Bush: 'I'm the decider' on Rumsfeld  —  Defense chief set to meet with so-called 'TV generals'  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush sharply defended Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday, saying the embattled Pentagon chief is doing a "fine job" despite calls for his resignation from six retired military generals.

Two arrests made in Duke lacrosse case  —  Duke University lacrosse players Reade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty were charged today with first degree forcible rape, first degree sexual offense and kidnapping in connection with a reported rape at a Duke University lacrosse party, according to George Naylor, director of the jail.

A "Pulitzer Prize for Treason"  —  (updated below with transcript of Bill Bennett's comments)  —  Several weeks ago, The Washington Post published an Op-Ed jointly written by Bill Bennett and his neoconservative comrade Alan Dershowitz, in which Bennett — of all people …

Bush Picks Portman as Budget Director  —  President Bush today selected U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman to be the new director of the Office of Management and Budget, moving quickly to revamp his team now that his new chief of staff is in place.  —  Portman, subject to Senate confirmation …

Zinni's Zinger?  —  Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine:  —  Former Clinton CENTCOM commander, Anthony Zinni — the most prominent of the retired generals attacking Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld — now says that, in the run-up to the war in Iraq, "What bothered me ...

MORE THUGGERY IN SANTA CRUZ  —  Look what the moonbats in Santa Cruz are up to now (via Santa Cruz Sentinel/hat tip - Brian Maloney): … While we're on the subject of unhinged Santa Cruz students, the anti-troops brigade is whining about my post last week in which I pointed to a Students …

Clinton Sets Bar for '08 Funds  —  Senator Has $20 Million for Reelection, Possible Presidential Bid  —  Candidates eyeing 2008 presidential bids collected millions for a variety of campaign committees over the first three months of the year, with New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton far ahead of the pack.

Bush death threat tied to PU student  —  A Purdue University graduate student was arrested and charged with threatening to kill President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.  —  Vikram Buddhi allegedly posted the detailed and threatening messages on an online message board.

Saddam and Osama: The New Revelations  —  Frontpage Interview's guest today is Thomas Joscelyn, an expert on the international terrorist network.  Much of his research has focused on the role that nations such as Saddam's Iraq and the mullah's Iran have played in providing support …

George Washington U. to Receive Jack Anderson's Papers — but FBI Wants to See Them First  —  During his life and career as a muckraking journalist in Washington, Jack Anderson cultivated secret sources throughout the halls of government — sources who passed on information that allowed Anderson …

U.S. Envoy to Expose 4 Sudanese in U.N. Debate About Darfur  —  UNITED NATIONS, April 17 — John R. Bolton, the United States ambassador, said Monday that he intended to offer a Security Council resolution on Tuesday that would publicly identify four Sudanese individuals responsible for atrocities …

Campus Lockdown Appalls Parents  —  Some students at an Inglewood elementary school were barred from using the restroom.  —  As students from neighboring secondary schools walked out of class recently to protest immigration legislation, one Inglewood elementary school imposed a lockdown …

Mississippi Senators' Rail Plan Challenged  —  War Bill Includes Millions to Move Just-Rebuilt Line  —  Mississippi's two U.S. senators included $700 million in an emergency war spending bill to relocate a Gulf Coast rail line that has already been rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina at a cost of at least $250 million.

A Very Brief History of Art, Featuring Mr. Potato Head  —  As part of my never-ending quest to make the Llamabutchers one day say, "Holy crap, that Sobek fellow is so geeky, he makes us look flat out hip!" as well as part of certain court-ordered community service (I was framed, BTW) …