Brownback Knocks Down Lieberman Claim That Iraq Resolutions 'Encourage The Enemy'  —  This morning on Fox News, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) echoed the Bush administration and claimed that people who oppose escalation in Iraq are emboldening terrorists.  "[I]t will discourage our troops …

NICE GOING, JOHN  —  Yesterday we noted John Kerry's disgraceful performance at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.  Today, in the Power Line Forum, Glenn Bowen points out the follow-up from the Middle East.  Click to enlarge:  —  And, from the FARS News Agency: … Thanks, John.

Muslims urged to refuse 'un-Islamic' vaccinations  —  A leading Islamic doctor is urging British Muslims not to vaccinate their children against diseases such as measles, mumps, and rubella because they contain substances making them unlawful for Muslims to take.

MTP Transcript for Jan. 28, 2007  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Iraq.  Will more U.S. troops stop the violence?  Will the Iraqis ever be able to secure their own country?  And what kind of country will the U.S. eventually leave behind?  —  With us, Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer …

Jeb Bush Rallies Conservatives at Summit  —  Non-Candidate Shows Ability to Excite the Party  —  At a time when the conservative movement is looking bereft, humbled by midterm-election defeats and hungering for a presidential candidate to rally around, Jeb Bush delivered yesterday in Washington …

Iraqi Soldiers Clash With Insurgents  —  Iraqi soldiers supported by U.S. helicopters on Sunday clashed with a gathering of insurgents hiding out amid date palm orchards near the southern holy city of Najaf, according to Iraqi officials.  —  For the past several weeks, Sunni insurgents …

Where Is Everyone?  —  My impression is that yesterday's antiwar protests got more news coverage than the big march around the White House in September 2005.  And this is true in spite of the fact that the crowd showing up for the 2005 march was much bigger, estimated — conservatively — as between 100,000 and 200,000.

The Man Without Doubt  —  In a rare print interview, Dick Cheney talks about Iraq, Iran, Chuck Hagel, his image as 'Darth Vader' and Bob Woodward.  —  Still Fighting: Cheney in his office, unbowed  —  A man with a reputation for secrecy and seclusion, Vice President Dick Cheney has spent the past few months out in public.

Clinton: U.S. out of Iraq by January '09  —  DAVENPORT, Iowa - Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that President Bush should withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq before he leaves office, asserting it would be "the height of irresponsibility" to pass the war along to the next commander in chief.

5 Myths About Suburbia and Our Car-Happy Culture  —  They don't rate up there with cancer and al-Qaeda — at least not yet — but suburban sprawl and automobiles are rapidly acquiring a reputation as scourges of modern American society.  Sprawl, goes the typical indictment, devours open space …

Ginsburg Decries Sexism By Being Sexist  —  The Washington Post has a short report on a speech given by Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Suffolk's law school in which she complained about her isolation as the Supreme Court's only woman.  She then told the students that men lack the sensitivity than women bring to the bench (via Memeorandum):

Myths of the Iraq War  —  January 28, 2007: Top 10 Myths of the Iraq War.  In no particular order.  There are more, but ten is a manageable number.  —  1-No Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).  Several hundred chemical weapons were found, and Saddam had all his WMD scientists and technicians ready.

A Reluctant Rebel's Yell  —  From Vietnam to Capitol Hill, Chuck Hagel has never been afraid to fight.  Now he talks about what could be his biggest battle yet: a run for the White House.  —  Chuck Hagel wears pain on his face.  The senior senator from Nebraska earned two Purple Hearts in Vietnam …

Grand Delusion  —  It's quite a juxtaposition.  In Iraq, American soldiers are finally beginning the hard job of establishing a measure of peace, security and order in critical sections of Baghdad — the essential prerequisite for the lasting political solution everyone claims to want.

Accurate, but Not the Whole Story  —  Accurate stories can be misleading.  Two recent Page 1 stories — one on the Fairfax County libraries and the other on the sale of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards's Georgetown house — brought complaints that there was less there than met the reader's eye.