MediaBloodhound: The oldest detainee at Guantanamo Bay — an Afghan man who is at least 71 and hobbled around the U.S. prison in Cuba using a walker — has been sent home, his lawyer said Monday. We're winning the war on Grandpa!

The Opinion Mill: It's Bushtemberfest! A chance to celebrate the non-accomplishments of George W. Bush, the first president to let one major American city be devastated by terrorists and allow another one to drown, all within the space of a few years. Some patriots like to buy a commemorative coin or have their name embedded in a NOLA sidwalk. In a related story, read about the troubling case of Anna Pou, M.D.

Boregasm: Don't you have a right to know who's funding policy initiatives in your state?

DARE Generation Diary: The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is having a bad month.

The Reality-Based Community: The new conservative strategy... "blinding the beast"

Martini Republic: The right's banal and inept use of the "appeasement" mis-anology. Let's look at what history has to teach us about Fascism.