Goode is the congressman who is protesting Minnesota Representative Keith Ellison's swearing in on Thomas Jefferson's copy of the Quran.

More Juan Cole commentary on Israel's disgusting bombing of civilian targets in Lebanon. He says, "this is nothing less than an ethnic cleansing of the Shiites of southern Lebanon, an assault on an entire civilian population's way of life."

Byrne discusses My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, a recently reissued collaboration with Brian Eno.

A prominent neocon describes horrific scenes from the recent violence in Iraq. Josh Marshall suggests that this may represent the end of any substantial support for the war in Iraq.

Juan Cole on growing anti-muslim sentiment in the US.