Craig Arrested, Pleads Guilty Following Incident in Airport Restroom  —  Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints in a men's public restroom, according to an arrest report obtained by Roll Call Monday afternoon.

Gonzales' 'American Dream' ends  —  Analysts: Exit of first Hispanic U.S. attorney general may ease scandal but won't halt Congress' inquiries  —  WASHINGTON - The abrupt if unsurprising resignation on Monday of Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales reflected the Bush administration's need to reduce …

Big Source of Clinton's Cash Is an Unlikely Address  —  Family's Donations  —  Closely Track Those  —  Of Top Fund-Raiser  —  DALY CITY, Calif. — One of the biggest sources of political donations to Hillary Rodham Clinton is a tiny, lime-green bungalow that lies under the flight path from San Francisco International Airport.

Taliban agree to free S. Korean hostages  —  GHAZNI, Afghanistan - The Taliban agreed Tuesday to free 19 South Korean church volunteers held hostage since July after the government in Seoul pledged to end all missionary work and keep a promise to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year.

After Tour of Duty in Iraq, Graham Backs 'Surge'  —  Senator Cautions Against Withdrawal Of Troops This Year  —  After serving two weeks of reserve duty in Iraq, Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) yesterday called for continuation of the "surge" of U.S. troops in Iraq and warned that any decision …

Iraq Weapons Are a Focus of Criminal Investigations  —  Several federal agencies are investigating a widening network of criminal cases involving the purchase and delivery of billions of dollars of weapons, supplies and other matériel to Iraqi and American forces, according to American officials.

Organized Anarchists For Authoritarianism  —  Mitch brought this story to my attention last night on our NARN broadcast from the State Fair.  Local anarchists have begun to organize for the 2008 Republican National Convention, and they started off with an implicit threat of violence and lawbreaking:

Late Late Nite FDL: Pansies, Perverts, and Pedophiles  —  Can we please as a culture agree stop pretending that Republicans aren't a bunch of effete pussies?  Bill Frist?  Hello?  He makes Ru Paul look like Dog the Bounty Hunter.  —  Why won't anybody call these guys out?  Ralph Reed?

My Wife Takes a Rather Different View  —  In an eariler post I noted that, after two days in kindergarten last week, our five-year old announced that she had no intention of returning.  (The mood passed.)  Noticing this, Fr. George Rutler, our unofficial chaplain here on the Corner …

Why Washington Post Radio Died  —  From its sudden and fascinating inception to its slow and awkward demise, Washington Post Radio was a work in progress.  It never came close to fulfilling its original promise—"NPR on caffeine," in the spicy phrase of the newspaper's radio-TV guru …

Gay Unions Sanctioned in Medieval Europe  —  Civil unions between male couples existed around 600 years ago in medieval Europe, a historian now says.  —  Historical evidence, including legal documents and gravesites, can be interpreted as supporting the prevalence of homosexual relationships hundreds …