Gonzales v. Gonzales  —  If Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had gone to the Senate yesterday to convince the world that he ought to be fired, it's hard to imagine how he could have done a better job, short of simply admitting the obvious: that the firing of eight United States attorneys was a partisan purge.

Training Iraqi troops no longer driving force in U.S. policy  —  WASHINGTON - Military planners have abandoned the idea that standing up Iraqi troops will enable American soldiers to start coming home soon and now believe that U.S. troops will have to defeat the insurgents and secure control of troubled provinces.

Alec Baldwin's Threatening Message to Daughter  —  An enraged Alec Baldwin unleashed a volcanic tirade of threats and insults on his 11-year-old daughter, Ireland, calling her a "thoughtless little pig," and bashing her mother Kim Basinger — and TMZ has obtained the whole thing unfiltered and raw.

Miscarriage of Justice  —  The federal "partial-birth" abortion ban has grave implications for all pregnant women, not only those seeking to end pregnancies.  —  Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the first federal law that bans an abortion procedure for all women and all doctors in all states.

S.223  —  Blog articles for S.223  —  S.223: A bill to require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form.  —  APRIL 20, 2007  —  S.223  —  S.223 A bill to require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form. introduced Jan. 09, 2007 293 views

'Accommodations' could open door to more demands  —  Last week, I wrote about Minneapolis Community and Technical College's proposal to install ritual washing facilities to facilitate Muslim prayer.  Is this a tempest in a teapot, as some have suggested?  —  Canada, our neighbor to the north …

Rick Perlstein's blog  —  Last year I attended a major conference of conservative intellectuals and activists at Princeton University as the token liberal.  There I heard Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention say that the Democratic Party ostracizes all pro-life Democrats.

Nacchio found guilty  —  For a few minutes Thursday afternoon, Joe Nacchio dared to smile.  —  Seated between his attorneys, the former Qwest CEO and one-time titan of the telecom industry looked hopeful as U.S. District Judge Edward Nottingham read verdicts of not guilty to the first 23 counts of insider trading.

Ruling Congress, Dems Rolling in Special Interest Cash  —  Avni Patel Reports:  —  The campaign coffers of the new Democratic House committee chairmen have seen a big jump in contributions from lobbyists and special interests since the Democratic takeover of Congress, according …

Dem Leader Reid Echoes Al Qaeda: "The War Is Lost" (Video)  —  Harry Reid... "The war is lost!"  —  Video here:  —  It is also posted at MotionBox HERE.  —  Those democrats sure know how to support the troops!  —  Senate Leader Harry Reid was the latest democrat to echo Al Qaeda on the troop surge.

Why Is God Hiding?  —  My fellow blogger Cenk Uygur wants to know where was God when Cho went on that rampage.  Yes, that's right.  It was Cho's rampage.  So I don't thnk God gets the blame.  Uygur wants to implicate God indirectly.  Surely God could have stopped it, right?  Then why didn't he?