Kristol Defends Cheney, Williams Says He's Creating A 'Secured Undisclosed Bunker Of His Mind'  —  This morning on Fox News Sunday, Weekly Standard editor William Kristol defended Vice President Cheney's decision to exempt himself from an executive order designed to safeguard classified national security information.

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.

Frank Rich: They'll Break the Bad News on 9/11  —  Frank Rich looks at how the Bush Administration will try to play the American public yet again as the September deadline for the Iraq fiasco approaches.  —  Frank Rich, The New York Times, June 24, 2007  —  By this late date we should know the fix …

Senate renews debate on 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 …

'Most severely wounded' soldier endures: blind, quadriplegic, struggling to breathe  —  TAMPA, Florida: He lies flat, unseeing eyes fixed on the ceiling, tubes and machines feeding him, breathing for him, keeping him alive.  He cannot walk or talk, but he can grimace and cry.

'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.

Chemical Ali Will Hang For Murder of 180,000 Kurds  —  Chemical Ali will hang for his lead role in the death of 180,000 Kurds murdered during the "Anfal" campaign, mounted between February and September 1988 by the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein.  —  (photos de halabja)

Crises of Faith  —  America is becoming more secular; Europe is becoming more religious.  Both trends could mean trouble.  —  N othing divides the United States from Europe like religion.  America has its public piety and its multitude of thriving sects, Europe has its official secularism and its empty, museum-piece churches.

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 …

FDL Book Salon Welcomes Glenn Greenwald  —  (Please welcome Salon blogger and author Glenn Greenwald who is here to discuss his book A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency.  You can read an excerpt here — JH)  —  After 9/11, I remember being quite surprised …

`Road map is a life saver for us,' PM Abbas tells Hamas  —  Selected minutes acquired by Haaretz from one of last week's cease-fire negotiations between Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and faction leaders from the Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular and Democratic Fronts …

'Meet the Press' transcript for June 24, 2007  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Immigration, what should happen to the 12 million undocumented immigrants now living in the U.S.  ? How much does our economy rely on their work?  Are we serious about border security?

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 …