Domenici Breaks with Bush War Policy  —  Sen. Pete Domenici (N.M.), a 36-year Republican veteran of the Senate, abandoned President Bush's Iraq war policy today by publicly endorsing legislation designed to withdraw nearly all U.S. troops from Iraq by March 2008.

Libby Pays The Man  —  Sentence commuted, convicted felon scoots to take care of 250K fine  —  On the same day that President George W. Bush wiped away his 30-month prison sentence, convicted former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby purchased a $250,400 cashier's check to cover fines imposed …

White House: "Equal Justice?"  —  Sometimes it's just too easy.  From this afternoon's White House press briefing: … More below....  From the briefing:

Romney Criticized for Hotel Pornography  —  BOSTON — Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney, who rails against the "cesspool" of pornography, is being criticized by social conservatives who argue that he should have tried to halt hardcore hotel movie offerings during his near-decade on the Marriott board.

DOUBLE STANDARDS WATCH:  —  Alan Dershowitz has a regular column in the Jerusalem Post called "Double Standard Watch."  But double standards are not only evident in arguments about the ongoing disputes between the Israelis and Palestinians and among the Arabs.

WEXLER: CENSURE BUSH OVER LIBBY  —  Rep. Robert Wexler says President Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's prison sentence "is nothing short of (a) political quid pro quo, and Congress must go on record in strong opposition."  —  Wexler has drafted a resolution to censure Bush and plans …

'Supporting the troops' means withdrawing them  —  Gen. William Odom writes that opponents of the war should focus public attention on the fact that Bush's obstinate refusal to admit defeat is causing the troops enormous psychological as well as physical harm.

More Rimbaud and less Rambo, critics tell sweaty jogger Sarkozy  —  Read Charles Bremner's weblog  —  President Sarkozy has fallen foul of intellectuals and critics who see his passion for jogging as un-French, right-wing and even a ploy to brainwash his citizens.

Will NBC ask Todd about prediction that Bush approval would top 50 percent by July 4?  —  Before the November 2006 midterm elections, NBC News political director Chuck Todd predicted several times that if the Democrats won "control of Congress" and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) became speaker of the House …

Fox News: Universal health care breeds terrorists.  »  —  Today on Fox News's Your World With Neil Cavuto, National Review Online columnist Jerry Bowyer attacked Michael Moore's movie SiCKO and its positive portrayal of the health care in countries such as Britain and France.

Lieberman may back Republican in '08 race  —  HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, an independent who supports Democrats in Congress despite his backing of the Iraq war, said on Thursday he was not ruling out endorsing a Republican in the White House race.

Gary Hart, Lynne Cheney, and War with China  —  I mentioned this yesterday in the (somewhat-insiderish) realm of the Atlantic's "Aspen Ideas Festival" blog, but the point seemed worth repeating in this marginally more public venue.  The item appears after the jump, or at this link.

Paganism May Not Pass Religious Muster  —  It is debatable whether paganism is a religion, per say.  It is generally defined as a pre-Christian state, but it takes a wide variety of forms—all the way from relatively benign New Age-style nature worship, to pantheism, to witchcraft, and even human sacrifice.