Nathan Newman sticks up for Dennis Kucinich in Racism, Poverty & the Candidates. He also calls Ashcroft the most "anti-liberty Attorney General in the Post-WWII era."

Orcinus (Dave Neiwert) is back from his trip to Idaho and has resumed his series on facism.

Lisa English of Ruminate This says the resignation letter of career diplomat J. Bradley Kiesling to Colin Powell should be required reading for all Americans. He resigned over disagreements with Bush's foreign policies.

Patrick at Electrolite writes about Bush's credibility problems with leaders of other nations.

Hesiod at Counterspin, Jeanne D'arc at Body and Soul and Barry at Ampersand take on the recent leaking of a document that counters justification for war in Iraq. It relates to the Adminstration's misrepresentations of the debriefing of Iraqui defector, General Hussein Kamel, Saddam's executed son-in-law. Newsweek reported on it but apparently left some things out.

Kevin Drum of Calpundit reports on junk science and how to spot it.

And welcome to new blogger Unlearned Hand, who picks up on our post about Bush/Ashcroft/Rumsfeld's potential dismissal of the federal prosecution of Moussaoui in favor of prosecution by military tribunal, and comments:

Whatever my feelings about military tribunals (and the possibility that in three years I will be taking part in them), it does seem like the government ought not have it both ways. Either the prisoner should be subject to a civilian criminal court or a military court. Once the civilian court process has begun, it should be allowed to continue. To submit cases to civilian courts but then remove prisoners from that process at the first adverse ruling could do far more to undermine the courts than the tribunal system standing alone.

The blogs' author is in law school and upon graduation will begin service as an officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps. He calls himself an "independent thinker who disagrees with everyone on at least one issue.

With that, we're off to shop for birthday presents for our mother who turns 80 on Monday and due to health issues, can't get out much anymore. Suggestions would be appreciated, we can shop tomorrow too.