"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde

- Happy Mother's Day, Susie. And to all the rest of our mothers, too. We are not Republicans, here.

- Torture, lies, killing and poverty ... all in a day's work.

- The secret lives of Saints.

- Our pretzeldent, fighting the war on plurals, cedars.

- Happy birthday, Shakes, for she brings an awesome blog roundup, and just generally rocks.

- You don't get a cookie for doing the right thing, but then, it's its own reward.

- Public transit and poverty.

- Bees not doing so well.

- Mugabe's government rejects any additional conditions, such as an end to violent attacks on the citizenry, being put on a presidential runoff election.

- Bermuda: come for the sunny beaches, stay for the tax relief on your Pentagon contracts.

- The American Petroleum Institute plans a multi-year PR blitz to defend their obscene profits.

- Supporting Ed Fallon over Leonard Boswell in the IA-03.

- The real terrorist threat.

- Looking for justice in the Sean Bell verdict.

- The man John McCain picked to run the Republican National Convention has ties to the Myanmar junta. Given the chance to take up Bush's third term, McCain will probably consider the man to run the show trials at Guantanamo.