At U.N., Chavez calls Bush 'the devil'  —  UNITED NATIONS - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez took his verbal battle with the United States to the floor of the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, calling President Bush "the devil."  —  The impassioned speech by the leftist leader came …

Jihad enablers  —  Before you can discuss the manifest seriousness of the latest controversy involving the pope, you have to acknowledge its hilarity.  Pope Benedict XVI, in an austere philosophical address, invoked Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus, the 14th century ruler who offered a harsh assessment of Islam.

McAuliffe to join Clinton  —  Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe has told business associates and Democratic donors that he will chair Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) presidential campaign next year, according to several Democratic sources.

AP vs. the "so-called blogosphere"  —  It's spin time.  The Associated (With Terrorists) Press is now waging a p.r. campaign against what it calls the "so-called blogosphere" over detained photographer Bilal Hussein.  After five months of stonewalling, the "so-called reporters" …

Georgia Law Requiring Voters to Show Photo ID Is Thrown Out  —  Judge Says Some Would Be Disenfranchised; State Plans Appeal  —  A state judge yesterday rejected a Georgia law requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification, writing in his decision, "This cannot be."

Roger Waters: The Pink in Floyd  —  For the second time in my life, I'm writing a column about Pink Floyd.  More specifically, the man I have always considered to be the brains of the band: Roger Waters.  The first time I wrote about him was 26-years ago when I was a high school senior at C.B. West …

Editing Horizontally: Thanks to Reuters, NewAssignment.Net Can Hire Someone  —  They're giving us $100,000.  That will underwrite the costs of hiring our first editor, which is going to be a fun job.  —  Today I am announcing at Comment is Free and PressThink that Reuters is giving $100,000 to NewAssignment.Net.

Glover Park, Rip-off Strategists and Unethical Behavior in the Polling Community  —  Sorry to bring up net neutrality again, but we're really in the final stages of putting the nail in the coffin for the Stevens legislation.  Senator Sununu is predicting that it will be delayed into 2007 …

Conservative Congressman Blocking Crackdown on Predatory Lenders Targeting U.S. Troops  —  Predatory lenders are seriously harming the U.S. military, and one member of Congress is fighting to keep it that way.  —  A Pentagon report last month found that as many one in five U.S. service members …

Confirmed: Kean Jr Campaign Behind Astroturfing  —  It's official now.  What was very strong evidence that the Tom Kean Jr campaign was behind all the troll postings is now irrefutable proof.  Below is the header information from an email sent out by Tom Kean Jr campaign spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker.

Hezbollah cracked the code  —  Technology likely supplied by Iran allowed guerrillas to stop Israeli tank assaults  —  AITA SHAAB, Lebanon — Hezbollah guerrillas were able to hack into Israeli radio communications during last month's battles in south Lebanon, an intelligence breakthrough …

This man's sign says it all.  —  Tens of thousands of freedom loving people showed up from all over the country.  —  It was gorgeous.  They came in droves to protest holocaust denier, nuked up Ahmadinejad's outrageous appearance at the UN.  —  Here in this video I ask the Headmaster …

Life Is Better; It Isn't Better.  Which Is It?  —  When the first snow falls on the North Shore of Chicago this winter, Robert Gordon will take his Toro snow blower out of the garage and think about how lucky he is not to be using a shovel.  Mr. Gordon is 66 years old and evidently quite healthy …

Washington Blade Parts Ways With Jeff Gannon  —  Following Executive Editor Chris Crain's departure from The Washington Blade, the paper chose Kevin Naff as his replacement this week.  One of Naff's first decisions was to sever ties with columnist Jeff Gannon.  —  We spoke with Naff:

Allen tells of his Jewish heritage  —  He acknowledges he knew of his lineage when faulting a reporter for her question  —  U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-Va., yesterday acknowledged his Jewish ancestry, a day after angrily ducking a question about possible Jewish forebears in a debate with his Democratic challenger.

The U.S. vs. Iran  —  One side is playing for real, the other only for time.  —  The Iranian government continues to enrich uranium despite Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's generous package of incentives—and in defiance of the U.N.'s Aug. 31 deadline.  Still, European officials hold out hope for the success of diplomacy.

Everybody Has One: Bloggers and the Death of Opinion Journalism  —  Not that long ago, many people thought the Internet would break down partisan boundaries and improve the quality of political debate in this country — a prediction that sounds as silly today as previous hype about the educational potential of television and radio.

Mark Warner: About Those Tax Cuts...  Ex-VA Gov. Mark Warner (D) wants you to know: he thinks the Bush tax cuts for the richest Americans, enacted during an expensive war and with rising federal budget deficits, were "morally wrong and economically wrong" and that he would indeed support their repeal.

Buyer's remorse: The Bush story the press won't tell  —  Despite the obvious signs it exists — and has for nearly 20 months — the pervasive buyer's remorse that hovers around President Bush's second term, as measured by public opinion polls, remains off limits for the press.