Quote of the Day: Rome cranked out military worthies faster than the Clintons created scandals. Speaking of Clinton scandals, several Clinton defenders have been on cable TV lately, saying the Libby legal matter is more serious than the Clinton perjury ... READ MORE
Charles Krauthammer hits another home run with this zing on Bush 41 National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft: Realists prize stability above all, and there is nothing more stable than a ruthlessly efficient dictatorship. Which is why Scowcroft is the man ... READ MORE
Bestselling author Michael Crichton, writing in OpinionJournal.com, recommends five books that "question the conventional wisdom on the environment": "Playing God in Yellowstone" by Alston Chase "The Culture Cult" by Roger Sandall "Man in the Natural World" by Keith Thomas "The ... READ MORE
The Heritage Foundation's Nile Gardner takes a look at the role of the United Nations in the "missing" explosives controversy and speculates: The 2004 Presidential election may be not only a defining moment in American history, but also a defining ... READ MORE
The story "Right's Victory in Miers Case Backs Bush into a Corner" in the Globe and Mail begins: The Christian right is ecstatic. Their campaign to scuttle the nomination of Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court succeeded yesterday, demonstrating ... READ MORE
Peyton Knight writes to say: An actor, a daytime talk show host, and an activist all get together to discuss "one of the most important issues facing all of humanity." That's it. Funny? Well, it would be if it weren't ... READ MORE
From the Christian Science Monitor, an anecdote about a man who appears to be a tad bitter: Beltway politicos, famously slow to adopt technology, are wooing blogs - all but Trent Lott.'Bloggers claim I was their first pelt, and I ... READ MORE
The Center for Consumer Freedom suggests that folks who hand out candy on Halloween first get trick-or-treaters to sign this document (pdf) ... READ MORE
This AP story on the Miers nomination wrap-up is unusually colorful. Addendum: It also appears to be word-for-word the same as this Dana Milbank column in the Washington Post. What gives? ... READ MORE
Not so quotable: I hate to see a woman go down this way. I really, really do. -Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-CA But you like it when men do, Dianne? There is no shame in Harriet Miers's dignified withdrawal. The fit ... READ MORE
