Patriot Act author has concerns Detaining citizens as ‘enemy combatants’ — a policy not spelled out in the act — — is flawed, the legal scholar says. Lordy, even the author of the noxious Patriot Act now thinks the Bushies…

Bush blinks White House Signals Reverse of Steel Tariffs. President Bush is expected to announce this week that he will immediately lift most of the tariffs he placed on foreign steel in an effort to protect American industry. Actually it…

Kill! Kill! Kill! The Soldiers At My Front Door. “I looked out the front window of the house where I live, next door to the church, and there they were–all 75 of them, standing yards away from my front door,…

Greatest German As voted by three million Germans – 1) Konrad Adenauer2) Martin Luther3) Karl Marx Winner Konrad Adenauer served from 1949 to 1963 and helped re-establish German democracy after the Nazi era. Reformation Monk Martin Luther came second, with…

New and novel use of the Internet War-driving pornster arrested After pulling the man over, Sgt. Don Woods discovered the man was naked from the waist down as he downloaded images on a laptop computer of a young girl involved…

Soros, Buffett bet against the dollar Smart money players Warren Buffett and George Soros are making huge bets the dollar will continue its slide to new lows all next year. The greenback hit its lowest level ever against the euro…

Troop families go to Iraq on peace mission The leader of the 10-member group, Fernando Suarez del Solar, said it is important for Iraqis to realize that not all Americans support the U.S. military presence in Iraq. His son, Marine…

Nirvana bassist may run for Lt. Gov. of Washington Grunge-rock pioneer Krist Novoselic says he may run for lieutenant governor in what would be the next step of a transition from rock star to politician. I suspect he may be asked if…