Ex-Page Tells of Foley Liaison  —  The young man says the then-congressman eyed males in the program.  He says he was 21 when he and the Florida Republican had sex.  —  A former House page says he had sex with then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) after receiving explicit e-mails …

End of the Revolution  —  Sex, lies and power games are just the latest symptoms of a Republican party adrift from its ideals  —  Every revolution begins with the power of an idea and ends when clinging to power is the only idea left.  The epitaph for the movement that started when Newt Gingrich …

Democratic Party Fauxtoshops Veteran  —  I guess The Democratic Party couldn't find a photograph of a US veteran that had the right attitude for their web site's page slamming the Bush administration for not supporting the troops enough.  —  So they found a picture of a Canadian soldier …

Poll shows close Senate race in area  —  U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman leads Democrat Ned Lamont 42 percent to 39 percent among likely 4th Congressional District voters, according to a poll conducted for The Advocate and Greenwich Time.  —  The poll shows Lieberman garnering significant Republican support …

U.S. Casualties in Iraq Rise Sharply  —  Growing American Role in Staving Off Civil War Leads to Most Wounded Since 2004  —  The number of U.S troops wounded in Iraq has surged to its highest monthly level in nearly two years as American GIs fight block-by-block in Baghdad to try to check …

Conflicting Accounts Leave Plot Holes in Foley Saga  —  House Ethics Committee and FBI Will Try to Sort Out Who Knew What — and When  —  Despite countless hours of TV coverage and reams of newspaper reporting on the House's handling of the Mark Foley page scandal, numerous fundamental …

America ponders cutting Iraq in three  —  AN independent commission set up by Congress with the approval of President George W Bush may recommend carving up Iraq into three highly autonomous regions, according to well informed sources.  —  The Iraq Study Group, co-chaired by James Baker …

Poll: Ritter in lead across state  —  50% of voters back Dem in governor's race; 35% say Beauprez  —  Democrat Bill Ritter leads Republican Bob Beauprez for governor by 15 percentage points, according to a new poll.  —  Ritter is beating Beauprez in every region of the state …

Fury as St Andrews honours Hezbollah backer  —  STUDENT leaders are organising a mass protest over St Andrews University's decision to award an honorary degree to a former Iranian president who praised Hezbollah.  —  Muhammad Khatami is to be made an honorary doctor of laws by Sir Menzies Campbell …

Hazarding Personal Opinions in Public Can Be Hazardous for Journalists  —  A FOUR-MONTH-OLD speech by Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times's much-honored Supreme Court reporter for 28 years, has suddenly raised anew two thorny questions related to the paper's ethics guideline covering …

Inside Hezbollah, Big Miscalculations  —  Militia Leaders Caught Off Guard By Scope of Israel's Response in War  —  BEIRUT — The meeting on July 12 was tense, tinged with desperation.  A few hours earlier, in a brazen raid, Hezbollah guerrillas had infiltrated across the heavily fortified border and captured two Israeli soldiers.

The Big-Sky Dem  —  It's fun being governor of Montana.  Just watch Brian Schweitzer bouncing around the streets of Helena in the passenger seat of the state's official S.U.V., fumbling with wires, trying to stick the flashing police light on the roof.  When he spots some legislators on the sidewalk …