The objective of Operation Yellow Elephant is to recruit College Republicans and Young Republicans to serve as infantry. They demanded this war and now viciously support it. It’s only right that they also experience it. Liberal blogs are having fun…

US President George Bush is now ready to concede that climate change has scientific basis, and that collective action is required over global warming. Until now, Mr Bush has adopted an intransigent position, insisting there is no scientific basis to…

Podcast downloads from Santa Monica-based KCRW zoomed to 100,000 a day from 3,500 when iTunes began hosting podcasts. I used to volunteer at KCRW, a nominally public radio station which now arguably has more advertisements than some commercial radio stations.…

Revealed: grim world of new Iraqi torture camps Secret torture chambers, the brutal interrogation of prisoners, murders by paramilitaries with links to powerful ministries… Foreign affairs editor Peter Beaumont in Baghdad uncovers a grim trail of abuse carried out by…

DailySonic catches Apple caching our podcasts. Not cooool. [Scripting News]

The gardening blog, Downtown Tomatoes, Sue and I just started has some rather amazing photos( if I do say so myself) of dahlias and more, including a close-up of my favorite finger eater, Malo.

“What a beautiful country,” he said in Spanish to an audience of about 3,000. “I am proof that the United States is a country of opportunity and liberty. In what other country of the world could I be in front…