Rep. Adam Putnam: Time for Gonzales to Go  —  A congressional Republican leader on Friday joined bipartisan calls for U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign but the White House reaffirmed its confidence in President George W. Bush's long-time friend.

U.S. Erects Baghdad Wall to Keep Sects Apart  —  American military commanders in Baghdad are trying a radical new strategy to quell the widening sectarian violence by building a 12-foot-high, three-mile-long wall separating a historic Sunni enclave from Shiite neighborhoods.

Deliver us from evil  —  According to the AP.  Iraqi insurgents are now fighting each other, as "moderate" Sunni terrorists tangle with "extremist" al-Qaeda whose brand of Islam is so radical that it prohibits placing cucumbers beside tomatoes because these vegetables have different genders.

Matthew Yglesias rightly chastises the media for failing to ask whether Harry Reid is substantively right or wrong in his assertion that the war is "lost."  But perhaps we should be careful what we wish for.  —  Here, for instance, is CNN's Kyra Phillips explaining in a surprisingly cutting way that Reid is in fact wrong.

Rutgers team skips Clinton meeting  —  NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton finally dropped by Rutgers to meet with the school's women's basketball coach — but the players themselves skipped the half-hour meeting, citing their studies and Imus fatigue.

The Saturday Cartoons  —  All cartoons are posted with the artists' express permission to BobGeiger.com.  Please visit the following sites to see more work from these fine cartoonists:  —  Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle  —  Tony Auth, The Philadelphia Inquirer  —  Justin Bilicki, City Pulse

To Call Maureen Dowd Catty Would Be An Insult To Cats  —  We are currently suffering through the last two years of a President who is manifestly unqualified for the job, and has no discernible interest in most of the issues that affect ordinary Americans.  Thank heavens, then …

Iraqi doctor who disputes official death tolls is denied visa to visit UW  —  An Iraqi doctor who made international headlines after stating that civilian deaths in the Iraq war far exceeded officially reported numbers is not being allowed to travel to North America to meet other academics.

Land-Swap Plan Causes Trouble For Congressman  —  Mr. Renzi Offers Field  —  To Mining Companies;  —  Grand Jury Is Active  —  SUPERIOR, Ariz. — As they dig for nickel, copper and other commodities in the far corners of the earth, the world's largest mining companies …

Bill Bennett  • Mike Gallagher  • Dennis Prager  • Michael Medved  • Hugh Hewitt  —  MKH: Thanks, Gov. Romney, for taking some time to hang out with us at Townhall today.  I'm in D.C. Where are you today?  —  MR: I'm in Iowa City, IA, which is the home of the University of Iowa …

Jihadist video shows boy beheading man  —  KILI FAQIRAN, Pakistan - The boy with the knife looks barely 12.  In a high-pitched voice, he denounces the bound, blindfolded man before him as an American spy.  Then he hacks off the captive's head to cries of "God is great!" and hoists it in triumph by the hair.

Blue America: This Year, We Will Put A Doctor In the House — Victoria Wulsin  —  [FDL is so pleased to welcome Victoria Wulsin back for a chat.  Please stop by in the comments and give her a big FDL welcome, but be polite and stay on topic.  Any off-topic conversations should be taken to the prior thread.

Weapons to go offstage  —  Trachtenberg cites Virginia Tech attack  —  In the wake of Monday's massacre at Virginia Tech in which a student killed 32 people, Dean of Student Affairs Betty Trachtenberg has limited the use of stage weapons in theatrical productions.