[The Village Voice]
If and when there's the equivalent of an international Nuremberg trial for the American perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Guantánamo, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the CIA's secret prisons, there will be mounds of evidence available from documented international reports by human-rights organizations, including an arm of the European parliament.

[Rolling Stone]
How Bush allowed an army of for-profit contractors to invade the U.S. Treasury.

[Who Would the World Elect]
Who would the world elect as U.S. president in 2008?

[The New York Times]
The ship gets lighter: U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigns.

[Salon.com]
Congress is so unpopular, particularly among Democrats, because of their ongoing capitulations to the Bush administration, their failure to place any limits on his Iraq policy, and their general inability/refusal to serve as a meaningful check on the administration.

[PoliticalCompass.org]
All but two presidential candidates are right-wing authoritarians. Surprised?

[Press TV]
According to international laws, the United States' occupation of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in the southeast of Cuba is illegal and unacceptable, says Fidel Castro. Castro called the base a constant center of crisis, which threatens Cuba's security.

[The Washington Post]
The United States has decided to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the country's 125,000-strong elite military branch, as a "specially designated global terrorist," according to U.S. officials, a move that allows Washington to target the group's business operations and finances.

[BBC News]
The ship gets lighter: Karl Rove says that he will resign at the end of August, adding that he is quitting for the sake of his family.

[CNN]
Bush's doctors admit treating him for Lyme disease.

One of the symptoms of advanced Lyme disease: "brain fog."

[The Guardian]
The European Union is threatening to impose tit-for-tat entry restrictions on all US citizens travelling to Europe in response to new American laws designed to strengthen security at airports and prevent would-be terrorists entering the country. US tourists can now travel to Europe without a visa.

[The New York Times]
What do the Democrats plan to do with their majority in Congress if they are too scared of Republican campaign ads to use it to protect the Constitution and restrain an out-of-control president?

[Salon.com]
Congressional Democrats increasingly bear more and more responsibility for the assaults on our constitutional liberties and unparalleled abuses of government power.