The only thing protecting the White House? Its timid Democratic opposition - and more in Salon.

Joe Conason's Journal in Salon

What did the president know? He knew that his categorical statements about Iraq's possession of forbidden chemical and biological weapons -- and similarly scary remarks and speeches by his vice president, national security advisor, secretary of state and secretary of defense -- were unsupported by hard intelligence. When did he know it? If he and his subordinates were paying attention, they were aware of the deep uncertainty about Iraq's weapons programs during the entire period that his government was driving the world toward war.

Joe also had the link to Washington Post's review of how the administration went beyond what the analysts were saying to push the country to war.

Also in Salon - How the King James Bible was the result of English politics.

In "God's Secretaries," author Adam Nicolson tells how James I manipulated 48 translators to create the supreme achievement in the English language: The Bible.

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