Politics

Finally, someone is willing to speak the hard words: > Foreign-born preachers who "spit hate" at the British way of life and radicalise young Muslims should be deported, Sir John Major, the former Conservative prime minister, said yesterday. > Sir John spoke of the "uncomfortable reality"

The neo-cons at the White House are probably doing back flips and toasting champagne: > Actress and activist Jane Fonda says she intends to take a cross-country bus tour to call for an end to U.S. military operations in Iraq. > "I can't go into any

> A judge on Thursday threw out the deportation case against four young people who were brought to the United States illegally when they were toddlers. > U.S. Immigration Judge John Richardson granted a request to exclude key evidence in the case, ruling that border agents questioned the four

> A clear majority of Americans say John G. Roberts Jr. should be confirmed to serve on the Supreme Court but want him to state his views on abortion before the Senate votes on his nomination, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/

He played Peppermint Patty (a lesbian, at least according to Chris Rock) and wore funny pants. Reasoned Audacity tells us that there's a campaign to make conservatives think John Roberts might be gay. Hard to explain. Check it out yourself. Link [http://www.charmaineyoest.com/archives/2005/07/

NYC train searches: Eighty-six year-old white grandmother? Search her. Twenty-two-year-old Arab man? Maybe not. It's random, both for sensitivity reasons and, we assume, the warped Fourteenth Amendment: > Kelly said that, in general, every 10th rider - or some other set interval - would be stopped before they