More cartoons from around the world

Note from Erich:  DI has a purchased a license from Cagle Cartoons to publish these cartoons.  We are proud to support the work of these cartoonists. I thought I'd mention a bit more about Cagle.   It is an organization owned by cartoonists for the benefit of cartoonists.  Cagle publishes the works of…

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Ethanol lies

This Slate article is from 2005, but the topic is one that desperately needs to be reported accurately. It's about ethanol, and the story is that it takes much more energy to make ethanol than one can get from ethanol. Ethanol won't significantly reduce our oil imports; adding more ethanol…

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How many lies did the Bush Administration tell in the 2 years prior to the Iraq invasion?

The Center for Public Intergrity has now added them up.  There were 935 lies from high-ranking Bush officials.  All of them designed to convince us to invade Iraq for no good reason.  Here's a summary: The study counted 935 false statements in the two-year period. It found that in speeches, briefings, interviews…

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Karl Rove to be this year’s commencement speaker at prominent boarding school.

Here's the announcement by Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, that the "influential" Mr. Rove will inspire the class of '08 with his words at this year's graduation.  Is everyone at the school happy with that announcement?   Not at all, as Marty Kaplan explains.  

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