Sensen No Sen:  The very real problem of REAL ID

The Existentialist Cowboy: How Bush put himself above the law and became the torture president.  And if you can believe it, G-Dub's spy chief is pushing to expand the government's surveillance authority

Facing South: Is State Farm Insurance really "like a good neighbor"?

Blue Gal: Don't Sugarcoat It Award for April 11

Early Warning: Why is the military at the breaking point? Could it be gross Pentagon mismanagement of funds?  Desperate for political cover, BUSHCO intends to employ a tactic that failed in Vietnam while stretching the troops to the limit to sustain the surge for a year or more

OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Thorne's World, Blog-Sothoth, Half Nixon, after the bridge