McCain, Cornyn Engage in Heated Exchange  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) hasn't spent much time in the Capitol this year as he seeks the GOP presidential nomination.  But one of his rare appearances this week provided a pretty salty exchange with a fellow Republican.

In Closed Meeting With Gonzales, Prosecutors Express Their Dismay  —  Many Remain Upset, Fear Damage to the Justice Department's Image  —  Even as he came under renewed political pressure in Washington this week, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales faced sharp criticism from many of his own U.S. attorneys …

House Dem Staffer: Liberals Are Worried That Leadership Will Cave On Iraq  —  Today the White House said No to all of Dems' offered concessions on Iraq, effectively telling the Dem Congressional leadership to take its "surrender date" and shove it deep into its posterior.  So now what?

Am I Doing God's Work?  —  "Let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own."  —  January 20, 1961  —  I was ten years old when I heard those words.  They still resonate with me nearly a half century later.

Brooksian wrongism  —  I'm not sure what the point here is.  Brooks leads his column with a pretty big claim: that the Iraq war will devastate international governments for years to come.  But then, rather than backing up said claim, he proceeds to write a glowing review of a book called Brave …

One of these is not like the other? … What?  A "form?"  A piece of paper Padilla may or may not have signed linking him to al-Qaeda?  That's it?  What happened to the radioactivity from the exploding device that was going to engulf us?  What about all those gas stoves exploding high rise apartment buildings?

GOP Target Murtha Over Spending Exchange  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans will seek a House vote next week admonishing a senior Democrat who they say threatened a GOP member's spending projects in a noisy exchange in the House chamber, Minority Leader John Boehner said Friday.

Two ABC News Journalists Killed in Iraq  —  Two Iraqi ABC News broadcast journalists were killed in Iraq, ABC News President David Westin announced this morning.  —  Cameraman Alaa Uldeen Aziz, 33, and soundman Saif Laith Yousuf, 26, were returning home from work at the ABC News Baghdad …

"Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser  —  Lawlessness ... and fecklessness  —  Yesterday, Salon.com's Glenn Greenwald wrote: … As we have long noted, it is the "So now what?" that is the problem.  —  For all the cheerleading the Post's editorial page has done for various Bush administration blunders …

GOP Debate Vlogging, Take 2  —  That was terrific.  —  Not a note on content, but style: when composing a photo of a talking head (such as yourself in your vlog) it is more effective to have your eyes in the top third of the frame as opposed to the center of the frame like you are currently doing.

Four arrested in Iraq 'honor killing' … BAGHDAD, IRAQ (CNN) — Authorities in northern Iraq have arrested four people in connection with the "honor killing" last month of a Kurdish teen — a startling, morbid pummeling caught on a mobile phone video camera and broadcast around the world.

Analysis: The Court and the 2008 Election  —  As the presidential campaign season gets an unprecedented early start, it is not too early to start the hyperbole on the importance of the election for the future of the Court and, as a consequence, the future of American law.