At least 82 female Soldiers have died in Iraq, of the nearly 4000 casualties. Female troop deaths in Iraq on pace to top record.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich