Oriana Fallaci, R.I.P., and the Religion of Perpetual Outrage  —  Deeply saddening news at the end of this 9/11 anniversary week.  The outspoken lioness Oriana Fallaci has died of cancer: … She refused to candycoat her criticisms of Islam.  She refused to submit to jihadi thugs.

Ohio Congressman Is Said to Agree to Plead Guilty  —  Representative Bob Ney, Republican of Ohio, has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges related to his dealings with the corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff, lawyers and others with knowledge of the investigation said Thursday.

An Unexpected Collision Over Detainees  —  President Bush and Congressional Republicans spent the last 10 days laying the foundation for a titanic pre-election struggle over national security, and now they have one.  But the fight playing out this week on Capitol Hill is not what they had in mind.

The Tehran Calculus  —  In his televised Sept. 11 address, President Bush said that we must not "leave our children to face a Middle East overrun by terrorist states and radical dictators armed with nuclear weapons."  There's only one such current candidate: Iran.

Report: Latest al-Qaeda tape makes France a target  —  Deputy group leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urged militant Algerian Islamist group to punish 'crusader nation,' even though it vehemently opposes US-led war in Iraq, newspaper says  —  Deputy al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has urged …

Prompt, free access to argument transcripts  —  The Supreme Court will begin making available, without charge, the transcripts of oral arguments, on the same day that an argument has been held, the Court announced Thursday.  This is one of the most important innovations, in terms of public access …

Tony Snow and Press Spar: 'Torture' For All of Them  —  NEW YORK Tony Snow conducted one of his most fascinating briefings today in his relatively short time as White House press secretary.  —  Most of it had to do with the administration's attempt to redefine — or as it claims …

House Votes To Disclose Earmarks  —  The House voted yesterday to shed more light on narrow-interest tax and spending legislation called earmarks, an incremental step toward openness that ended the prospect for a more sweeping overhaul of federal lobbying laws this year.

Attacks on Yemen oil plants kill 5  —  SAN`A, Yemen - Suicide bombers tried to strike two oil facilities in Yemen with explosives-packed cars, but authorities foiled the attacks and four bombers and a security guard were killed, the government said Friday.  —  The attempts came ahead …

Oil Prices  —  Two years ago -as oil prices began to rise- two friends of mine in the industry said to look for a dramatic climb in prices but "over the long term" (a decade? fifteen years?) look for oil to settle in a zone of $40 to $55 a barrel.  When oil reached $70 a barrel I thought about that "zone."

Who The Terror Apologists Support  —  Some of you may be familiar with a group called the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR.  This is a group that describes itself as the "Muslim NAACP."  Some of its leaders stood by President Bush and Colin Powell as those men spoke …