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March 3, 2008
Will U.S. become world's nuclear-waste dump?
Mark Clayton
The Christian Science Monitor
 
A Toxic Time Bomb in the Northwest
Chris Gregoire and Maria Cantwell
The Washington Post
 
Ahmadinejad pokes Uncle Sam in eye on Iraq visit
AFP
 
Israeli Gaza operation 'not over'
BBC News
 
The Gaza Bombshell
David Rose
Vanity Fair
 
Venezuela, Ecuador deploy troops to Colombian border
Tyler Bridges and Sibylla Broadzinsky
The Miami Herald
 
Putin Protégé Secures Election Victory
Clifford J. Levy
The New York Times
 
Mukasey Refuses Probe of Bush Aides
Laurie Kellman
AP
 
Telecom Indemification
Kevin Drum
The Washington Monthly
 
Why Isn't Iraq in the 2008 Election?
Noam Chomsky
AlterNet / Democracy Now!
 
Deliverance or Diversion?
Paul Krugman
The New York Times
 
Bush Aide Resigns Over Plagiarism
Michael Abramowitz and William Branigin
The Washington Post
 
US: Embattled Veterans Official Resigns Post
Aaron Glantz
IPS
 
Oil exploration sought in Calif. national monument
David Whitney
McClatchy Newspapers
 
March 4, 2008
US plotted to overthrow Hamas after election v
ictory
Suzanne Goldenberg
The Guardian
 
Bush guts Advisory Board's oversight of illegal intelligence activities
Smintheus
Daily Kos
 
Wiretap Compromise in Works
Digby
Hullabaloo
 
Horrifying and Unnecessary
The New York Times

Hillary today: John McCain has more experience than Obama
John Aravosis
Americablog
 
Obama and Rezko: TPM's Timeline
Paul Kiel
TPM Muckraker
 
Ecoterrorism Suspected in House Fires in Seattle Suburb
William Yardley
The New York Times
 
Are new Air Force ads a political statement?
J.W. Anderson
Nieman Watchdog
 
FCC official wants probe of "60 Minutes" black-out
Peter Kaplan
Reuters
 

March 5, 2008
Trade Agreement Meets Campaign Resistance
Timothy R. Homan
CQ

 
It's 3 a.m. and Hillary's Dreaming
Marc Cooper
The Huffington Post
 
McCain Off to Bad Start for the Fall Campaign
Mark Daniels
The Moderate Voice
 
Did the Clinton Campaign Doctor Obama Footage to Make Him 'Blacker'?
Sarah Lai Stirland
Wired
 
Blasts at Pakistan Navy College Kill at Least 4
Candace Rondeaux
The Washington Post
 
Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks Back On
Amy Teibel
My Way
 
Mukasey's Paradox
Jonathan Turley
Los Angeles Times
 
The Art of Spectrum Lobbying
J.H. Snider
New America Foundation
 
Flying Off the Shelves
Paul Constant
The Stranger
 
Senator Tom Harkin: Marijuana Makes People Sell Their Children
Wonkette
 
Blackwater Making A Difference
Joseph Neff
The News and Observer


March 6, 2008
Gaza humani
tarian crisis worst since '67
Tim Large
Reuters
 
Bush officials: Congress irrelevant on Iraq
William H. McMichael
Army Times
 
Official: Iraq, China Nearing Oil Deal
Sinan Salaheddin
AP
 
Top Iraq contractor skirts US taxes offshore
Farah Stockman
The Boston Globe
 
EPA: No Timeline for High Court Request
Erica Werner
The Guardian
 
Turk planes strike Northern Iraq
Reuters
 
FBI Chief Confirms Misuse of Subpoenas
Dan Eggen
The Washington Post
 
State Dept.: U.S. will examine captured rebel hard drives
Pablo Bachelet
McClatchy Newspapers
 
In Cuba, China Emerges as a Major Player
Louis E.V. Nevaer
New American Media
 
Irregularities in NRCC financial audit process
Paul Kiel
TPM Muckraker
 
Florida, Michigan seek exit from Democratic penalty box
CNN
 
Guardian wins $15.6 million
Charles Russo
San Francisco Bay Guardian
 
Obama "blacker" ad no accident
Kos
Daily Kos
 
School's bizarre ploy to beat internet perverts - masking pupils with Acid House smileys
Colin Fernandez
The Daily Mail


March 7, 2008
Double b
ombing kills at least 54 in Baghdad
Steve Lannen and Nancy A. Youssef
McClatchy Newspapers
 
Long-sought arms dealer caught
Stephen Braun and Judy Pasternak
Los Angeles Times
 
The Trafficker Viktor Bout Lands US Aid for Services Rendered in Iraq
Jean-Philippe Rémy
Global Policy Forum
 
Economy Lost 63,000 Jobs in February
Michael M. Grynbaum
The New York Times
 
Homeowner Equity Is Lowest Since 1945
J.W. Elphinstone
Yahoo!
 
