Politics

Kerry rejects medals dispute – and hey, someone that was actually there: I watched Kerry throw his war decorations

Why has the Bush administration has engaged in a three-year fight (which reaches the Supreme Court today) to hide the details of a story whose broad outline we already know? The secrecy of the energy task force are “strikingly similar” to those it makes for its right to detain, without trial, anyone it deems an enemy combatant. In both cases, as Ms. Greenhouse puts it, the administration has put forward “a vision of presidential power . . . as far-reaching as any the court has seen.”

College leader “surprised and disappointed” by Cheney’s attacks on John Kerry during a speech that was supposed to be for a major foreign policy address.

AP: 10 U.S. Contractors in Iraq Penalized. “But it’s not the company’s fault if it has a dumb client. I’m not blaming the companies, I’m blaming the government”

Bush endorses Sharon plan – thought the US reputation couldn’t get any worse? Wrong.

The African foundations of New York – The remains of 20,000 African men, women and children have lain beneath the busy streets of New York for 300 years, waiting to tell their stories on the extent of slavery in the city.

Will the US like the smart car?