The Council of American Muslims for Understanding, an organization created by the U.S. State Department, has been trying to impress Muslims abroad with glowing portrayals of religious diversity and tolerance in the United States. Unfortunately, the Bush administration's supporters in the Christian Coalition of America (CCA) have been sending a different message.

When President Bush gave a speech at a St. Louis warehouse announcing his new tax plan, he stood against what appeared to be a backdrop of cardboard boxes stamped "MADE IN U.S.A." The backdrop, however, was actually a painted facade.

Tim Blackstone, who left his career as a porn star to become a financial journalist before finally stooping to public relations, has been fined for insider trading. A British court found him guilty of buying and selling shares worth more than £13,000 based on insider knowledge of top secret takeover plans being hatched by a company to which he was a PR adviser.