If I don't die by Thursday, I'll be roaring Friday night.

News Items Worthy of a closer look:

1. Should federal protection be removed from public land to allow oil and gas companies to drill?
2. What are the true number of casualties in the Iraq war? How many thousands of wounded are coming home without ceremony?
3. What should the federal government do to assist the 44 million Americans without health care insurance?
4. What are we going to do about Medicare and Social Security? What will the social saftey net look like in 20 years?
5. What is the future of nanotechnology and genomics?
6. How does the rest of the world really view Bush and the US?
7. Is the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive strike a viable tool for dealing with terrorist threats?

More questions on the way!