Elephant In Exile

End of the World as We Know It Edition:

The battle for the Great Lakes
As the presidential race turns increasingly nasty, it is slowly closing in on one particular region of the country
http://www.economist.com/world/na/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3315272


The 9/11 Secret in the CIA's Back Pocket
It is shocking: The Bush administration is suppressing a CIA report on 9/11 until after the election, and this one names names. Although the report by the inspector general's office of the CIA was completed in June, it has not been made available to the congressional intelligence committees that mandated the study almost two years ago.
http://www.robertscheer.com/

Robertson comment troubles some voters
Did religious broadcaster Pat Robertson really hear President Bush say there would be no casualties in a war with Iraq, or did he misunderstand the commander-in-chief?
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/opinion/editorials/041022a.shtml

We Are Not Immune
Influenza, SARS, and the collapse of public health
http://www.harpers.org/WeAreNotImmune.html

When News Really Mattered
Is this where Tucker got his start?
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