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.

Obama: "Faith got hijacked."  —  It's nice to see Obama say these words:

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 …

Senators Differ on Immigration Bill  —  Kennedy Believes Bill Will Pass, but Sessions Highlights Its Waning Support  —  Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., is defending his support of the proposed immigration reform bill and challenging his opponents to put forth better solutions.  —  "Where are they?

'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.

George Bush: 'Worse than Fascist Dictators'  —  Former Washington Post sportswriter, Seinfeld writer and executive co-producer, and television comedy writer Peter Mehlman has written something for The Huffington Post that might qualify as the most hyperbolic nonsense written by a member of the Hollywood Left …

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)

Prosecutor Becomes Prosecuted  —  THE misconduct that cost the prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse case his career certainly seemed to call for a severe penalty: he withheld evidence from the defense, misled the court and inflamed the public.  —  Yet other prosecutors found by the courts …

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."

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.

'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?

The tipping point of evil, part II  —  On May 30 I posed the question: "What will it take to arouse the ire of the American people so that they demand that Nancy Pelosi put impeachment back on the table?"  —  Every day, as the Bush Administration racks up more crimes against the Constitution …

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 …