The Post says that the “mountaintop removal” business is “booming” again, and the practice of dumping mining debris into streambeds is “explicitly protected” by the federal government. The trick: Bush administration officials “reclassified the debris from objectionable ‘waste’ to legally acceptable ‘fill.'”

Wanna do some research on your own to find out how to get back property seized by the government? Well,

According to a story on FindLaw, an Arkansas farmer spread 3 tons of manure in front of the home of a gay couple and along two city streets (the route of a gay pride parade). According to the farmer, Wesley Bono, he’s not guilty of any crime, as he was just exercising his Constitutional rights.

I’m really disappointed that the only thing Karl Rove, Bush’s main campaign operative, can come up with against John Edwards

Although announcing an apparent end to the CAPPS II program, Tom Ridge said that unless enough people voluntarily provide their personal information through the “Registered Traveler” program, he would start up a new initiative.

My review of recent news items I found interesting from Monday, June 28 and over the preceeding weekend.