A New Dick Cheney-Alberto Gonzales Mystery  —  Tricky Dick: Cheney is refusing a government review of his office  —  A new battle has erupted over Vice President Dick Cheney's refusal to submit to an executive order requiring a government review of his handling of classified documents.

The human rights outrage in Iran...and a challenge to Rosie O'Donnell and her ilk  —  Today I am joining blogs Gateway Pundit, Ali Eteraz, and Iran Focus in reprinting the latest batch of Iranian repression photos being distributed by the regime's state-run FARS News agency and ISNA.

Senate returning to immigration bill  —  WASHINGTON - Senators pushing a new immigration policy appealed Sunday to wavering supporters ahead of renewed debate on securing the borders and dealing with 12 million undocumented immigrants.  —  A fragile compromise was pulled from the Senate in early June …

Old girlfriends cast their vote for Thompson  —  IN the battle for the women's vote, Fred Thompson has a secret weapon against Hillary Clinton - the legions of former girlfriends who still adore him and who want him to be president.  —  The Hollywood actor and former Tennessee senator racked …

'We Will Try to Form an Islamic Society'  —  Mahmoud Zahar — a founder of Hamas, and one of its most militant hardliners — has called for an Islamic state in the Gaza Strip.  After the Hamas takeover of the territory last week, he's also threatened Fatah with more violence in the West Bank.

We've replaced Rushdie in hiding  —  A year or so after the Ayatollah Khomeini took out an Islamist mob contract on Salman Rushdie in 1989, the novelist appeared, after elaborate security arrangements, on a television arts show in London.  His host was Melvyn Bragg, a longtime British telly grandee …

Aussie hired by state GOP embroiled in immigration lawsuit  —  Michael Kamburowski, the Australian immigrant hired as a top official in the California Republican Party, was ordered deported in 2001, jailed three years later for visa violations — and has filed a $5 million wrongful arrest lawsuit …

Complaining about the "Public Editor"  —  Last month, the New York Times appointed a new public editor, Clark Hoyt.  Judging by today's column, he will carefully defend the Times from the grave risk that it tilts too far to the right.  —  Hoyt considers the torrent of criticism the Times …

Russert: ISG Commissioners Say Giuliani's Excuse For Leaving Is Untrue  —  Earlier this week, Newsday reported that former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani quit the Iraq Study Group after co-chairman James Baker offered "him a stark choice: either attend the meetings or quit."

'Chemical Ali' sentenced to hang … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — An Iraq court on Sunday sentenced three former aides to Saddam Hussein, including the man known as "Chemical Ali," to death by hanging for their role in a 1980s genocide campaign that that killed up to 100,000 Kurds.

On Iraq: John Warner To the Rescue?  —  Two weeks ago, Frank Rich berated persons like me because: … Rich professed faith in John Warner to come to the rescue.  This week Rich writes: … Who can stop them?  Rich says it is up to John Warner: … Not again.  We wait for the Godot Republicans.

Poll: What Americans (Don't) Know  —  We asked Americans about current events, history and cultural literacy.  And we got some pretty disheartening results.  —  For our What You Need to Know Now cover story, we asked our polling firm to test 1,001 adults on a variety of topics …