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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

STAR TRIBUNE SUCKER-PUNCHES REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE  —  The Minneapolis Star Tribune has finally done a front-page investigative report on a Congressional candidate in Minnesota's Fifth District.  Aha, you say, finally!  At last, the Strib has gotten around to reporting that DFLer Keith Ellison …

Drive for multi-faith Britain deepens rifts, says Church  —  The Church of England has launched an astonishing attack on the Government's drive to turn Britain into a multi-faith society.  —  In a wide-ranging condemnation of policy, it says that the attempt to make minority "faith" …