Senate Votes to Strengthen Product Safety Laws
Stephen Labaton
The New York Times
 
It’s almost as if they’re embarrassed by Bush
Steve Benen
Crooks and Liars
 
Philadelphia Democratic Ward Leaders to Choose Next President
Mithras
Fables of Reconstruction

The Unfulfilled Promises of Hugo Chávez
Francisco Rodríguez
Foreign Affairs
 
Did Clinton Win Ohio on a Lie?
Paul Loeb
The Huffington Post
 
Daylight-saving not good for cows
Jonathan Curiel
San Francisco Chronicle


March 10, 2008
Bush veto allows CIA torture to continue
Kim Landers
ABC News
 

What Bush's Veto Means: His Endgame and His Legacy
JB
Balkinization
 
Pakistan Rivals Join to Fight Musharraf
Jane Perlez
The New York Times
 
Bush, Colombia & Narco-Politics
Andrés Cala
Consortium News
 
Halliburton accused over Iraq water supplies
Julian Borger
The Guardian
 
AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water
Jeff Donn, Martha Mendoza and Justin Pritchard
AP
 
Carlyle Group May Buy Major CIA Contractor
Tim Shorrock
CorpWatch
 
Spanish socialists pledge new era after poll victory
Paul Hamilos
The Guardian
 
Blackwater Bid is Withdrawn
Anne Krueger
San Diego Union-Tribune
 
Monstruous
Marc Cooper
marccooper.com
 
McCain Shocker: He Lives And Loves With D.C. Satanists
Wonkette

Outrageous Anti-Pot Lies
Paul Armentano
AlterNet


March 11, 2008
Exhaustive review finds no link between Saddam and al Qaida
Warren P. Strobel
McClatchy Newspapers
 
The next bubble
Eric Janszen

Harper’s

 
Torture Bill: Override this veto
Seattle Post Intelligencer
 
Nader Deserves a Pulpit to Speak
Chris Hedges
The Philadelphia Inquirer
 
Cheap Oil Is Over: Kiss the Gas-Guzzling NASCAR Era Good-Bye
James Howard Kunstler
Chelsea Green Publishing/AlterNet
 
Where Were You in '02? Bush's War and the Prince of Darkness
Kristin Breitweiser
The Huffington Post
 
Some Questions About the Spitzer Incident
Jane Hamsher
FireDogLake
 
Wal-Mart State or Starbucks State
Kottke.org
 

  March 12, 2008
Auditors: Iraq Faces Budget Surplus
Anne Flaherty
AP
 
House Fails to Ove
rride Torture Veto
Pamela Hess
AP
 
Dissenting Views Made Fallon's Fall Inevitable
Gareth Porter
IPS
 
GAO Comptroller: ‘Significant’ Amount Of U.S. Funds For Iraq Funneled To Sunni And Shiite Militias
Think Progress
 
Top cop who led probe into secret CIA flights found dead
Belfast Telegraph
 
President Bush’s Big News On Fairness Doctrine Opposition
Extreme Mortman
 
The Bush Debt: $7.7 Trillion
Video Clip of the Day
 
Obama Has Erased Hillary's March 4 Gains
Eric Kleefeld
TPM Muckraker
 
The Saudis are blowing smoke again
Dave Cohen
Energy Bulletin
 
Spitzer’s Shame Is Wall Street’s Gain
Robert Scheer
TruthDig
 
HUD E-Mails Refer to Retaliation
Carol D. Leonnig
The Washington Post
 
US drops China from list of top human rights abusers
AFP

March 13, 2008
Pentagon Report on Saddam's Iraq Censored?

