Well, the Register certainly lives up to its standard.  Gotta say. I thought the $500 fee for Bloggercon was excessive, The Register really attacks it.  Course, the attack on Dave Winer should not obscure what are really salient points found in the article:

1) Blogs allow people to write on the net

2) Good bloggers are read because they write well -- not because they congratulate themselves for being bloggers.

The Register promises more in this series.

Bob Barr has written an eye-opening piece on the agenda of the Neo-conservatives (which include Cheny, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, et al).  Fascinating and scary.  You'll find it at Creative Loafing.

Using law enforcement to acquire political gains is wrong.  Ask some of Nixon's aides who served time behind bars.

Justice Dept. Rejected Idea of Joining Texas Dispute. The office of Representative Tom DeLay, the House majority leader, pressed the department in May to see whether federal officials could intervene in the state's redistricting standoff. By Eric Lichtblau. [New York Times: Politics]