Schumer Eats His Words, Up-Chucks  —  Chuck Schumer has begun his rapid retreat from his statements of support for Michael Mukasey.  The New York Sun reports that Schumer, who had openly championed Mukasey as a "consensus candidate" to replace Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General …

Fox censors Sally Field's anti-war speech at Emmy's.  —  At tonight's Emmy Awards show, the audience cheered Sally Field's acceptance speech, which the recognized mothers of U.S. troops.  "Surely this [award] belongs to all the mothers of the world," she stated.  "May they be seen, may their work be valued and raised.

Greenspan: Ouster Of Hussein Crucial For Oil Security  —  Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, said in an interview that the removal of Saddam Hussein had been "essential" to secure world oil supplies, a point he emphasized to the White House in private conversations before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Clinton to offer health care plan  —  DES MOINES, Iowa - For months, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has promised a plan to bring health care to every American.  —  She was to make good on that pledge Monday, unveiling a sweeping proposal requiring everyone …

Police: O.J. Simpson held in isolation without bail  —  LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) — Hall of Fame running back and one-time murder defendant O.J. Simpson will be held without bail after his arrest in connection with an alleged sports-memorabilia heist, Las Vegas police said Sunday.

Dems urge different Iraq exit plans at steak fry  —  Indianola, Ia.  — Each of six Democratic presidential candidates, appearing at Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin's annual steak fry in Indianola, argued to the most active core of party activists in Iowa Sunday that they can end the war in Iraq.

[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: Sad Alan's Lament  —  If Alan Greenspan wasn't intending to lend crucial support to the Bush tax cuts, he had ample opportunity to set the record straight when it could have made a difference.

Freaky deaky: Iranian Holocaust miniseries sympathetic to Jews?  Update: AP story has it all wrong?  —  State-produced and airing on state TV, no less. … What gives?  Well, Ahmadinejad's Holocaust revisionism may get the headlines but his take on the subject has always been of the either/or variety …

Microsoft loses anti-trust appeal  —  Microsoft has lost its appeal against a record 497m euro (£343m; $690m) fine imposed by the European Commission in a long-running competition dispute.  —  The European Court of First Instance upheld the ruling that Microsoft had abused its dominant market position.

The Overlawyered War  —  "Never in the history of the United States had lawyers had such extraordinary influence over war policy as they did after 9/11."  Those are the words of Jack Goldsmith, the Harvard law professor who was one of those lawyers, as head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel in 2003 and 2004.

What They're Saying in Anbar Province  —  IN his address to the nation on Thursday, President Bush singled out progress in Anbar Province as the model for United States success in Iraq.  The president's claims echoed those made earlier in the week by Gen. David H. Petraeus …

Transcript of Alan Keyes' announcement for President  —  On Janet Parshall show, Sept. 14  —  On Friday, Sept. 14, Alan Keyes appeared on the Janet Parshall show and announced his candidacy for president.  —  The following is a transcript of the interview, which was broadcast throughout …