Paper With Strong Military Readership Calls for Iraq Pullout  —  NEW YORK Even though U.S. casualties in Iraq continue to mount — and we have now been there longer than we were involved in World War II — surprisingly few newspaper editorial pages have come out for any kind of withdrawal …

Domenici Breaks With White House, Calls For Implementing ISG Recommendations  —  Put down the name of Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) as the latest Republican to break with the Bush Administration's policies on Iraq, after a long history of backing their positions in Congress.

The Lying Game  —  WHEN the Republicans in Congress impeached President Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, they insisted that it wasn't about sex, it was about lying.  Of course that wasn't true.  Even at the height of their power-mad self-delusions (when Newt Gingrich was conducting …

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

LIBBY PAYS $250,000 FINE  —  From NBC's Joel Seidman and Mark Murray  —  Convicted former top White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has paid the fine of $250,400.00.  The U.S. District Court has posted the canceled check on the docket this afternoon.  (Our question: Where did Libby get this money to write this hefty check?)

Libby Fallout: House Committee Plans Hearing, Defense Lawyers Rejoice  —  It turns out that a president can't make the unprecedented move of commuting a former aide's prison sentence without some consequences.  —  On Capitol Hill, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) …