ABC News
 
U.S. authorities improperly obtain citizen's personal information
China View
 
The Surge is Working (For Suicide Bombers)
AP
Video Clip of the Day
 
EPA Tightens Pollution Standards
Juliet Eilperin
The Washington Post
 
Dollar Dips Below 100 Yen as Markets Tumble
The New York Times
 
Afghanistan's soaring drug trade hits home
Anand Gopal
The Christian Science Monitor
 
Spitz Out 
Scott Horton
The New Republic
 
The New Nixon
Matt Taibbi
Rolling Stone
 
McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam
David Corn
Mother Jones
 
Ark to save humans after Armageddon
The Australian
 
'Human Smoke' by Nicholson Baker
Mark Kurlansky
Los Angeles Times
 
David Mamet: Now a Brain-dead Something Else
Underbelly


March 14-16, 2008
House Passes Spy Bill, Rejects Telcom Amne
sty Despite Veto Threat
Ryan Singel
Wired
 
Don't execute 9/11 accused: Mukasey
Chloe Fussell
Reuters
 
Alaska senators make another push for oil drilling in ANWR
Erika Bolstad
McClatchy Newspapers
 
President weakens espionage oversight
Charlie Savage
The Boston Globe
 
Ozone Rules Weakened at Bush's Behest
Juliet Eilperin
The Washington Post
 
Body of kidnapped archbishop found in Iraq
Ian Black
The Guardian
 
Ex-rebel could get $2.5m from Colombia for killing his boss
Daniel Howden
The Independent
 
Fatal flaw
Timothy Gower
The Boston Globe
 
Come Back, Eliot Spitzer!
Chris Kelly
The Huffington Post
 
Bush: ‘I’m just a simple president.’
Think Progress


March 17, 2008
Dollar's plunge pushes eurozone past US
AFP
 

J.P. Morgan Buys Bear in Fire Sale
Robin Sidel, Dennis K. Berman and Kate Kelly
The Wall Street Journal
 
Greenspan warns of worst crisis since 1945
AFP
 
Iraq War Veterans Accuse US Military of Coverups
Al Jazeera
Video Clip of the Day
 
Iraq war's cost: Loss of U.S. power, prestige, influence
Warren P. Strobel
McClatchy Newspapers
 
ABC News Outrage
Left I on the News
 
Philip K. Dick Meet George W. Bush
Tom Engelhardt
TomDispatch
 
Op-Eds Made Simple
John Cole
Balloon Juice
 
18 killed in Pakistan missile strike
Zulfiqar Ali and Laura King
Los Angeles Times
 
China Condemns Tibetan Protests
The New York Times
 
Wiretapping's true danger
Julian Sanchez
Los Angeles Times
 
First coca find in Brazil Amazon
Gary Duffy
BBC News
 
Tier 1, Tier 3, and the Perp Walk Between
Debra Dickerson
Mojo Blog


March 18, 2008
Tibetans in India Enraged by Details of Crackdown
Somini Sengupta
The New Yo
rk Times
 
Death toll from Iraq Shiite shrine attack rises to 52
AFP
 
The Wages of Peace
Robert Pollin & Heidi Garrett-Peltier
The Nation
 
Florida Democrats Drop Proposal For A New Vote
Rachel Kapochunas
CQ Staff
 
Country of Laws
Ralph Nader
Nader.org
 
Justice Dept audit: Terrorist watchlist riddled with errors
Marisa Taylor
McClatchy Newspapers
 
Obama's Speech Also An Indictment Of Our Political Discourse
Greg Sargent
TPM
 
Supreme Court to rule on broadcast indecency
David G. Savage
Los Angeles Times
 
Perino Defends Administration’s Intervention For Wall Street Instead Of Main Street
Think Progress
 
Anti-War Grannies Arrested Trying to Enlist
Matthew Cardinale
IPS


March 19, 2008
A Real Freak Out

James Howard Kunstler
Clusterfuck Nation
 
The Fed's Too Easy on Wall Street
Chris Farrell
Business Week
 
Please DON"T PUT GARBAGE in the FEDERAL RESERVE
(An Open Letter to Mr. Ben Bernanke)
Andy Beal
The Motley Fool (Discussion Boards)
 
U.S. May Relent on Hamas Role in Talks
Helene Cooper
The New York Times
 
Bearing Arms … Against Bears
grizzlies.

