Is This the Best the Administration's Surrogates Can Do? (with speculation about why the White House was so eager to obtain Ashcroft's signature)  —  Doug Kmiec, head of OLC at the end of the Reagan Administration, has a profoundly misguided Op-Ed in tomorrow's Washington Post in which he tries …

The Daily Muck  —  Its a brand new muck format.  Tell us what you think.  —  Following yesterday's stunning revelation by the Washington Post that 26 US attorneys had been considered for dismissals, professionals all around the country are trying to figure out what the Justice Department felt they were doing wrong.

World Bank Justice  —  Wolfowitz's resignation offers a window into a corrupt institution.  —  So after weeks of nasty leaks and media smears, the World Bank's board of executive directors yesterday cleared President Paul Wolfowitz of ethical misconduct for following the board's own advice …

How Battles at Bank Ended 'Second Chance' at a Career  —  Paul D. Wolfowitz was ready to move on from the Pentagon in early 2005.  He had been thwarted in his effort to become defense secretary or national security adviser.  And the war in Iraq had deteriorated.

White House to quickly replace Wolfowitz  —  WASHINGTON - Trying to put a controversy behind it, the Bush administration was wasting no time finding a successor to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, who will resign over his handling of a pay package for his girlfriend.