Activity Guide  —  Democrats want 'John Doe' provision cut  —  Democrats are trying to pull a provision from a homeland security bill that will protect the public from being sued for reporting suspicious behavior that may lead to a terrorist attack, according to House Republican leadership aides.

Bush: No Deal On Children's Health Plan  —  President Says He Objects On Philosophical Grounds  —  President Bush yesterday rejected entreaties by his Republican allies that he compromise with Democrats on legislation to renew a popular program that provides health coverage to poor children …

Out of the shadows  —  In Iraq, suicide attacks and sectarian killings grab the world's attention.  But it is the guerrilla war being waged by the Iraqi resistance that is having such a devastating effect on US and British forces.  And now these insurgent groups want to create a united front - and a political platform.

Harry Potter And The Fact That I Hate The New York Times  —  ? No WMD rumors to plaster on the front page, no Jayson Blair to make things up for posterity, no Alessandra Stanley to mangle TV show names?  I'm mad so I'm lashing out, but come on: How on earth could you run a review of the last Harry Potter?

General David Petraeus on the conditions on the ground in Iraq  —  The Hugh Hewitt Show  —  HH: Welcome, General.  You took over command of the multinational forces in February of this year, February 10.  In the past five months, how have conditions in Iraq changed?

Victory in Iraq is vital  —  President has weakened al-Qaeda, made USA safer from attack.  —  Politics sometimes manages to muddle the obvious.  The war in Iraq, authorized by three-quarters of the Senate, was launched in response to Saddam Hussein's refusal to abide by 17 United Nations resolutions …

Valerie Plame's lawsuit dismissed  —  WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Thursday dismissed former CIA operative Valerie Plame's lawsuit against members of the Bush administration in the CIA leak scandal.  —  Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, had accused Vice President Dick Cheney …

McCain's comeback plan  —  Sen. John McCain is circulating talking points to supporters making the case for why he can still win despite his precarious money situation and loss of key staff.  In two documents obtained from a Republican source outside McCain's circle, the campaign compares …

Gore: human species in a race for its life … "There's an African proverb that says, 'If you want to go quick, go alone.  If you want to go far, go together.' We have to go far quickly," former Vice President Al Gore told a packed, rapt house at the Benedict Music Tent Wednesday.

Department of Energy disputes Rep. Murtha's claims on earmark request  —  The Department of Energy is denying Rep. John Murtha's (D-Pa.) claim that it supports his $1 million earmark request for a project in his district aimed at protecting the nation's natural-gas pipelines.

Obama Campaign Responds to Sex Education in Kindergarten Comments  —  At first the headline was shocking.  ABC News ran a story with the headline "Sex Ed for Kindergarteners 'Right Thing to Do,' Says Obama."  You can read the story here and watch his comments here.  The key excerpt is below:

FEMA Suppressed Health Warnings for Workers, Katrina Victims  —  Agency Rejected Environmental Testing on Formaldehyde Gas Levels  —  The Federal Emergency Management Agency has suppressed warnings from its own Gulf coast field workers since the middle of 2006 about suspected health problems …

No Such Thing As a Paid Vacation  —  Last week I was talking to one of the sharpest knives in the progressive economic policy drawer and he made what struck me as an odd claim about what he claimed as an important divide in progressive thinking.  Some people (including the two of us) …

How Murdoch had a hotline to the PM in the run-up to Iraq war  —  Tony Blair had three conversations with the media magnate Rupert Murdoch in the nine days before the start of the Iraq war, the Government has disclosed.  —  Details of the former prime minister's contacts with Mr Murdoch …

Murdoch's Arrival Worries Journal Employees  —  On May 14, more than 100 reporters, editors and executives clustered in The Wall Street Journal's main newsroom to mark the retirement of Peter R. Kann, the longtime leader of their corporate parent, Dow Jones & Company.

Blogosphere Day: Time to Invest in Our Future  —  When I entered the 2004 presidential race, it was with the support of tens of thousands of Americans organizing online (and later translating it offline) to create a movement to change America.  It opened my eyes to the power of the internet.