Today's Fresh Blogs...

• The Real Health Care Crisis

  Published: September 8, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Aardvark, Column, Exclusive, Health, Lifestyle, Sheryl Longin, Stickyleft

  A little online research can be a dangerous thing when it comes to medical symptoms. PJM Columnist Sheryl Longin writes about one of the web's dirtiest little secrets" - Internet Induced Hypochondria.

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• An Unholy Past

  Published: September 8, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Aardvark, Culture, Europe, Exclusive, History, Middle, Stickymiddle, World News, Communism, Romania, Securitate

  PJM Bucharest: Romanians will tell you that the Eastern Orthodox Church kept them inspired during 45 years of repressive Communism. It also kept the Secret Police informed, reports PJM correspondent "The New European".

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• The Corn & Miniter Show: Fred Is In

  Published: September 7, 2007, 11:06 am

  Tags: Aardvark, Corn Amp Miniter, Elections 2008, Exclusive, Iraq, Middle East, Original, Us News, Video, World News

  The GOP debate and Fred Thompson's announcement is not surprisingly the first topic discussed by David Corn and Richard Miniter, back from their vacation. Also, Clinton's Hsu issues, Oprah and Obama, the forthcoming Petraeus report, and much more. Click and watch! [MP3 audio-only version available

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• Hu's on First

  Published: September 7, 2007, 11:04 am

  Tags: Aardvark, Asia, Exclusive, Middle, Sticky, World News, Australia, China, Gas

  Robert Ayson, Director of Studies at the Australian National University's Strategic and Defence Studies Center, looks at developments at the APEC meeting in Sydney. Takeaway? Advantage China.

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• Live Free or Debate

  Published: September 5, 2007, 9:46 pm

  Tags: Aardvark, Elections 2008, Exclusive

  The GOP candidates met in New Hampshire Wednesday night for yet another round of verbal sparring (all except for Fred Thompson, who was too busy chatting with Jay Leno). PJM's Vodkapundit Stephen Green liveblogged the debate with martini glass in hand.

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• Germany's 9/11 Averted

  Published: September 5, 2007, 5:42 pm

  Tags: Aardvark, Exclusive, Middle, World News

  PJM Groningen: Michael van der Gali n reports on the terror arrests made yesterday in Germany.

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• Liberty and Justice for All?

  Published: September 1, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Aardvark, Books, Culture, Exclusive

  Can democracy take hold in Iraq? Michael Mandelbaum, author of the new book Democracy's Good Name. The Rise and Risks of the World's Most Popular Form of Government, isn't optimistic. But as Bruce S. Thornton observes in this book review, Mandlebaum still "makes a powerful argument for the continuation of the spread of democracy."

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• Election Time In Iran's 'Vatican'

  Published: September 1, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Aardvark, Exclusive, Iran, Middle East

  The next Supreme Leader of Iran will be appointed by the Assembly of Experts, which meets this month to elect its new head. Meir Javedanfar reports that the more conservative members of the Assembly are likely to claim victory -- and as a result, chances for any compromise in nuclear talks are unlikely.

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• Paris Lights: Sarkozy Charts A New Foreign Policy Course

  Published: September 1, 2007, 4:05 am

  Tags: Aardvark, Column, Europe, Exclusive, Paris Blues, World News

  President Nicolas Sarkozy made international headlines this week when he declared, in his opening address to the French diplomatic corps, that bombing Iran might be the only alternative to a nuclear Iran. PJM's Nidra Poller analyzes the speech and finds Sarkozy's ideas very different from "the vainglorious platitudes" of his predecessor.

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• Was a Crime Committed in Haditha?

  Published: August 31, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Aardvark, Exclusive, Iraq, Middle East, Politics, Us News, World News

  PJM's Jim Hanson, of Blackfive.net, takes an in-depth look at the tragedy that occurred in Haditha on November 19, 2005. As to whether or not the killings of Iraqis on that day constituted a crime, Hanson contends that "all available documents and reports and most of the testimony" say no.

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• Wild Parties in Sudan

  Published: August 31, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Aardvark, Africa, Exclusive, World News

  PJM Khartoum: What goes on behind closed doors (and contrary to Islamic law) in the Sudanese capital? Drug and alcohol-fueled dance parties for one thing. "The Sudanese diaspora, slowly returning to their homeland, is bringing along with it tons of money, and a lifestyle foreign to Sudanese culture," writes PJM correspondent Drima, of The Sudanese

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• Surviving the Deluge

  Published: August 31, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Aardvark, Column, Exclusive, Rick Moran Politics, Us News

  Living in a river town is a dream until a flood comes. Rick Moran describes the nightmare of learning from police that 4 feet of water would course through his house in northern Illinois in a matter of hours.

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• Iowa Report: After Ames

  Published: August 30, 2007, 6:00 am

  Tags: Aardvark, Elections 2008, Exclusive, Us News

  PJM Agency: Where do the Republican presidential candidates stand three weeks after Iowa's Straw Poll? In the first of a series of reports from the key primary states, PJM correspondent Brian Pickrell, in the small town of Agency, Iowa (pop. 622) takes the political temperature of his home state.

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• Osama bin Laden, Metrosexual

  Published: September 9, 2007, 4:42 am

  Tags: Aardvark, Exclusive, Humor Amp Fun, Sticky, Stickyleft

  Who but The Manolo, PJM's fashion guru, would have the guts to tell a terrorist that his new look is not working for him?

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• Europe Turns Right

  Published: September 9, 2007, 4:57 am

  Tags: Aardvark, Europe, Exclusive, Sticky, Stickymiddle

  PJM Groningen: Make no mistake: newly-elected conservative European leaders did not win their elections because they are pro-American, they won despite it, says PJM correspondent Michael van der Galien.

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