A provision in the "PATRIOT Act" creates a new federal police force with the power to violate the Bill of Rights.-Paul Craig Roberts

Evo Morales began work as president of Bolivia on Monday by signing a series of accords with Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan leader, and appointing a cabinet of radical activists.Foreign investors in the gas sector will be nervous about the appointment of Andres Soliz Rada, a lawyer, columnist and former politician, as hydrocarbons minister. Mr Soliz Rada has been a fierce critic of international investors -Financial Times UK

One does not have to be a prophet to see that the future of the national Republican Party is very bleak. It also seems that the GOP is willingly assisting its own demise.In the first place, the GOP has betrayed its conservative base-big time! "Republicans may like to brag that they are the party of Ronald Reagan and are dedicated to the policies and principles for which [Reagan] stood, but they are acting more like members of the party of Lyndon Johnson." Those words were written by Michael Reagan, President Reagan's son. He is right, of course -Pastor Chuck Baldwin/NewsWithViews

The Bush administration is bracing for impeachment hearings in Congress."A coalition in Congress is being formed to support impeachment," an administration source said.Administration sources said the charges are expected to include false reports to Congress as well as Mr. Bush's authorization of the National Security Agency to engage in electronic surveillance inside the United States without a court warrant -Insight

Canada took a tentative step to the right in Monday's federal election, ousting the Liberals after 12 years in power and voting in a fragile minority Conservative government, television networks said.It was the first time a right-wing party had won an election since 1988, when the then Progressive Conservative government beat the Liberals