The Pope must die, says Muslim  —  A notorious Muslim extremist told a demonstration in London yesterday that the Pope should face execution.  —  Anjem Choudary said those who insulted Islam would be "subject to capital punishment".  —  His remarks came during a protest outside Westminster Cathedral …

Rhode Island Senate: Chafee Trailing By 8  —  Whitehouse (D) 51% Chafee (R) 43%  —  The GOP establishment forcefully backed Republican Lincoln Chafee in the primary over a more conservative and arguably less-electable Republican.  But, perhaps damaged by having to struggle so long for the nomination …

Revealed: the tough interrogation techniques the CIA wants to use  —  Ed Pilkington in New York and Clare Dyer  —  Details emerged yesterday about the seven interrogation techniques the CIA is seeking to be allowed to apply to terror suspects.  Newsweek magazine reported that a New York lawyer …

Head-in-the-Sand Liberals  —  Western civilization really is at risk from Muslim extremists.  —  TWO YEARS AGO I published a book highly critical of religion, "The End of Faith."  In it, I argued that the world's major religions are genuinely incompatible, inevitably cause conflict …

Support for Electronic Filing of Senate Candidates' Campaign-Finance Records Gains Momentum  —  In the next few weeks leading up to Election Day, money will pour into candidates' coffers and voters will be able to see which lobby groups are trying hardest to buy their lawmakers' favor.

Report from the Steak Fry  —  The Tom Harkin Steak Fry in Indianola, IA yesterday was Barack Obama's coming out party as a national candidate for higher office.  Whether that campaign is for President or Vice President in 2008 or 2012 is still up in the air — but there's no doubt …

Major Problems At Polls Feared  —  Some Officials Say Voting Law Changes And New Technology Will Cause Trouble  —  An overhaul in how states and localities record votes and administer elections since the Florida recount battle six years ago has created conditions that could trigger a repeat …

We cannot afford to maintain these ancient prejudices against Islam  —  The Pope's remarks were dangerous, and will convince many more Muslims that the west is incurably Islamophobic  —  In the 12th century, Peter the Venerable, Abbot of Cluny, initiated a dialogue with the Islamic world.

BREAKING/Exclusive: Why FBI Raided Largest U.S. Islamic Charity Today  —  I've been writing about LIFE for Relief and Development for years, and I think my columns (especially this one, a shorter version of which appeared in the New York Post), have finally made a difference.

Republicans gain in midterm polls  —  Republicans appear to be gaining on the Democrats in the 2006 midterm campaign because of growing confidence in the economy, falling gas prices and President Bush's sustained political offensive on the terrorist threat, according to pollsters and campaign strategists.

Jew!  —  A Virginia Senate campaign fought largely in Youtube got its newest Youtube moment today — courtesy the unlikeliest of sources, a reporter.  —  9News Now reporter Peggy Fox probably wouldn't have been booed at Nuremberg.  But that's the treatment she got inside the Hilton McLean Ballroom …

Major State Union Switches To Lamont  —  AFSCME Council 4 Drops Lieberman, Citing Movement Toward Bush Policies  —  One of the state's largest labor unions has dropped its endorsement of U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman and switched its support to Democratic primary winner Ned Lamont.

When Atheists and Secularists Quote Scripture  —  I probably shouldn't wade into this, but it does dovetail with something I've been pondering lately.  Namely, that an essentially post-Christian West comes to the battle with Islamism, Islamofascism, caliphascism, or whatever you want to call …

Harmful chemical leaks in space station  —  HOUSTON - International space station astronauts pulled an alarm and donned protective gear Monday after smelling a foul odor that turned out to be a harmful chemical leaking from an oxygen vent, NASA said.  —  "We don't exactly know the nature of the spill …

The Trap  —  There is now a clear and live contrast between Bush and the Democrats on an important issue in the war on terror.  —  Too bad.  It will be.  On September 6, 2006, President Bush set the trap.  He spoke in the East Room of the White House on the war on terror.

Give him another week  —  Almost 50 years ago, a reporter asked President Dwight Eisenhower what major contributions his vice president, Richard M. Nixon, had made to the Eisenhower administration.  Ike's response was telling and hilarious.  He said, "If you give me a week, I might think of one."

RIGHT-WING POWERLINE BLOG MISLEADS READERS ABOUT IMPRISONED IRAQI ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTER.  Normally it wouldn't be news that right-wing Powerline Blog is misleading readers, but this is an important story.  —  The Associated Press has now announced that the U.S. military has been holding …