqi weapons. Maureen Dowd sees a screw-up.

States grow to rely on income from gambling.

THURSDAY NEWSDAY:
* Groups organize to defend DeLay.
* The Pope's health problems feeding tube brings end-of-life issues closer to home.
* EU proposes 15% duty on US goods.
* David Ignatius on what we need from the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
* The decision to join the Iraq war still haunts Tony Blair.
* Is the GOP in Congress prepared to eliminate the filibuster?
* No duh: Commuting times are on the rise.
* Environmentalists and conservative Republicans get together to push for gas alternatives.
* Mind-reading brain chip helps paralyzed man function.
* NYTimes review of the ultra-violent Sin Ciy.

Anne Applebaum on the realities of facing death in modern America.

Andrew Cohen on the only real hero in the Terry Schiavo case.

on the end of Serial season one

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