Israeli Troops Push Into South Lebanon - "Israeli troops punched into south Lebanon on Wednesday as warplanes flattened buildings including one thought to hold Hezbollah's top leaders, intensifying an offensive despite mounting international pressure and a Lebanese appeal to spare the country further death and devastation."
Congress to voice support for Israel - "Little of the political divisiveness in Congress over Iraq war policy is evident as lawmakers rush to embrace the Bush administration's staunch support of Israel in the latest flare-up of violence in the Middle East."
Maronite archbishop calls refugee problem in Lebanon huge, dire - "He noted that almost 95 percent of the casualties in Lebanon have been civilians, and the Lebanese feel like they have been "hijacked and used by everyone and his uncle." He said the current situation was "simply dirty politics" using "unthinkable means.""
Kristol Suggests People of Iran Would Embrace U.S. Attack, Triggering Regime Change - "This morning on Fox, Bill Kristol continued to escalate his calls for war against Iran, stating, “We can try diplomacy. I’m not very hopeful about that. We have to be ready to use force.” Kristol claimed the people of Iran would embrace “the right use of targeted military force.” He added that military force could “trigger changes in Iran,” causing them to embrace regime change."
Poll: Little role for U.S. in Mideast clash - "Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the United States should stay out of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, according to a CNN poll conducted and released Wednesday by Opinion Research Corp."
The YouTube War - "American soldiers are telling their story of the Iraq war in homemade videos. And the picture isn't any brighter."
Most scientists refute White House appraisal of stem cell research - "When White House political adviser Karl Rove signaled last week that President Bush planned to veto the stem cell bill being considered by the Senate, the reasons he gave went beyond the president's moral qualms with research on human embryos. ... If opponents of embryonic research object on moral grounds, "I'm willing to live with that," Clarke said, though he disagrees. But, he said, "I'm not willing to live with statements that are misleading.""
Congress' Top 10 Stem Cell Flubs - "Sometimes legislators make stuff up when they're not sure about the facts -- especially when it comes to complicated science like stem cell research. Here are the worst offenses heard in Congress this week."
Please keep your religion away from my stem cells - "Instead, potentially transforming medical breakthroughs are being held hostage to the narrow, sometimes hypocritical, religious views of a distinct minority, which unfortunately includes President Bush. ... In retrospect, Specter noted, these rejections of science were "absurd." The present clash over embryonic stem cells is no less so. And hubristic religious belief, as it has been over the centuries, is involved. "They believe that their faith should dictate what the rest of us do," Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., observed near the close of the debate."
Can a Christian be a good American? - "Recently, an email chain letter has been spamming its way into countless thousands of inboxes around the world. No, this one isn't about erectile disfunction or low-rate mortgages - it's titled "Can a Muslim be a good American?" It attempts to make the case that Muslims can never become "good Americans" because of their religious beliefs (including, ironically, the fact that they are "intolerant"). I've seen this message several times in the last week and I'm already very, very sick of it. So, in the interest of fairness, here is my tongue-in-cheek response."
A pantomime president - "President Bush was against diplomacy before he was for it. But with the collapse of US foreign policy from the Middle East to North Korea he has claimed to have become a born-again realist. "And it's, kind of ... painful ... for some to watch, because it takes a while to get people on the same page," he said at his July 7 press conference, adding, in an astonished tone, "Not everybody thinks the exact same way we think. Different words mean different things to different people."" -- And it took him until 60 to figure this out?
2006 sets heat record, more to come - "The first six months of 2006 were the warmest, on average, since the United States started keeping records in 1895, and global warming is a contributing factor, a U.S. climate expert said on Wednesday."
Are you wondering why it's so hot today? - "Is it just a freak summer? Or proof of global warming? As temperatures hit record highs, what's fuelling the heatwave?"
One in nine women prefer chores to sex - "Eleven per cent said they regularly have sex when they do not really want to and one in 12 admitted frequently faking orgasms. One in nine women view sex as “like any other household chore”, “an irritating annoyance” or “only enjoyable for men”."
19 minutes - how long working parents give their children - "The startling research shows the devastating impact that working full-time has on children who hardly see their parents. With less than 20 minutes spent with their parents every day, this is only enough time to eat a quick breakfast together or have a couple of bed-time stories."
BBC will explore new approaches to religion on primetime TV - "But BBC makes it plain that the series was not designed to provoke a Christian backlash, and that critical angles will be matched by the views of adherents and perspectives of different communities on one another’s beliefs and commitments."
Tut's gem hints at space impact - "In 1996 in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Italian mineralogist Vincenzo de Michele spotted an unusual yellow-green gem in the middle of one of Tutankhamun's necklaces. The jewel was tested and found to be glass, but intriguingly it is older than the earliest Egyptian civilisation. ... But the glass is itself a scientific enigma. How did it get to be there and who or what made it?"
3-D Imaging Goes Ballistic - "New ballistics-imaging technology, developed by a Rockville, Maryland, engineering firm with funding from the Justice Department, lets forensic scientists capture a fired bullet's distinctive markings in 3-D for the first time."
Force of nature parts the Red Sea - "Geologists believe they are witnessing the creation of an ocean."
Daughter Who Surprised Mom With Birthday Visit Sues Parents - "An Illinois woman is suing her Wisconsin parents for maintaining an icy driveway that she blamed for a fall that broke her ankle two winters ago. ... She's seeking more than $75,000 in damages for medical bills and lost wages."
Quote of the Day
"I thought I'd live for ever, but now I'm not so sure."
~ Lisa Loeb
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