Secret deal kept British Army out of battle for Basra

Reports today in British papers are claiming that a secret deal between the al-Mahdi militia in Basra prevented British forces from entering Basrea for nearly a week while US forces were bogged down there. At the time, there was great confusion and speculation about why the...

Google Deal Void If Icahn Wins Control Of Yahoo

Carl Icahn's campaign to broker a marriage between "Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) just got a lot more complicated -- and expensive -- thanks to the search ad outsourcing deal Yahoo struck with Google late Thursday. According the deal's fine print, disclosed...

Citizen Journalism: Filling the Void

"As each week goes by, it becomes more and more clear to me that Bloggers, Citizen Journalists, or whatever else you want to call them, are more than a fad - more than a niche - they’re actually becoming a strong force in the news media world."

Sally Quinn’s morality play

"I did something today that is out of character for me. I read Sally Quinn’s WaPo column. Ms Quinn had a lot to say about herself, and a little bit to say about our Bravest in harm’s way."And while it was refreshing to actually read something written by a liberal that...