NASA's Top Official Questions Global Warming  —  NASA Administrator Michael Griffin Questions Need to Combat Warming  —  NASA administrator Michael Griffin is drawing the ire of his agency's preeminent climate scientists after apparently downplaying the need to combat global warming.

What I Think About Evolution  —  IN our sound-bite political culture, it is unrealistic to expect that every complicated issue will be addressed with the nuance or subtlety it deserves.  So I suppose I should not have been surprised earlier this month when, during the first Republican presidential debate …

McCain Agrees We Need a Cap To Maintain "White, Christian, Male Power Structure"  —  John McCain's campaign posted this YouTube clip of the Senator on the O'Reilly Factor:  —  Near the end of the video, there was this exchange:  —  Bill O'Reilly: But do you understand what the New York Times wants, and the far-left want?

Lieberman talks to troops in Baghdad  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Spc. David Williams, 22, of Boston, Mass., had two note cards in his pocket Wednesday afternoon as he waited for Sen. Joseph Lieberman.  Williams serves in the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, N.C., the first of the five "surge" …

White House envisions "Korean model" in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush would like to see the U.S. military provide long-term stability in Iraq as it has in South Korea, where thousands of American troops have been based for more than half a century, the White House said Wednesday.

What Would Americans Tell President Bush to Do About Iraq?  —  Majority would tell president to bring troops home from Iraq or develop exit strategy  —  PRINCETON, NJ — What would Americans say to President Bush if they could talk to him about the situation in Iraq for 15 minutes?

A spreading terror  —  Iraq now set up as a school for insurgents ready to be exported, says GEORGIE ANNE GEYER  —  Anyone who knows anything about cancer knows that the danger point comes when the cancer suddenly and unexpectedly appears in another supposedly "clean" part of the body.

Injustice 5, Justice 4  —  The Supreme Court struck a blow for discrimination this week by stripping a key civil rights law of much of its potency.  The majority opinion, by Justice Samuel Alito, forced an unreasonable reading on the law, and tossed aside longstanding precedents to rule …

An answer for my critics  —  Editor's note: Lou Dobbs' commentary appears weekly on CNN.com.  This commentary is a transcript of a commentary Lou delivered on "Lou Dobbs Tonight"  —  NEW YORK — I've been — over the years, because of our reporting on controversial issues and my strongly held beliefs …

Time for 'Plan B-H' in Iraq?  —  President Bush said publicly last Thursday what his top aides have been discussing privately for weeks.  He talked about a transition to "a different configuration" in Iraq after the surge of U.S. troops is completed this summer.

The Case for Conservatism  —  Conservatism's recovery of its intellectual equilibrium requires a confident explanation of why America has two parties and why the conservative one is preferable.  Today's political argument involves perennial themes that give it more seriousness than many participants understand.

Ex-Clinton FBI chief pushing Prez Rudy  —  Louis Freeh, Democrat Bill Clinton's FBI director, is going over to the other side in a big way today - endorsing Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, the Daily News has learned.  —  The high-profile endorsement is a boon to the former mayor …

Human Shields in Iraq  —  Looking for safety.  —  A young Iraqi seeks shelter behind a U.S. soldier following a suicide blast.  (RofP)  —  These human shields are not exactly your Code Pink variety.  —  ** I am thinking that I have seen this photo before- But I don't really care.

About That Pajamas Thing  —  Reader Salty Dog correctly notes that the loose and flowing garments of Derkaderkastan whose praises I sang also include the burkha, whose praises I did not sing.  Let me correct that now.  —  The burkha is viewed in many quarters as the apparel of oppression …

Minnesota case fits pattern in attorneys flap  —  Republicans wanted more vigorous efforts to legally challenge questionable voters in state.  —  For more than 15 years, clean-cut, square-jawed Tom Heffelfinger was the embodiment of a tough Republican prosecutor.