On the table, at last. A former British cabinet minister -- the highest ranking public figure so far -- lays out the strong evidence that the Bush Administration knew in advance of the WTC attack but let it happen anyway in order to create a convenient pretext for launching a bid for hegemony through control of oil.

Black Hole of Baghdad.

Political rule of thumb. Hide whatever lies can't dismiss.

Be suspicious. Be very suspicious of "timely" arrests. Just when you think the government could stoop no lower, then they make announcements about hinting at spectacular arrests that might, just might happen to occur just before the emotionalized anniversary of 9/11, not to mention planned presidential speeches on touchy embarrassments. How many politically opportune arrests can we look forward just before the 2004 presidential election?

The mystery of three dead princes and the unrenewability of certain resources.

George Bailey from a different angle.

John Ashcroft may want to heed this, as should those who endeavor to roll back Patriot Acts I and II.

Hong Kong's embattled Chief Executive, Tung Chee-Hwa, has shelved the draft anti-subversion bill that prompted the city's record political protests in July.

But Walt would have approved. Relatives of the dead object to commercial canonization of Pol Pot.

A Cambodian plan to build a theme park in the jungles where Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge killed nearly two million people has outraged relatives of the victims of his Killing Fields.

Relatives are furious that the government's plan includes building a replica of the house where the former dictator died in bed at the age of 73. Some of his former cronies, including his cook and housekeeper, are to act as tour guides to show visitors around 26 proposed Khmer Rouge historical sites, which will feature reconstructed offices and barracks.

Maybe a Tiger Cage Ride, too.

Pickled tyrants in a post-Stalin world.

Experiential journalism and a good run of luck.

Death in a Vilnius hotel room.