It's the weekend roundup again! This is where I clear out all the articles I've bookmarked over the past week but haven't had time to blog yet. Enjoy!

-Why is Tony Blair so unpopular in the UK yet so popular in the US? He needs a hug. And, can liberal interventionism really prevent future wars?

-There's really no such thing as "oh my God", since the three major Abrahamic religions of the world worship the same God.

-Bush's refusal to properly acknowledge US casualties in Iraq may indeed cost him votes, but that might be irrelevant if military families can't stomach the thought of voting for someone like Howard Dean.

-Yasser Arafat: the man, the myth, the legend. Foreign Affairs reviews a new Israeli biography of the PLO leader.

-Here's a mathematically-based truth test for the "lying liars" in government.

-Two former Clintonistas argue in a new book that the "Bush revolution" is nothing more than just spinning the wheels without going anywhere. And, while empire may be bad, hegemony done right may yet work.

-Try as the neocons might, the UN just won't die. And it might live on a lot longer with the rise of NGOs.