Jury Rejects Death Sentence for Moussaoui  —  A federal jury decided today to spare the life of Zacarias Moussaoui, sentencing the avowed al-Qaeda conspirator to life in prison for his role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist plot.  —  The verdict was reached after seven days of deliberations following …

Juan Cole is 10th rate...he is the embodiment of the mediocre...his sentences are syntactical train wrecks...it's illiteracy, simply.  - Christopher Hitchens  —  HH: Christopher Hitchens, welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show.  —  CH: Nice to be back.  —  HH: Now I don't even know how to raise this …

New Poll: Americans Prefer House Approach on Immigration  —  Poll is First to Offer the Public a Choice  —  Between House and Senate Plan  —  WASHINGTON (May 3, 2006) - A new Zogby poll of likely voters, using neutral language (see wording on following pages), finds that Americans prefer …

Britons find media hard to trust  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain may have a sophisticated media industry but it also has some of the most sceptical consumers, with nearly two-thirds (64 percent) believing the media does not report all sides of the story.  —  A 10-country opinion poll for Reuters …

A Virgin Market  —  Car bomb 01 May 2006 in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan  —  I've never posted a rebuttal to a news story.  Today is an exception.  —  Last week I participated on a panel at the Marine Command General Staff College in Quantico, Virginia.  The dais was stacked with distinguished journalists …

The Failed States Index  —  By FOREIGN POLICY & the Fund for Peace  —  Democracy may be spreading, but is the world more stable?  In the second-annual Failed States Index, FOREIGN POLICY and the Fund for Peace track the countries on the edge of collapse.  —  Visit the Fund for Peace Website for more data and analysis.

Kill This Bill  —  "BOLD, RESPONSIBLE, common-sense reform of our current lobbying and ethics laws is clearly needed," House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier (R-Calif.) told his colleagues on the House floor last week.  "We owe it to our constituents.  We owe it to ourselves.

Hearing vowed on Bush's powers  —  Senator questions bypassing of laws  —  WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, accusing the White House of a ''very blatant encroachment" on congressional authority, said yesterday he will hold an oversight hearing into President Bush's assertion …

Limbaugh denies arrest, charge on radio show  —  WEST PALM BEACH — Conservative king Rush Limbaugh opened his talk show Monday with an account of the agreement he struck with prosecutors and his quick trip to the Palm Beach County Jail Friday.  —  "There was no arrest.  There were no handcuffs.