Wednesday

Channelnewsasia.com president's brother had agreed to strategize with China's Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp at the same time the Bush administration is trying to help US firms compete more effectively against the Chinese.
United Press International: The Bush family saga
U.S. Newswire - House Leader Tom DeLay's Political Fundraising in the Name of Charity Concerns Philanthropy Watchdog; NCRP Urges IRS to Deny Tax-Exempt Status

Monday

AM - US budget 'out of control': Wall Street bank: "'The only thing I can tell you is evidently the word 'tomorrow' no longer exists in the vocabulary of otherwise responsible members of Congress'. So says Warren Rudman"
Islamist Turks still blame West | csmonitor.com: "There was no such thing as [mass suicide bombings] happening in Turkey before the Iraq war."
Medicare Bill Would Enrich Companies (washingtonpost.com): "The employers would get $70 billion in direct payments and $16 billion more in new tax breaks over the next 10 years. Thomas A. Scully, administrator of the federal agency that runs Medicare, said employers 'should be having a giant ticker-tape parade.'...They requested what Scully called 'a modest buyout,' equivalent to perhaps $350 per retiree. The bill, he said, provides more than twice that amount, a sum 'way beyond their wildest requests.' "

Sunday

A New Age for AARP: "AARP Services, Inc., makes millions in royalties ($123 million last year) from the sale of health insurance, and could profit from passage of the bill."