Abdul Rahman converted to Christianity 16 years ago. He has been charged with rejecting Islam and faces possible execution under Sharia law.

The U.S., Canada, Italy and Germany have been somewhat muted in expressing their concerns for his fate.

This NYT story looks at how Vanity Fair, largely regarded in some circles a a high-end National Enquirer, has actually been doing some serious journalism in recent times.

Kevin Phillips, author of American Theocracy (I blogged about it earlier), talks with Democracy Now! about how oil drove the Iraq war, but how biblical prophecy may have been used to sell it to some of Dubya's constituency.