read this by the maker of Farenheit 9-11:

Michael Moore's Speech in Cambridge, Mass.
Michael Moore's July 27 speech, with an introduction by AlterNet's Executive Editor, Don Hazen.

Michael Moore vows to scrutinize Florida elections

Fahrenheit 9/11 filmmaker Michael Moore promised Wednesday to train his cameras on Florida come Election Day. - By Rafael Lorente and Buddy Nevins, Sun-Sentinel (story)

Watch the convention tonight

The Democratic Convention Website. Yes, BuzzFlash Will be Covering the Convention Onsite (with Full Press Credentials Just Like the Big Blowhard News Readers -- Sorry, Anchors) and Will be Posting a Special BuzzFlash Blog.

A Well-Oiled GOP Machine

Paul Krugman

  About Hillary Clinton's claim of a "vast right-wing conspiracy," Molly Ivins said recently: "There's no conspiracy, it's right out there in the open." Nothing proves this statement more than today's Krugman column about Tom DeLay's devious and possibly illegal use of Enron campaign contributions. What should get your attention is that the right-wing operation Krugman describes isn't a conspiracy as much as a well-oiled machine operating in plain view.

The national press missed this blockbuster on June 18: the Pentagon confirms more than 16,000 U.S. service members have been wounded or injured in the Iraq War.

Rumsfeld gave go-ahead for Abu Ghraib tactics, says general in charge

The Pentagon is forcing thousands of discharged soldiers back into the military 7/5

"Supreme Court Play Politics." And We Though Scalia Was an Honest, Non-Partisan Judge. Good Gracious! 7/5

Moore's Public Service
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Despite its flaws, "Fahrenheit 9/11" tells essential truths about leaders that should have been told by the media.

Pop Culture's Effect on 2004 Election Debated
A spate of pointedly political movies and books have the presidential campaigns and pundits pondering an unusual, and perhaps unprecedented, question: Can the popular culture influence an election?
(By Paul Farhi, The Washington Post)