Do they also get the Lincoln Bedroom? --
--Or are Bush's high donors satisfied with merely writing their own industry regulations? Because that makes for a pretty good Return On Investment. This trio of Washington Post stories (here, here and here) shows how Bush raises his money, and what the big donors get for their generosity. (This is strangely reminiscent of critical reporting. So don't get used to it.)

What a difference a year makes --
"When we weren't staging the news, we were covering it up." Frank Rich compares the media treatment of Private Jessica and Private Lynndie.

More numbing news from Seymour Hersh --
Seymour Hersh has yet another bombshell on the prisoner abuse scandal on the New Yorker site, but I can't get the link tonight. I'll try to link to it Monday.