Among Top Officials, 'Surge' Has Sparked Dissent, Infighting  —  For two hours, President Bush listened to contrasting visions of the U.S. future in Iraq.  Gen. David H. Petraeus dominated the conversation by video link from Baghdad, making the case to keep as many troops as long as possible to cement any security progress.

CO-SIGN THE LETTER TO FRED THOMPSON  —  Below is the text of the actual letter to Fred Thompson.  We encourage you to co-sign the letter with Governor Huckabee by leaving a comment. … Permalink: http://www.mikehuckabee.com/ index.cfm?  FuseAction=Blogs.View&Blog_id= 344

Wouldn't you feel safer with a gun?  —  British attitudes are supercilious and misguided  —  Despite the recent spate of shootings on our streets, we pride ourselves on our strict gun laws.  Every time an American gunman goes on a killing spree, we shake our heads in righteous disbelief at our poor benighted colonial cousins.

A Big Night For Latinos  —  WASHINGTON - As a teenager in Santiago, Chile, Werner Oyanadel loved watching "The A-Team," the 1980s television show best known for Mr. T and what seemed like nonstop violence.  —  But outside his comfortable, middle-class house, the violence was real.

No terrorism, just war?  —  Oh, it's a long, long while from September to September.  This year, the anniversary falls, for the first time, on a Tuesday morning, and perhaps some or other cable network will re-present the events in real time - the first vague breaking news …

Winfrey draws rich, famous to Obama bash  —  MONTECITO, Calif. - Helicopters carrying camera crews buzzed overhead, and tinted glass covered the windows of almost every vehicle entering as Oprah Winfrey welcomed 1,500 guests Saturday evening to her sprawling estate in what was the biggest fundraiser …

The Israeli neo-Nazis are no surprise  —  There's a lot of hand-wringing in the media, especially outside of Israel, about the busting of a group of Israeli neo-Nazis, which was released for publication over the weekend.  Sorry, but no surprises here.  —  Just to clear up some inaccuracies …

IN WAKE OF LOST ELECTIONS, DARTMOUTH'S BOARD, PRESIDENT, FORCE OVERHAUL OF GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE; DEBAUCH DEMOCRATIC ELEMENT  —  After four victories for pro-oversight candidates and a rejected constitutional proposal to change the election process, elected Trusteeships capped and unelected Trusteeships expanded by eight seats;

OSAMA BIN METROSEXUAL  —  Who but The Manolo, PJM's fashion guru, would have the guts to tell a terrorist that his new look is not working for him?  —  Support Pajamas Media; Visit Our Advertisers  —  One of the Manolo's internet friends has asked the Manolo what he thinks of the new look …

Hypocritical parties of God and reform  —  The Party of God, we are shocked to learn, seems to have a libido.  And, equally amazing, the Party of Reform apparently covets a little mammon on occasion.  —  When will self-righteous Republicans and holier-than-thou Democrats learn that hypocrisy …

BLAME-AHOLIC GASBAGS  —  Nary a politician in the summer of '06 was even slightly unsure why gas prices were punching through the $3-a-gallon threshold: The culprit was predatory, price-gouging oil-company executives - who obviously golf regularly with Dick Cheney.

Letting Soldiers Do the Thinking  —  CARLISLE BARRACKS, Pa. — Officers studying at the Army War College walk the ground at nearby Gettysburg where Pickett's men walked across an open field under fire.  They wonder: How did Confederate officers get men to do that?  The lesson: Men can be led to places they cannot be sent.

Comedy gold: Truthers descend on Geraldo; Update: Alex Jones goofs on Geraldo  —  With any other host and any other show, it would have been boorish and unpleasant.  But as a backdrop for tabloid inanity on Kyla Ebbert, Larry Craig, and the temperature at which cookies soften as evidence …