Why Bush Will Be A Winner  —  I suppose I'll merely expose myself to harmless ridicule if I make the following assertion: George W. Bush's presidency will probably be a successful one.  —  Let's step back from the unnecessary mistakes and the self-inflicted wounds that have characterized the Bush administration.

Saudis' role in Iraq insurgency outlined  —  Sunni extremists from Saudi Arabia make up half the foreign fighters in Iraq, many suicide bombers, a U.S. official says.  —  BAGHDAD — Although Bush administration officials have frequently lashed out at Syria and Iran, accusing it of helping insurgents …

Jim Webb rips into Graham for putting political words in our Soldiers' mouths  —  Lindsay Graham sounded like he was on a pot of coffee, seven Red Bulls and a couple of packs of cigarettes—while being fluent at the Evelyn Wood talking points course.  Jim Webb was not thrilled to be sitting next to him.

Bin Laden praises martyrdom in new video  —  CAIRO, Egypt - A new al-Qaida videotape posted Sunday on a militant Web site featured a short, undated clip of a weary-looking Osama bin Laden praising martyrdom.  —  The bin Laden clip, which lasted less than a minute, was part …

Ship of fools: Johann Hari sets sail with America's swashbuckling neocons  —  The Iraq war has been an amazing success, global warming is just a myth - and as for Guantanamo Bay, it's practically a holiday camp... The annual cruise organised by the 'National Review', mouthpiece of right-wing America …

Maliki Says His Forces Are Able to Secure Iraq  —  Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki declared Saturday that Iraqi forces could secure the country on their own "any time" American troops decided to withdraw, his first response to the White House report this week that found his government falling …

Climate Change Debate Hinges On Economics  —  Lawmakers Doubt Voters Would Fund Big Carbon Cuts  —  Here's the good news about climate change: Energy and climate experts say the world already possesses the technological know-how for trimming greenhouse gas emissions enough to slow the perilous rise in the Earth's temperatures.

N. Korea Shutters Nuclear Facility  —  Move Follows Delivery of Oil; U.N. Team to Verify Shutdown  —  After four years of off-and-on negotiations, North Korea said it began closing down its main nuclear reactor Saturday, shortly after receiving a first boatload of fuel oil aid.

Deal Reported in Los Angeles Abuse Cases  —  Lawyers for more than 500 people who say they were abused by Roman Catholic clergy members said last night that they had settled their lawsuits against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for $660 million.  —  If approved, it will be by far …

The Richest of the Rich, Proud of a New Gilded Age  —  The tributes to Sanford I. Weill line the walls of the carpeted hallway that leads to his skyscraper office, with its panoramic view of Central Park.  A dozen framed magazine covers, their colors as vivid as an Andy Warhol painting, are the most arresting.

Fair Taxes?  Depends What You Mean by 'Fair'  —  DO the rich pay their fair share in taxes?  This is likely to become a defining question during the presidential campaign.  —  At a recent fund-raiser for Hillary Clinton, the billionaire investor Warren E. Buffett said that rich guys like him weren't paying enough.

Galloway to be suspended from Commons over Iraq  —  GEORGE GALLOWAY, the MP who campaigned against the Iraq war, is to be suspended from parliament over his links to the United Nations oil-for-food programme in Iraq.  —  The parliamentary standards watchdog will rule this week …

Arabs pile into Darfur to take land 'cleansed' by janjaweed  —  Arabs from Chad and Niger are crossing into Darfur in "unprecedented" numbers, prompting claims that the Sudanese government is trying systematically to repopulate the war- ravaged region.  —  An internal UN report …

An Open Letter to CNN from Michael Moore  —  Well, the week is over — and still no apology, no retraction, no correction of your glaring mistakes.  —  I bet you thought my dust-up with Wolf Blitzer was just a cool ratings coup, that you really wouldn't have to correct the false statements you made about "Sicko."

Land of the overworked and tired  —  We're taking fewer vacations so the Joneses won't get too far ahead of us.  —  THE MOST astonishing revelations in Michael Moore's "Sicko" have nothing to do with healthcare.  They're about vacation time.  French vacation time, to be precise.