Both Bush and Blair got on television as soon as possible after the U.S. military killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to take credit for killing him. They should not have. Their comments contributed nothing to the world's knowledge or understanding of the event, and only made a thug into a martyr. Shame on Bush and Blair.

More on the flap over Overland High School teacher Jay Bennish doing his job and (gasp!) opening his students' minds to the fact that not everyone sees the United States of America through Bush-colored glasses.

Teacher Jay Bennish is placed on administrative leave by Cherry Creek School District in another stunning display of stupidity and lack of faith in the First Amendment. Maybe we need to replace all teachers with Bush-approved, flag-waving robots.

State Representative Woody Burton of Indiana has made the "In God We Trust" license plate his personal crusade in Indiana. Congressman Mike Sodrel (R-IN) is wasting legislative time and taxpayer dollars with a similar crusade in the US House of Representatives. Is anyone doing any real work in representative government??

VP Cheney's accidental shooting of Mr. Whittington is not worthy of the attention it has received; there is nothing new about how this administration deals with the press. We need to focus on issues that matter -- like the high crimes and misdemeanors that may have have taken place in the White House.

Judge Hamilton and Rep. Orentlicher understand what 83 Indiana State Representatives apparently do not. Say NO to state-sponsored religion in Indiana.

The $3.4 billion the Bush administration claims it can save on social security over the next ten years represents just over two weeks of US occupation in Iraq. Save the budget by focusing on Peace.

President Bush delivered the State of the Union address last night. I watched and listened intently, but did not hear much of anything about the state of our Union. I did hear the prez try to justify illegal wiretaps again. Don't fall for it!

A quick discussion of conservative media bias in the treatment of two presidential scandals and a commentary on why not to believe Bill O'Reilly. The CBC documentary mentioned in this podcast is at http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/sticksandstones.html

Rep. Jeff Thompson, R-Lizton (Indiana), has withdrawn his ill-advised amendment at the behest of Speaker Brian Bosma. Anderson, Indiana is setting itself up for a big constitutional fight on the tired, old issue of separation of church and state.