House Intel Panel Chief Opposes Hayden  —  WASHINGTON - A leading Republican came out against the front-runner for CIA director, Gen. Michael Hayden, saying Sunday the spy agency should not have military leadership during a turbulent time among intelligence agencies.

THE KILLING OF ATWAR BAHJAT  —  Warning: The following contains a graphic description of a brutal murder - probably exceeding what you imagine one human being could do to another.  However, it is typical of the work of Islamic terrorists.  Read on only if you want a bit of insight into the nature of the enemy in this global war.

Prominent Egyptian blogger arrested and several other activists  —  Alaa Abd El-Fatah, one of the Egyptian political activists, and one of the first bloggers in Egypt was arrested today together with around ten more activists during a peaceful demonstration in solidarity with sixty activists …

Draft Hollywood  —  The nation needs more gung-ho, patriotic war movies that celebrate our fight against Islamo-fascists.  —  THERE HAS NEVER been an age without war, not ever.  Mass violence is a continual aspect of the human condition.  Peace, like good weather, is always local and temporary …

ARE THE EDITORS ON STRIKE AT THE WASHINGTON POST?  —  Last year, when John and I published a piece in the Washington Post's outlook secion, the Post's editor (to her credit) hounded us for details, evidence, and explanations to support our arguments and assertions.  Markos (Kos) Moulitsas must have had a different editor.

Mark Steyn: New coalition of willing needed in Darfur  —  Hollywood stars are naive to expect the UN to stop the bloodbath in Sudan  —  I SEE George Clooney and Angelina Jolie have discovered Darfur and are now demanding "action".  Good for them.  Hollywood hasn't shown this much interest …

You know how to add, don't you?  —  A dark night, a mysterious dame and a gumshoe looking for clues in the case of the vanishing wages  —  I Was working late in my D.C. office.  I'd been running some new simulations on my macro-model, but nothing was converging, so I figured I'd close …

Senator Kerry tells students to 'speak out' to to make their issues the voting issues of nation  —  Senator John Kerry defended the right to dissent in a speech to Iowa college students, urging them to "speak out" to make their issues the voting issues of the nation, RAW STORY has found.

Don't let the left defeat Lieberman  —  The last thing the Democratic cause needs is martyrdom for the sanctimonious senator from Connecticut.  —  WATCHING the left wing of the Democratic Party trying to take down Joe Lieberman has been a deeply confusing experience for me.

Bush's best moment in office?  Reeling in big perch  —Text+BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush told a German newspaper his best moment in more than five years in office was catching a big perch in his own lake.  —  "You know, I've experienced many great moments and it's hard …