Democrats.com: Pardon Scorecard: Dictatorship or Democracy?

Buck Naked Politics: The Bush Labor Department is racing to complete a new rule, strenuously opposed by President-elect Barack Obama, that would make it much harder for the government to regulate toxic substances and hazardous chemicals to which workers are exposed on the job.

uggabugga: A Robert Rubin bash-a-thon..."nobody was prepared for the crisis of '08."

The Smirking Chimp: Israel's Settlement on Capital Hill

The Impolitic: Palin is the new Paris Hilton

The Opinion Mill's Weekend Bookchat asks: Is Ann Coulter becoming a Cenobite? Is Bill Ayers worth listening to, let alone reading? Will I.F. Stone ever stop being the target of posthumous smear attempts? And do you know any good black authors to suggest to white people?