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Yesterday, I recieved a disturbing email from the Rick Steves organization. I've used them over the years for travel info to Europe and have found them useful however very one dimensional. His focus is strictly on the sprint through Europe itineraries but nevertheless helpful. Yesterday he used his business email contacts to send out a condescending bit of trash in support of the CA Marijuana initiative. Europe knows they have it figured out better than us and we need to pay attention and model our laws etc after theirs. Regardless of the specific issue, I just find it wrong to...

WASHINGTON - President Bush chose federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts Jr. on Tuesday as his first nominee for the Supreme Court, selecting a rock solid conservative whose nomination could trigger a tumultuous battle over the direction of the nation's highest court, senior administration officials said.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush passed up a chance Wednesday to express confidence in senior aide Karl Rove in a political fight over a news leak that exposed a CIA officer's identity. The lack of endorsement surprised some White House officials who had been told Bush would back his embattled friend. "It's a tempest in a teapot," said Denzil Garrison, former state GOP leader in Oklahoma. But some Republicans said Rove may need to go. "I think he should resign," said Jim Holt, a Republican state senator in Arkansas who is running for lieutenant governor. "I hope Karl Rove doesn't...

<p>The jailing of New York Times reporter Judith Miller on Wednesday put the issue of press freedom and the confidentiality of sources on front pages across the country, but the heart of the case remains what it has been from the outset: whether senior Bush officials broke the law in the disclosure of a CIA covert operative's identity.</p>