White House For Sale: Take a look a the number of lobbyist-bundlers the 'straight talker' has working for him.

Political Animal: In the Middle East, "everything the United States has favored is now radioactive, especially democracy..."

Article of Faith: I need a drink

Balkinization: Historical precedents of torture

Senate 2008 Guru: The League of Conservation Voters has released their National Environmental Scorecard for 2007

HOLY CRAP: Usury Law and the Christian Right...Christian conservatives are great proponents of democracy in the Muslim world, except when it's democratic...Prominent Southern Baptist issues Death Prayer against critics...Religious liberty?...The 'sophisticated elites' of fundamentalism...This is what a theocracy looks like...Baby Bible Bashers...Southern Baptists and the Republican party...IRS investigation into partisan politicking by a California church...The trouble with following your own moral compass...