Sources: Tony Snow to Be Named White House Press Secretary  —  WASHINGTON — Tony Snow will be named new White House press secretary on Wednesday morning, FOX News has learned.  Snow is expected to be at the White House for the announcement.  He has been mulling the offer for the last several days.

Mary McCarthy Matrix Grows  —  With the addition of Dem heavy-hitter Ty Cobb and Rand Beers now making the TV circuit:  —  Click for full size.  —  Meanwhile HotAir has more on the semi, sort of, backtrack.

Oil, Gas Prices Drop on Bush Supply Move  —  Crude oil and gasoline futures fell Tuesday after President Bush gave the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to relax regional clean-fuel standards to attract more imports of gasoline to the United States and to make it easier for supplies to be moved from one state to another.

Jane Jacobs, Urban Activist, Is Dead at 89  —  Jane Jacobs, the writer and thinker who brought penetrating eyes and ingenious insight to the sidewalk ballet of her own Greenwich Village street and came up with a book that challenged and changed the way people view cities, died today in Toronto, where she lived.

Musab's Happy Video Fun Time  —  In a rare Internet-posted video, terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi appeared for 34 minutes, blasting the United States for a "crusader-Zionist war" against Islam.  Rusty has a nice roundup going at the Jawa Report, and once you've seen that along …

Is the Press Covering the Iraq War On the Cheap?  —  The media needs to send more "troops" to cover the war and provide much-needed coverage.  What's stopping them?  Fear of violence, certainly, but also limits on training and insurance.  Joe Galloway also notes the military's "growing resistance" to embeds.

Roundup of Response to Iran Piece  —  I've been floored by the overall positive reaction to the Iran piece.  A few first takes … These are good points.  Ted and I went back and forth on just what, exactly, the contours of "give up the capacity to build nukes" would look like …

Is There A Double Standard On Leak Probes?  —  When the CIA announced on Friday that it had fired an employee who the agency claims "knowingly and willfully shared classified intelligence" with a newspaper reporter, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kansas …

Never Mind Mars and Venus: Who Is 'the Decider'?  —  When President George W. Bush referred to himself as "the decider" last week, there was the ensuing list of dinner party queries: Is "decider" an actual word?  (It is.)  Is it applicable in the world of presidential politics?  (Sure, whatever.)

Rumsfeld and Rice Make Unannounced Visit to Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, April 26-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced joint visit to Iraq Wednesday to bolster the new emerging government and to ensure that the sometimes disjointed U.S. political …

Bush, senators agree on alien citizenship, shut out critics  —  President Bush and a group of senators yesterday reached general agreement on an immigration bill that includes a pathway to citizenship for many illegal aliens.  —  But left out of the closed-door White House meeting were senators who oppose a path to citizenship.

Experts: Global warming behind 2005 hurricanes  —  MONTEREY, California (Reuters) — The record Atlantic hurricane season last year can be attributed to global warming, several top experts, including a leading U.S. government storm researcher, said on Monday.

101st Fighting Keyboarder Uniforms  —  Whenever you visit a rightwing site, you are sure to see "those" tshirts.  I saw an ad for them on the Washington Times the other day.  Now, I know that wingnuts have great sense of humor as you can tell by the huge number of successful comedians and humorists on the right.