What Is 'Democracy'?
The ordeal of Abdul Rahman, whose death was demanded by the imams of Afghanistan, causes one to ask: What is this new democracy President Bush celebrates? Is it really something for which we ought to be sending young Americans to fight and die?

Failing Their Own
A justified condemnation of the leadership of the black community: The black caucus lives in a fantasy in which it is the ''conscience of the Congress,'' immune to the sort of scrutiny that many other groups receive.

No More Sugar and Spice: Girl Gangs on Rise in DC
This is part of that wonderful thing called "diversity," and it is another indication of where it is taking the country - the further destruction of our nation's capital.

Marchers Say Gringos, Not Illegals, Must Go
The immigration issue is not just heating up - it's boiling over. The Southwestern United States is literally at stake. A slow migration - legal and illegal - is the weapon. And, It's not happenstance. It's being carefully planned.

A Great Politically Incorrect Essay on Islamist Violence
Is it true that 26 chapters of the Quran deal with jihad, a fight able-bodied believers are obligated to join (Surah 2:216), and that the text orders Muslims to 'instill terror into the hearts of the unbeliever' and to 'smite above their necks' (8:12)?

Islam, a Religion of Peace-- or of Violence?
   A SuppressedNews QuickTake
Is Islam really a religion of peace? A report from Kabul in Afghanistan serves to shed some light on this question.
by SuppressedNews

Election Commission Softens Internet Regulations
The Federal Election Commission is apparently softening regulations on web sites, email, and bloggers. This is great news for free political speech and for sites like SuppressedNews.

Another Bad Slip for NY Times
For the second time in less than a week, The New York Times today admitted to a serious error in a story. On Saturday it said it had misidentified a man featured in the iconic "hooded inmate" photograph from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

Richard Lynn's New Work on Global IQ Differences
These findings in Lynn’s latest book have profound geopolitical significance. They imply it may simply not be possible to transmit Western-style democratic and economic systems to the populations of Latin America and Moslem North Africa and the Middle East, let alone sub-Saharan Africa.

Chavez Again Talks of a U.S. Invasion
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned that if U.S. troops were to invade any Latin American country, "revolutionaries" from across the region would join forces to battle the Americans.

David Duke Claims to Be Vindicated By a Harvard Dean
A paper recently co-authored by the academic dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government about the allegedly far-reaching influence of an "Israel lobby" is winning praise from white supremacist David Duke.

Scalia Lays it on the Line
"Anyone who thinks the country's most prominent lawyers reflect the views of the people needs a reality check," said Scalia. Today's judges, he said, are no more qualified than "Joe Sixpack" to decide the kind of moral questions that have roiled political debate for decades.

New Orleans to Return Seized Guns
Following hurricane Katrina, officials seized guns from lawful gun owners. The city finally has admitted to taking guns from people even though the were not breaking any gun laws.
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Bush In Trouble With GOP Congress
President Bush's troubles with congressional Republicans, which erupted during the backlash to the Dubai seaport deal, are rooted in policy frustrations and personal resentments that GOP lawmakers say stretch back to the opening days of the administration.

NAMIBIA: Hunger Forces Community to Eat Livestock Feed
Poverty and hunger were forcing members of the San community in northeastern Namibia to eat livestock feed, according to a relief official.

Buchanan: They Just Don't Get It
Middle America did indeed react viscerally to news that -- after having been endlessly harangued by Washington that they will spend their lives in the shadow of Islamic terrorism -- Arabs from some place they've never heard of would be running our ports.

Sen. Sander's Ethical Dilemma
State Sen. Hank Sanders has used millions of dollars of the taxpayer's money to support organizations run by his family. However, the Alabama Ethics Commission by a narrow 3 to 2 vote cleared him of ethics charges. He is mad, and is sponsoring a bill to handcuff the commission.

Democrats Are Serious About Bush Impeachment
WST: If the Democrats win either the House or the Senate in November the real debate in Democratic circles would be whether to pass articles of impeachment.

Democrats Testing Ultra Left Agenda
The Republican Party says the Democrats' real agenda involves the censure and possible impeachment of President George W. Bush.

Internet Means End for Media Barons, Says Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch has sounded the death knell for the era of the media baron, comparing today's internet pioneers with explorers such as Christopher Columbus and John Cabot and hailing the arrival of a "second great age of discovery".

Begin Led Jewish Terrorists Who Plotted To Assassinate Bevin
Jewish terrorists led by Menachem Begin plotted to assassinate Foreign Secretery Ernest Bevin, the British Foreign Secretary, in 1946, as part of their campaign to establish the state of Israel, newly declassified intelligence files have shown.

Freedom of Speech in Retreat
Muslims in Europe want the same sort of censorship that many nations now offer to other aggrieved groups. By law, eleven European nations can punish anyone who publicly denies the Holocaust.

Ariz. Gov.: Place Troops on Mexico Border
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she is prepared to use state money to send National Guard troops to the Arizona-Mexico border to crack down on illegal immigration if the Pentagon declines to pick up the bill.

Top Terrorist Sighting Raises no FBI Interest
Two Americans believe they have spotted Adnan el-Shukrijumah, the al-Qaida operative identified as "the next Mohamed Atta" at a location near Bakersfield, Calif., but have been unable to get the FBI or Homeland Security to investigate.

Violence on Border at Record High
Under questioning by Sen. Jeff Sessions, Marcy M. Forman, the director of the Office of Investigations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said her office doesn't have the money or staff to respond to all calls from local law enforcement to come pick up illegal aliens. Not all calls about illegal aliens are a priority for ICE. An attitude of entitlement now exist.

Former Conyers Aides Press Ethics Complaints
Two former aides to Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) have alleged that he repeatedly violated House ethics rules.