Bill Richardson Enters '08 Field  —  Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico jumped into the 2008 presidential race today, announcing that he had formed a campaign exploratory committee in order to seek the Democratic nomination.  —  "I am taking this step because we have to repair the damage that's …

Book Review: "The Enemy at Home"  —  First, a disclaimer - I love making fun of lefties.  As a matter of fact, the interests I list on my MySpace.com homepage are extreme sports, getting ink done and slagging on liberals.  So you might think that Dinesh D'Souza's new book, "The Enemy at Home" would be right up my alley.

Intelligence Community to Congress: "The dog ate my national intelligence estimate"  —  Back in July, I reported that, in spite of pressure from CIA analysts, intelligence czar John Negroponte was blocking a new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iraq.  The CIA describes an NIE as …

Pastor to defy city's order to evict homeless from church grounds  —  Long Beach cleric says allowing people to sleep on the steps is a 'religious act.' Officials cite safety, sanitation concerns.  —  Inviting a confrontation with city officials, the senior pastor at a venerable Long Beach …

Chavez to U.S.: 'Go to hell, gringos!'  —  CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez told U.S. officials to "Go to hell!" on his weekly radio and TV show Sunday for what he called unacceptable meddling after Washington raised concerns about a measure to grant Venezuela's fiery leftist leader broad lawmaking powers.

Turkish Police Arrest Teenage Suspect in Editor's Killing  —  The Turkish police on Saturday arrested a 17-year-old suspect in the killing of a newspaper editor who championed Armenian rights, Turkish authorities said.  —  The editor, Hrant Dink, 52, a Turk of Armenian descent …

Iraq PM Stops Protecting Shiite Militia  —  U.S. Intelligence Convinces Iraqi Leader to Drop Protection of Anti-American Cleric's Militia  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq Jan 21, 2007 (AP)— Iraq's prime minister has dropped his protection of an anti-American cleric's Shiite militia after U.S. intelligence convinced …

U.S. Toll in Iraq Is 27 for Deadly Weekend  —  The United States military said that two marines died Sunday in western Iraq and that an additional seven service members died Saturday.  The deaths brought the weekend toll to 27 and made Saturday the third-deadliest day for United States forces since the war here began.

Website offers whistleblowers chance to go global  —  THE internet could become even more difficult for governments to regulate with a new website, Wikileaks, promising to provide a safe haven for whistleblowers to upload confidential documents.  —  Australians are among the volunteers behind the site.

MTP Transcript for Jan. 21, 2007  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: the war in Iraq.  Should Congress support President Bush's plan to send more American troops to Iraq?  Yes, says the leading advocate for a troop increase.  —  SEN. JOHN McCAIN (R-AZ): These moves will give …

Unhappy Days  —  Has Arnold Schwarzenegger jumped the shark?  —  When politicians break their pledges not to raise taxes, they come up with the darnedest evasions.  Take Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who wants to levy new charges on California doctors, hospitals and employers to help pay for his $12 billion health-care plan.

Milton Friedman @ Rest  —  Email from a Nobel Laureate.  —  In July last year, the late Milton Friedman, Nobel laureate in economics in 1976, granted an interview to The Wall Street Journal.  Today we publish material from a question-and-answer exchange he had by email—shortly after their meeting …

Exclusive: On Sunday night conference call with major donors, Clinton says she's going to win  —  In a private Sunday night conference call with several hundred major donors, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) trumpeted the success of her website-announced campaign and revealed that healthcare …

Taking Middle Schoolers Out of the Middle  —  When John Smith, a swaggering sixth grader at one of New York City's growing collection of kindergarten- through eighth-grade schools, feels lost, he heads downstairs to the colorful classroom of his former third-grade teacher, Randi Silverman, for what she calls a "Silverman hug."

Refugees Find Hostility and Hope on Soccer Field  —  Early last summer the mayor of this small town east of Atlanta issued a decree: no more soccer in the town park.  —  "There will be nothing but baseball and football down there as long as I am mayor," Lee Swaney, a retired owner of a heating …

Video: SNL hammers Hillary on Iraq  —  Lieberman and a precious few others aside, their "hawks" are opportunistic liars who only supported the war initially because it was politically expedient to do so.  We've always known that.  —  Their base knows it, too.  —  Blowback

Army Says Improper Orders by Colonel Led to 4 Deaths  —  Army investigators say that Col. Michael D. Steele, a decorated combat veteran and brigade commander in Iraq, issued improper orders to his soldiers that contributed to the deaths of four unarmed Iraqi men during a raid in May, according to military documents.