Iraq deaths down, but for how long?

By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer May 31, 2008
BAGHDAD - U.S. military deaths plunged in May to the lowest monthly level in more than four years and civilian casualties were down sharply, too, as Iraqi forces assumed the lead in offensives in three cities and a truce with Shiite [...]

As Iowa Job Surplus Grows, Workers Call the Shots 

By JOHN LELAND
Published: May 31, 2008
DES MOINES — On a recent evening here, Greg Tew, 28, considered the question: What is it like to work in a state that is creating more jobs than workers? He was sitting in the lobby of a new hotel in downtown [...]

YOU CAN’T APPEASE EVERYBODY
by Ann Coulter    May 28, 2008

After decades of comparing Nixon to Hitler, Reagan to Hitler and Bush to Hitler, liberals have finally decided it is wrong to make comparisons to Hitler. But the only leader to whom they have applied their newfound rule of thumb is: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
While Ahmadinejad has [...]

Former press secretary’s book bashes Bush

May 28, 2008 
WASHINGTON - Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes in a new memoir that President Bush relied on an aggressive “political propaganda campaign” instead of the truth to sell the Iraq war, and that the decision to invade pushed Bush’s presidency “terribly off course.’
The Bush White House [...]

May 27, 2008
Atomic Monitor Signals
  
Concern Over Iran’s Work

By ELAINE SCIOLINO

PARIS — The International Atomic Energy Agency, in an unusually blunt and detailed report, said Monday that Iran’s suspected research into the development of nuclear weapons remained “a matter of serious concern” and that Iran continued to owe the agency “substantial explanations.”
The nine-page report accused the [...]

Obama criticizes McCain on veterans’ benefits

By CHRISTOPHER WILLS, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 58 minutes ago
BAYAMON, Puerto Rico - Barack Obama told veterans Saturday that he can’t understand why Republican John McCain opposes legislation that would provide college scholarships to people who have served in the U.S. military.
“Now, let me be clear: No one can [...]

Senate passes Iraq war funding bill with add-ons

By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer May 22, 2008 
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans have broken with President Bush to help Democrats add support for veterans and the unemployed to a bill paying for another year of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
The 75-22 vote also added billions of dollars in other [...]

McCain Exceptionalism
By WILLIAM KRISTOL
Published: May 19, 2008
Last Tuesday, Republicans lost another Congressional seat in a special election — their third such defeat in two months. On Wednesday I received an acerbic e-mail message from a disgusted young G.O.P. loyalist: “I just have to say that Republicans are a dumb party that chooses stupid candidates. [...]

A question submitted from the online audience asked Bush whether he felt he had been misled about Iraq as he made the decision to go to war.
“‘Misled’ is a strong word,” he said. “Not only our intelligence community, but intelligence communities all across the world shared the same assessment. And so I was disappointed to [...]

President George W. Bush may turn out to be the top economic forecaster in the country.
About a month ago he told reporters, “We’re not in a recession, we’re in a slowdown.” At a White House news conference a few weeks later, despite the fact that reporters pressed him to use the “R” word, Mr. Bush [...]