'Hezbollah aren't suckers, they know how to fight.  You're scared all the time'  —  Israeli soldiers recount stories of a terrifying week facing the snipers and missiles of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon  —  AT FIRST light they filtered from the undergrowth, camouflaged …

He really was a Fox News Democrat  —  The numbers show Lieberman had a Fox habit, and kicked it cold turkey when he faced a primary challenge from the left.  —  Sen. Joe Lieberman (Reuters photo), left.  Sean Hannity, right.  —  The bad news keeps coming for Joe Lieberman.

GOP says it's about choice  —  National committee's strategy keeps Bush at arm's length, focuses on local candidates  —  Republican national leaders want Minnesota voters in the state's U.S. Senate race to focus on the candidates, Republican Mark Kennedy and Democrat Amy Klobuchar, not on President Bush.

Slacker Friday  —  I've got a new Think Again here, "Remember Iraq?"  —  Jim Fallows says we won.  You'll have to read why.  — Generals Give Grim Report on Iraqi Strife," the Los Angeles Times.  [Link]  — "Generals warn of civil war in Iraq," Washington Times.  [Link]

Iraqi civil war has already begun, U.S. troops say  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - While American politicians and generals in Washington debate the possibility of civil war in Iraq, many U.S. officers and enlisted men who patrol Baghdad say it has already begun.  —  Army troops in and around …

More on McCain  —  I love me my Shakespeare's Sister.  And I don't love me my John McCain.  So how come her post explaining how "wonderfully easy to disassemble into a collection of putrid little pieces" he is leaves me more convinced of his potential popularity?

Judges Implement New Map in Texas, Altering Five Districts  —  A three-judge federal court panel in Austin today implemented a plan that revises the congressional district map for Texas.  The action was in response to a June 28 Supreme Court ruling that a Republican-drawn mid-decade redistricting map …

Job growth unexpectedly slows  —  Payroll gain of 113,000 misses forecasts for fourth straight month; unemployment rises; wages up.  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Job growth came in weak for the fourth straight month in July while the unemployment rate rose, according to a government report Friday …

The Brink of Madness  —  A familiar place.  —  National Review Online  —  When I used to read about the 1930s — the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, the rise of fascism in Italy, Spain, and Germany, the appeasement in France and Britain, the murderous duplicity of the Soviet Union …

. . . and the Democrats' Reply  —  YOU MIGHT THINK that a call from the new Treasury secretary for reform of entitlements would get a respectful hearing from Democrats.  If entitlement programs are not reformed, they will squeeze out other spending programs that Democrats care about …

Clarification of Bias  —  No blogger in the world can seriously claim they are "objective" in the literal sense.  That includes me.  —  My traffic is much higher than usual lately, and there are lots of unfamiliar names in the comments.  I'm getting all kinds of emails from people I've never heard …

ADVICE TO INCOMING FIRST-YEAR LAW STUDENTS: It's just about time for classes to start.  The first year students at Cumberland begin orientation a week from Monday.  I remember my first year experience as being profoundly challenging and humbling.  Thinking back over my first-year …

Iran: We supplied Zelzal-2 to Hizbullah  —  By JPOST.COM STAFF AND YAAKOV KATZ  —  Iran admitted for the first time on Friday that it did indeed supply long-range Zelzal-2 missiles to Hizbullah.  —  Secretary-general of the "Intifada conference" Mohtashami Pur told an Iranian newspaper …

Senate ratifies controversial cybercrime treaty  —  The first and only international treaty designed exclusively to combat computer crime won approval late Thursday from the U.S. Senate.  —  The Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime "will enhance our ability to cooperate with foreign governments …

Suicide Bomber Kills 21 Civilians in Afghanistan  —  A suicide bomber detonated his car in the market of a southern Afghan town Thursday, killing 21 civilians and wounding 13, officials said.  It was the deadliest attack to date in a wave of violence accompanying the NATO alliance's takeover …

The Flags of Our Sons  —  WHEN you fly as often as I do you learn to mind your own business as soon as you take your seat.  But that wasn't possible once I saw the military honor guard boarding US Airways' 1:45 p.m. flight from Boston to Washington earlier this week.

"I Thought The Iraqis Were Muslims!"  —  From Raw Story, via Billmon: … Remember: there must have been people in the Republican Party who knew how clueless Bush was, and with what a breathtaking lack of responsibility he would approach being President, during the period before the 2000 election …