[ZNet]
Paul Craig Roberts, former contributing editor of the National Review, explains why Bush and his supporters are not conservatives and what some of the consequences of their policies will likely be.

[Yahoo! News]
What's better than a 51% "mandate"? Why, total absolution! Also, Bush says: I am realistic about how quickly a society that has been dominated by a tyrant can become a democracy. Or return to being one, presumably.

[Yahoo! News]
The hunt for WMD in Iraq is over.

[lewrockwell.com]
Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. says: The most significant socio-political shift in our time has gone almost completely unremarked, and even unnoticed. It is the dramatic shift of the red-state bourgeoisie from leave-us-alone libertarianism, manifested in the Congressional elections of 1994, to almost totalitarian statist nationalism. Whereas the conservative middle class once cheered the circumscribing of the federal government, it now celebrates power and adores the central state, particularly its military wing.

[New York Times]
Stung by criticism that they were lowering ethical standards, House Republicans on Monday night reversed a rule change that would have allowed a party leader to retain his position even if indicted. Lawmakers and House officials said Republicans, meeting behind the closed doors of the House chamber, had acted at the request of the House majority leader, Representative Tom DeLay, who had been the intended beneficiary of the rule change. Representative Zach Wamp, Republican of Tennessee, said, I feel like we have just taken a shower.

[CNN]
Republicans seek to eliminate ethics rules in the House.