The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has tentatively determined that milk and meat from cloned cows are safe to eat and indistinguishable from non-cloned cows. The agency may complete approval procedures for consumption of the animals and milk before the end of 2007.

Public relations consultant Alan Caruba, who runs the anti-environmentalist "National Anxiety Center," is anxious about the upcoming switch to Democratic Party control of the U.S.

Middle East studies professor Juan Cole has posted a transcript of the recent hearing by Congressmen Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul on civilian casualties in Iraq.