Some Good Reading

Secrets of Iraq's Death Chamber
by Robert Fisk
They made him stand on the bench, put the rope round his neck and pushed him off. But he jumped on to the floor. He could stand up. So they shortened the length of the rope and got him back on the bench and pushed him off again. It didn't work."

Premature ejaculation gene found
BBC News
"These men have very quick reflexes. They may be excellent at playing tennis or computer games, for example."

Make-Believe Maverick
BY TIM DICKINSON
John Sidney McCain III and George Walker Bush both represent the third generation of American dynasties. Both were born into positions of privilege against which they rebelled into mediocrity.

Voting the Fate of the Nation
By Chalmers Johnson
The American political system was not born a democracy, but born with a bias against democracy. It was constructed by those who were either skeptical about democracy or hostile to it. Democratic advance proved to be slow, uphill, forever incomplete.