Dahlia Lithwick
Slate
 
Obama's faith in the reasoning abilities of the American public
Glenn Greenwald
Salon
 
Dalai Lama threatens to stand down over violence as China calls him a liar
Jane Macartney and Jeremy Page
Time Online
 
The only lesson we ever learn is that we never learn
Robert Fisk
The Independent
 
Analysis: England: 'Rumsfeld knew'
Stefan Nicola
UPI
 
Some viruses come pre-installed
Jordan Robertson
The Houston Chroncle


March 20, 2008
Bin Laden attacks EU over cartoons
Aljazeera
 

A Responsible Plan to E
nd the War in Iraq
Darcy Burner and Donna Edwards

 
Cheney Ex-Aide 'Scooter' Libby Disbarred
Carol D. Leonnig
The Washington Post
 
Hillary's Nasty Pastorate
Barbara Ehrenreich
The Nation
 
Lawmakers want probe of accidental electrocutions in Iraq
David Ivanovich
The Houston Chronicle
 
Keeping Death Off the Books
FAIR
 
Contaminant In Heparin Is Identified
Marc Kaufman
The Washington Post
 
John McCain: Unfit to Serve
TPMtv
Video Clip of the Day
 
We Need a President, Not Just a Commander in Chief
Joe Brewer and George Lakoff
TruthOut
 
World's best-known protest symbol turns 50
Kathryn Westcott
BBC News

  March 21-23, 2008
Purported bin Laden message: Iraq is 'perfect base'
CNN
 
The passport breach
Jaikumar Vijayan
Computerworld
 
Obama Snags Richardson Endorsement
Peter Slevin
The Washington Post
 
Obama's Passportgate: Historical Echo
Robert Parry
Consortium News
 
Vermont Argues Iraq War is “Mission Expired”
Terry J Allen
In These Times
 
Libertarians seek Barr candidacy
Ralph Z. Hallow
The Washington Times
 
Public Transportation Ridership In 2007 -- The Highest Level in 50 Years
Virginia Miller
ATPA
 
Letting the Market Drive Transportation
Lyndsey Layton and Spencer S. Hsu
The Washington Post
 
I.S.P. Tracking: The Mother of All Privacy Battles
Saul Hansell
The New York Times
 
I've Seen My Share of Spitzers
"Ruth Henderson"
Pajamas Media
 
The "R" Rated C.E.O.
Karen Donovan
Portfolio.com
 
Different Standards for Black and White Preachers
Cenk Uygur
The Huffington Post
 
Bomb, bomb Iran?
Joe Conason
Salon
 
N.H. House votes to decriminalize marijuana
Norma Love
Fosters
 
Gore Vidal Speaks Seriously Ill of the Dead
Gore Vidal
TruthDig

March 24, 2008
Dozens die in attacks across Iraq
BBC News
 
Pentagon Rules Out Fallon Testimony

Robert Burns
AP
 
U.S. Pushed Allies on Iraq, Diplomat Writes
Colum Lynch
The Washington Post
 
Arab media warns Bush wants Iran war 
Press TV
 
Pakistan to meet militants
Jason Burke
The Observer
 
Taming the Beast
Paul Krugman
The New York Times
 
A Conscientious Objection
Chris Hedges
TruthDig
 
Passport Scandal Linked to Security Contractor Operating in Iraq
Phil Matterra
Dirt Digger’s Digest
 
NY Public Library "Trades Naming Rights" to Greedy Hedge Fund Billionaire for Big Bucks
David Morris
AlterNet
 
At the Border, No Tip of The Hat for This Dandy
Kevin Sullivan
The Washington Post
 
More Political Taint in the Spitzer Case
Scott Horton
Harper’s
 
China's Brutal Olympic Echo
Dave Zirin
The Edge of Sports


March 25, 2008
States win over President on criminal law issue
Lyle Denniston

Scotus Blog
 
Court to hear dispute on civilians caught in Iraq
Joan Biskupic
USA Today
 
Sadr militia battle troops in four Iraqi cities
AFP
 
Dawn of a new nuclear age
Terry Macalister
The Guardian
 
Pakistan’s New Prime Minister Frees Detained Judges
Salman Masood
The New York Times
 
Top Corporate Abusers Named
Haider Rizvi
OneWorld US
 
Sedatives and Sex Hormones in Our Water Supply

Amy Goodman
Democracy Now / AlterNet
 
Debt: Our 9 Trillion Pound Gorilla
Susan J. Douglas
In These Times
 
The ongoing exclusion of war opponents from the Iraq debate
Glenn Greenwald
Salon
 
