Interesting op-ed columns in The New York Times from their liberal columnist, Paul Krugman, and their new conservative columnist, David Brooks. Krugman's is about how the reconstruction of Iraq is making a lot of Bush's friends richer. Brooks writes about how a lot of folks are getting irrational in their hatred of George W. Bush, much as others did when the name of Clinton was (and still is) invoked.
Incidentally: Some people write me that they don't like articles (like the above) linked to websites that require registration. The N.Y. Times site is free and doesn't seem to ever lead to unwanted e-mail. Nevertheless, if that kind of thing worries you, there's an easy answer that I've mentioned before: Get yourself a junk mail address. There are dozens of sites out there that will give you a free e-mail address at their domain. (Hotmail is the most popular. The e-mail sign-up process over at Comic Book Resources is quick and painless.) This will give you a separate e-mail address you can give any time any site asks you to register.
Also, New York Times articles sometimes turn up on Google News. So there's another way to get them if you don't want to register.