Sen. Allen's Remarks Spark Ire  —  Democrat James Webb's Senate campaign accused Sen. George Allen (R) of making demeaning comments Friday to a 20-year-old Webb volunteer of Indian descent.  —  S.R. Sidarth, a senior at the University of Virginia, had been trailing Allen with a video camera …

Donors say Lieberman will be well-funded  —  Supporters of Israel from both parties will be crucial to senator's effort  —  Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., campaigning last Thursday in Waterbury, Conn., a city he won with 60 percent of the vote in last week's primary.  —  WASHINGTON -

2 Fox News Journalists Kidnapped in Gaza  —  Palestinian gunmen ambushed a car carrying a Fox News crew in Gaza City on Monday and kidnapped two of the journalists inside, according to witnesses and Fox.  "We can confirm that two of our people were taken against their will in Gaza," Fox News said in a statement.

Arab TV binging on Lebanese death porn to incite Muslims (Update: Ynet busts CNN)  —  It's electrifyin'. … "The Sixth War," as in the sixth Arab-Israeli war.  They've made Hezbollah the standard-bearer of Arab pride.  Quote: … And this despite the fact that Sunni governments like Saudi Arabia …

The countdown for Olmert has begun  —  Whatever way you analyze UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and the cease-fire that might have broken out at 8 a.m. Monday morning, and even if you accept the government's claims that it's good for Israel, there is no way that it can be good for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

Pres.  Ahmadinejad trying to infect Israelis with web viruses?  —  Information forwarded to me:  —  The Iranian president, Ahmadinejad, has opened his very own blog.  You can read the news here.  Wouldn't it be nice to pay him a visit and tell him what you think about his terror-supporting regime?

Press Briefing by Tony Snow  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MR. SNOW: Let me run you through a bit of what's going on with the President's day.  Then we will get to questions.  First, let me — I'll run through the President's day.  —  He is meeting right …

The Storm Before the Calm  —  The events in this essay took place on August 11 and 12.  —  METULLA, ISRAEL - Israel scrapped the proposed ceasefire agreement on August 11 and launched a full-scale ground invasion of Lebanon.  Presumably the Israeli Defense Forces wanted to rapidly snap …

A Hawk for All Seasons  —  When it comes to foreign policy, Joe Lieberman's hawkish consistency is the hobgoblin of a little mind.  —  It took all of two days for Joe Lieberman to jettison the high-minded justifications for his post-primary campaign against Democratic Senate nominee Ned Lamont.

Muslims face extra checks in new travel crackdown  —  THE Government is discussing with airport operators plans to introduce a screening system that allows security staff to focus on those passengers who pose the greatest risk.  —  The passenger-profiling technique involves selecting people …

Media Matters to CNN: Will anchor Roberts be disciplined for suggesting Lamont is "the Al Qaeda candidate"?  —  Dear Messrs.  Klein and Santos:  —  I am writing to express my great concern over an incident that occurred on your network Friday, August 11, 2006.

Ease of Alteration Creates Woes for Picture Editors  —  The recent discovery that a Lebanese freelance photographer, Adnan Hajj, had manipulated pictures he took for Reuters has raised questions about the standards of photojournalism at a time of widespread digital photography.

Defeatism and attacks on the Commander-in-Chief during a time of war  —  We have a rule in our country that "attacking the Commander-in-Chief during a time of war" helps The Terrorists and emboldens our enemies.  Joe Lieberman put it this way: "in matters of war, we undermine presidential credibility at our nation's peril."

Is the Bush Doctrine Dead?  —  In recent months, we have been bombarded with reports of the death of the Bush Doctrine.  Of course, there have been many such reports since the doctrine was first promulgated at the start of what I persist in calling World War IV (the cold war being World War III).

Bush Says Israel Defeated Hezbollah  —  President Bush said Monday that Hezbollah guerillas suffered a defeat at the hands of Israel in their monthlong Mideast war.  —  "There's going to be a new power in the south of Lebanon," Bush said.  —  The president also said the war was part …