Grain Farmer Claims Moral Victory in Seed Battle Against Monsanto
Matt Hartley
Globe and Mail / CommonDreams.org


March 26, 2008
Giant Antarctic ice shelf breaks into the sea
Claire Truscott
The Guardian
 

Soot may play big role in climate change
Tami Abdollah
Los Angeles Times
 
Scorned trash pickers become global environmental force
Jack Chang
McClatchy Newspapers
 
Fighting leaves crucial truce with Iraq militia in shambles
The Seatlle Times
 
Maliki, Sadr, and the Wages of Sin
Spencer Ackerman 
The Washington Independent
 
Why are thousands of bats dying in New York?
Michael Hill
MSNBC
 
Democrat Gravel Switches to Libertarian
AP
 
Saving Social Security From Bush And McCain
The Wonk Room


March 27, 2008
Pakistan's new leaders tell US: We are no
longer your killing field
Declan Walsh
The Guardian
 
Pentagon says new Iraq fighting arises from surge's success
AFP
 
U.S. Steps Up Unilateral Strikes in Pakistan
Robin Wright and Joby Warrick
The Washington Post
 
Supplier Under Scrutiny on Aging Arms for Afghans
C.J. Chivers
The New York Times
 
Million acres of Guyanese rainforest to be saved in groundbreaking deal
Daniel Howden
The Independent
 
Feinstein grills Mukasey about closed corruption unit
Susan Crabtree
The Hill
 
Miami prepares for police drones
The Great Beyond
 
Court: Mumia Deserves New Hearing
Kathy Matheson
My Way
 
McCain’s Age Is No Joke
Ellen Goodman
TruthDig
 
The conservative case for Barack Obama
Andrew J. Bacevich
The American Conservative
 
Cigarette Company Paid for Lung Cancer Study
Gardiner Harris
The New York Times
 
Mexico Declares War On Emo
Brock Thiessen
Exclaim


March 28-30, 2008
Five Things You Need to Know to Understand the
Latest Violence in Iraq
Joshua Holland
Raed Jarrar
AlterNet
 
Basra fight hurts oil exports
Ben Lando
UPI
 
Baghdad under curfew amid clashes
BBC News
 
Iraq is Undergoing a Cholera Epidemic
The Real News
Video Clip of the Day
 
National Pentagon Radio?
Norman Solomon
Consortium News
 
Washington Revisits Big-Bank Regulation
Mike Lillis
The Washington Independent
 
FARC acquired uranium, says Colombia
Sibylla Brodzinsky
The Christian Science Monitor
 
As Uranium Firms Eye N.M., Navajos Are Wary
Kari Lydersen
The Washington Post
 
Fears of unrest rise across Asia as rice price surges 30% in a day
Javier Blas and Daniel Ten Kate
Financial Times
 
Bush: Rebate Checks Will Make Economy ‘Stronger Than Ever Before’
Think Progress
 
Court of Appeals Sets Governor Siegelman Free As Congress Calls Siegelman to Testify in Continued Probe of Political Prosecutions
Scott Horton
Harper’s
 
Palestinians Fear Two-Tier Road System
Ethan Bronner
The New York Times
 
Anti-Islam film Fitna online
Radio Netherlands
 
Out of Print
Eric Alterman
The New Yorker


March 31, 2008
Iranians help reach Iraq cease-fire

Charles Levinson
USA Today

Ground is shifting beneath diplomacy with Pakistan

Laura King
Los Angeles Times

Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee describes torture allegations

Nick Fiske
Jurist

Gitmo and the G.O.P. Election Effort
Scott Horton
Harper’s

Paulson's regulation plan won't fix current economic crisis
Kevin G. Hall
McClatchy Newspapers

US credit crunch hits education as banks abandon student loans
Suzy Jagger
Times

Colombian Troops Kill Farmers, Pass Off Bodies as Rebels'
Juan Forero
The Washington Post

The Rise of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Susan Dorman and Richard E. Chaisson
Project Syndicate

The Odds Aren't Favorable for Careers in Science
Dan Greenberg
The Chronicle Review

Rove: My ‘tail and horns are retractable.’
Think Progress

 
 
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