But apparently he works wonders for people's sleeping habits.

If you're not afraid of the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, according to Krugman, then join me on the flip.

The US Supreme Court agreed to hear a key abortion case on late-term pregnancy terminations, in an early test of how the newly remade court will rule on an issue cleaving American politics.

The US government is appealing rulings by lower courts that a 2003 law banning the procedures decried by opponents as "partial-birth abortion" is unconstitutional, mainly because it fails to make exceptions for a mother's health.

The case will be closely watched for clues on how President George W. Bush's picks for chief justice, John Roberts, and associate justice, Samuel Alito, will rule on abortion.

Perhaps you can help.

But I've just received a copy of the Buckeye State's Democratic gubernatorial candidate's "Vision to Move Ohio Forward," and I couldn't be more excited or pleased.

Its hallmark: The importance of early education, the fulcrum around which the circle of life revolves in America.

Heckuva euphemism, Chertoff.

Ignorance isn't bliss.

Herbert gets it: Education, and the lack thereof, poses the greatest threat to the American Empire in 2006 (and in 2016, and 2026, and so on and so forth).

Today, he published a gut-wrenching, mind-boggling column that has reinvigorated my passion for educational reform. I hope it can have the same impact on you.

"You, upon whom above other nations God has conferred remarkable glory in arms, great courage, bodily activity, and strength to humble the hairy scalp of those who resist you."

Come along with me and consider the possibility that they are one in the same.

Author's Note: What follows is a revised version of a final paper I wrote in a History course on the Crusades during my senior year of college. It's long, and there's a decent amount of background information on the Crusades to get through, but hopefully it will be worth your while. Have a great day.

He prefaced this by interrupting the proverbial thank-yous to directors and writers and fellow actors by also thanking Jack Abramoff.

Why?

"Just because. I'm the first one up here, I thought I'd get things rolling," Clooney said.

"The Republican Party has been hijacked by the religious fanatics that, in my opinion, aren't a whole lot different than Osama bin Laden and a lot of the other religious nuts around the world," he said. "The challenge is for the rest of us moderate Americans and citizens of the world to put down the fork and spoon, turn off the TV, and participate in the process and try to push back on these radical nuts - and they are nuts."

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And while his support is likely sincere, his purpose in doing so was simple: To lock up the conservative base in Ohio in order to win the primary election in March. But what then?

Hold on to your butts.

The Act required that states replace all punch card voting systems, and the Federal government would provide funds to help accomplish this feat.

The deadlines were flexible, however, as states could--and did--qualify for waivers that all expired on January 1, 2006.

In Ohio, the man who would love to be governor, Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, has done much more than replace the punch card system. He's replaced it with Diebold, and he's done so forcefully. And as the Columbus Dispatch reported today, the odyssey is nearly complete.

As a result--and as many of you already believe and know--every Ohio election will be suspect as a result.

But if the New York Times is no longer to serve as the trusted source of news that it had once been, then to whom and to what should we turn for the reportage that the blogosphere cannot provide?