Bush accepts Bolton's U.N. resignation  —  WASHINGTON - Unable to win Senate confirmation, U.N. Ambassador John Bolton will step down when his temporary appointment expires within weeks, the White House said Monday.  —  Bolton's nomination has languished in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee …

So Now What, Mr. President?  —  Folks used to wonder why he didn't push into Baghdad.  Baker doesn't hear that question much anymore.  —  George W. Bush was doing everything he doesn't usually like to do.  He was traveling in foreign lands (when Bush campaigns, he likes to fly home every night to sleep in his own bed).

Guest Blogger: The Evidence is In on School Integration Efforts: Will the Supreme Court Listen?  —  by Amy Stuart Wells, Teachers College, Columbia University  —  The hundreds of social science studies cited in the Amicus briefs filed in support of the school districts in the Louisville …

NORTH KOREA SUSPECTED OF COLLECTING MILLIONS IN REINSURANCE FRAUD  —  NEW YORK — The cash-strapped regime of North Korea, which has a worldwide reputation for its criminal dealings in weapons sales, drugs and near-perfect counterfeit U.S. $100 bills, may have found a new illicit source …

Trapped in the Closet  —  Mark Foley's ambition to be a politician became the family dream.  He was always in a hurry.  His doting parents had no problem with his dropping out of Palm Beach Junior College at age 20; they helped him open a diner in downtown Lake Worth and turn it into the platform for his grandiose goals.

A Split in the GOP Tent  —  Republicans are good at reinvention.  They have appealed to voters' dark side (Nixon's Southern strategy) as well as to their sunny side (Reagan's "Morning in America").  They have skipped from anti-government populism (Newt Gingrich and the leave-us-alone coalition) …

Biden charms local GOP  —  It was unlike most Columbia Rotary Club luncheons.  —  The speaker was U.S. Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, a likely candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.  —  The chief topic: the Iraq war.  —  The audience: predominantly Republican.

Video: Comedy Central Plans Cartoon Mocking Bush Administration  —  Oy. … Honestly, I don't have a problem with political satire, even when it mocks the Bush administration or Republicans (SNL's skit on Rice's confirmation is one of my favorites), but I do have one requirement: it has to be funny.

Daschle Will Not Seek Presidency  —  He served as a senator representing South Dakotans in Washington for more than 25 years and has invested more than a year laying the groundwork for a presidential campaign.  —  Tom Daschle was expected to make a decision about running for president …

No Easy Calls On Iraq  —  [Amb.  Joe Wilson joins us for discussion in the comments.  As always, with guests at FDL, please be polite and stay on topic for the course of the discussion herein.  Please join me in giving Amb.  Wilson a big FDL welcome.  — CHS]  —  Amb.

With Brash Hosts, Headline News Finds More Viewers in Prime Time  —  "No offense, and I know Muslims.  I like Muslims."  —  Thus began Glenn Beck, a conservative talk-radio host who is six months into his own prime-time show on CNN Headline News, as he interviewed Congressman-elect Keith Ellison …

Honoring Norman Borlaug  —  This network has already lauded Norman Borlaug, the recipient of the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize.  C.S. Prakash, professor of plant molecular genetics at Tuskegee University, is urging passage of H. R. 4924, the Congressional Tribute to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Act of 2006.

Klein: Saying We Need A Timetable For Iraq 'May Well Be True, But It's Wrong To Say It'  —  On the Chris Matthews Show yesterday, Time magazine senior writer Joe Klein said of Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) support for setting a timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq: "That may well be true, but it's wrong to say it."

Gwyneth Paltrow: I'm Proud to Be American  —  Gwyneth Paltrow is "deeply upset" over stories claiming she made anti-American remarks, and tells PEOPLE exclusively that she never said anything against her native country.  —  "First of all I feel so lucky to be American.

ECONOMICS vs. PHYSICS CAGE MATCH....Robin Hanson complains about the media's treatment of the economics profession: … I wonder why he thinks this?  Every article I've ever read about cutting edge physics (like superstring theory) includes loads of quotes from skeptics …

Brownback Moves Toward White House Bid  —  Republican Sen. Sam Brownback, a favorite of the religious right, said Monday he is taking the first step toward launching a bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.  —  A vigorous abortion opponent, the Kansas senator pledged to make …