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"What better way to celebrate the founding of our nation than... um, by... blogging?" So begins the introductory post on the new WashingtonWatch.com blog.

Yesterday, Americans celebrated Independence Day - and I got to spent too much of the day loafing around paging lazily through a whole bunch of more or less nutty political sites. One of things I noticed was the marked difference in treatment accorded a

By Ron Synovitz Islamic extremists who regularly post messages to a pro-al-Qaida website in Egypt are accusing Afghanistan's Taliban of straying from the path of global jihad. Prominent Taliban have responded by lashing back with criticism of their own.

OTTAWA-Liberal MP Garth Turner has come under fire for blasting Quebec sovereigntists on his blog as 'balkanizing separatist losers.' Turner, who represents the Toronto-area riding of Halton, wrote a blog on Thursday praising Liberal Leader Stphane

Choire Sicha has the latest update on Gawker's payroll, and it's pretty ugly. Gawker writers get , remember, and that pay, as of the beginning of Q3, has fallen by 23%, from $6.50 to $5.00 per thousand pageviews. That's on top of the 13% pay cut they

at 2112 hrs People move to places where they can do better. And the shifting economic fortunes of countries within the European Union illustrate that fact dramatically [hyperlink]: Since 2004, when the European Union added eight Eastern European

For Mac-focused bloggers this week, the biggest news by far has been the upcoming 3G iPhone, the old iPhone and AT&T's (NYSE: T) iPhone pricing plans. Bloggers and readers have been poring over the details -- AT&T launched a mini site complete with FAQs

Pound lost more than 100 points in early London trade today after the construction PMI data showed a marked decline printing at 38.9 versus 43.1 forecast. Talking Points â?¢ Japanese Yen: Above 106.00 on firmer US rate expectations â?¢ Australian

Trade the News Staff - www.tradethenews.com/freetrial.asp?gv *** ECONOMIC DATA *** ·NO June PMI: 49.3 v 52.3e ·SP June Net Change in Unemployment: 36.8K v 15.1K prior ·IT Q1 Deficit to GDP ratio: 4.7% v 1.3% prior || Prior revised from 1.3% to

Trade the News Staff - www.tradethenews.com/freetrial.asp?gv Dow -44 S&P -4.8 NASDAQ -27 - Stocks opened on a positive note this morning helped by strength in the European bourses and a slight pullback in oil prices. The pullback in energy was short