President Bush Addresses the Nation on Immigration Reform  —  Fact Sheet: Overview: Comprehensive Immigration Reform  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good evening.  I've asked for a few minutes of your time to discuss a matter of national importance — the reform of America's immigration system.

7 killed in Baghdad  —  BAGHDAD — Fighting between suspected insurgents and Iraqi police killed at least six civilians in Baghdad on Tuesday, and a roadside bomb killed a U.S. soldier on a foot patrol in another part of the capital, officials said.  —  Thousands flee Mass. floods

A final word from Karl Rove?  —  Bush strategist addresses conservative think tank as Democrats see demise  —  Karl Rove, the White House deputy chief of staff, addressed a meeting of the American Enterprise Institute on Monday.  Rove acknowledged President Bush's sinking poll numbers …

Against a fence  —  Dear Jorge plans to address the nation tonight, a speech wherein he will almost surely attempt to deceive citizens into believing that he does not wish the mass migration from Mexico to continue unabated.  He will likely offer some negligible resources for law enforcement …

How Gadhafi Lost His Groove  —  The complex surrender of Libya's WMD.  —  As the Bush administration struggles to stop Iran and North Korea from acquiring nuclear weapons, it might recall how Libya was persuaded to renounce terrorism and its own weapons of mass destruction programs …

FBI Acknowledges: Journalists Phone Records are Fair Game  —  Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report:  —  The FBI acknowledged late Monday that it is increasingly seeking reporters' phone records in leak investigations.  —  "It used to be very hard and complicated to do this …

HIRSI ALI'S FALL  —  Judging form the many e-mails over the past weekend it is clear that the latest installment in the Ayaan Hirsi Ali saga is probably one of the more spectacular and at the same time more controversial ones.  In short, last Thursday a television documentary (you can watch it here) …

Specter strikes NSA deal  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and conservative members of his panel have reached agreement on legislation that may determine the legality of the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance program, GOP sources say.

Goodbye Poli  —  I just posted the following at Polpundit:  —  It is 1 a.m. and I still have a ton of things to do before I can go to bed and a child up with a fever for the second night in a row, but if I don't post this now, it might not get posted.  Forgive me if this is a bit rambling or unclear.