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Madeleine Brand speaks with Slate military affairs correspondent Fred Kaplan about President George Bush's inaccurate comparison of the establishment of an Iraqi constitution to the "growing pains" of the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Preliminary results of Iran's presidential election show that reformist cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is leading, while hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the second-leading vote getter. There are seven candidates in all, and a runoff vote is expected on June 24.

But FBI agent Ferris (Julianne Moore) has managed to see past his illusion. Shes trying to track down a stolen nuclear bomb. She wants Johnson to embrace his gift and put it to good use for the betterment of the eight million people whod be killed if the bomb were to go off. But Johnsons not much interested. Hes preoccupied by a vision he had of a young woman (Jessica Biel) that he foresees walking into his life. This mystery woman is the only thing from the future that hes been able to see beyond his two-minute limit and hes completely obsessed with her. When she finally does enter his life, she quickly becomes a pawn in a much bigger game.

In China these days, people are talking about sex — extramarital affairs, prostitution and rich men taking mistresses. The women involved in these relations are increasingly protesting abuse and exploitation.

The Hitcher

In the second in a series of discussion on the U.S. end game in Iraq, military historian and scholar Frederick Kagan of the American Enterprise Institute says the U.S. needs more troops in Iraq to defeat the insurgency.

Contemplating the joys of French life on this Bastille Day, one might imagine that it is impossible to get bad French bread in France. But that is not the case.

An American architect has designed a glass and marble museum that will house the 2,000-year-old Ara Pacis, Rome's "Altar of Peace." It will be the first structure added to the Eternal City's ancient historic center in seven decades.

Now with the third film, Bourne is still hellbent on both revenge and finding out exactly who he is. Still on his case is Pam Landy (Joan Allen), a tough but honest agent who wants to bring Bourne in alive, and new on his case is Noah Vosen (David Strathairn), a CIA chief with little regard for human life or regulations. Bourne gets a break in his quest when a London journalist (Paddy Considine) writes a story about a CIA program called Blackbriar, and appears to have talked to a well-informed CIA source that may know something about Bourne's identity. As Bourne tries to track down the source, Vosen tries to track down and eliminate Bourne. The cat and mouse game takes Bourne all around the globe and finally back home to New York for a showdown.

After each new film he makes, Hayao Miyazaki says it will be his last. Thats because the 64-year-old filmmaker still draws some of his own animation and his vision has been getting progressively worse. So fans will be thrilled with the release of yet another Miyazaki anime, this one based on a childrens novel, Howls Moving Castle (opening June 10 at Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas).