Rayne Today

Vindication on Iraq? Not exactly

The commission assigned to investigate intelligence failures on Iraq says that political pressures from the White House didn't change analysts' views.

But that's only half of the story -- or less.

Tom DeLay's threat

If the House majority leader wasn't calling for vigilante justice in the Schiavo case, Ted Kennedy says he'd better say so.

The price of ignoring dissent

The Bush administration has little tolerance for opposing views.

Two new reports show the consequences of not listening.

Salvation for Bush? Not in the jobs report

New employment numbers are the worst in eight months.

Was DeLay's threat a crime?

Sen. Frank Lautenberg says DeLay may have committed a felony when he theatened judges in the Schiavo case.

Carnage on ice

A booming skin trade prompts Canada to allow its biggest cull of harp seal cubs in more than 50 years, and animal rights activists are outraged.

King Kaufman's Sports Daily

American League preview: The Red Sox will win again, and this time it won't take a miracle.

Plus: Can Final Four predictions always be wrong?

A military draft in 2006?

One reason you may soon hear the words "Iraq" and "Vietnam" again being uttered in the same breath: the return of the draft.

Pentagon bans casket photos

When Karen Meredith lost her son to a sniper in Iraq, she wanted a photo of his casket at Dover Air Force Base, but was not permitted to take one,

China's fantasy craze

Online role-playing games played by millions have led to a spate of suicides, deaths by exhaustion and even an attempt at self-immolation.

Ask the pilot

Singing the temp worker, furloughed pilot, punk-rock blues.

Snapshots from a life aimed aloft.

Daily Download: "Reflections After Jane," the Clientele

Foggy, cozy, quintessentially English music, perfect for tea and crumpets by the fireplace.

The Fix

Fonda on "Hanoi Jane" regrets, three-way sex.

DeGeneres to replace Koppel?

Album Review: Moby's "Hotel"

Moby hits a new low.

"Sin City"

Bruce Willis, Clive Owen and Mickey Rourke star in this brash, sick-as-hell comic-book noir.

The life of a female spy

In her book "Denial and Deception," former CIA agent Melissa Mahle talks about giving birth in the morning and, with no maternity leave, returning to work the same evening.

Should I be better friends with my ex-husband?

After six years there's still a lot of tension.

Letters

"I cannot believe how uptight and shrill Salon's readers can be".

As the debate over Ayelet Waldman's column continues, many readers come to her defense.