Web Site That Posts Leaked Material Ordered Shut

A test of the First Ammendment in the Internet Age: Web Site That Posts Leaked Material Ordered Shut

Putin vows 'arms race' response

I guess the 'Cold War' is back on: Putin vows 'arms race' response Just as the US Military was questioning all that spending on bombers and missiles in the War on Terror.

Study: Healthy People Cost Governments More

The key to reducing healthcare costs: free doughnuts and cigarettes? Study: Healthy People Cost Governments More

Lame-Duck Budget

The NYT really takes President Bush to task for his 2009 Budget: Lame-Duck Budget

The First Paragraph:

President Bush’s 2009 budget is a grim guided tour through his misplaced priorities, failed fiscal policies and the disastrous legacy that he will leave for the next president. And even that requires you to accept the White House’s optimistic accounting, which seven years of experience tells us would be foolish in the extreme.

Surveilence Nation

From CNN: a new $1B FBI database of our 'physical characteristics' is on the way: FBI wants palm prints, eye scans, tattoo mapping