* the guardian - more heat against bush

"Bush ignored terror threat, claims ex-aide

George Bush's re-election campaign suffered a stinging blow yesterday when the president's former chief counter-terrorism adviser accused him of doing "a terrible job" in protecting America against attack, largely because of a fixation on Iraq.

Richard Clarke, who retired as the White House counter-terrorism coordinator last year, accused the president of putting pressure on him to find evidence of Iraqi involvement in the September 11 attacks, despite being told repeatedly that there was no link."

* rorty's leftism - via crosscurrents.org

* howard zinn's history lessons - via dissentmagazine.com

* end of history in israel - netanyahu, peres, and fukuyama come together to discuss the end of history in israel