Bed-wetter Nation  —  Here's a big question that I want to start addressing in upcoming posts: what is conservative rule doing to our nation's soul?  How is it rewiring our hearts and minds?  What kind of damage are they doing to the American character?  And can we ever recover?

Bush astounds activists, supports human rights  —  UNITED NATIONS — President Bush implored the United Nations on Tuesday to recommit itself to restoring human decency by liberating oppressed people and ending famine and disease.  —  Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly …

Hofstra Law School Hosts Sixth Biannual Legal Ethics Conference "Lawyering at the Edge: Unpopular Clients, Difficult Cases, Zealous Advocates"  —  Hofstra Law School, Hempstead, NY: Hofstra Law School is pleased to announce its upcoming 2007 Legal Ethics Conference, Lawyering at the Edge …

THE SAFFRON REVOLUTION  —  Could the protesters in Myanmar actually succeed in peacefully overthrowing Burma's military government?  PJM Sydney editor Richard Fernandez asks whether the marching monks are in for a bloodbath or a Buddhist miracle.  —  Support Pajamas Media; Visit Our Advertisers

Video: Tiny terrorist declares end of world order, dawn of new golden age  —  A few highlights stitched together.  The World War II era, "as well as the era of materialistic thoughts based on arrogance and domination," hath ended and the new age of love, peace, justice, dignity, friendship …

Ahmadinejad Gets Laughed At  —  Watch Ahmadinejad's face here.  —  He's not being feared.  He's being laughed at.  Imagine how the Iranian people feel seeing these clips (and they're seeing them).  Imagine how the rest of the Iranian government feels being made to look so foolish …

House Passes Children's Health Bill  —  A broad House majority gave final approval last night to a $35 billion expansion of the popular children's health insurance program, with members from both parties brushing aside a stern veto threat from President Bush to vote their support, 265 to 159.

House Panel Approves a Trade Pact With Peru  —  A trade pact between the United States and Peru won bipartisan support in a crucial Congressional committee Tuesday, signaling that some Democrats will be receptive to new trade deals as long as they call on other nations to adhere to international labor and environmental standards.

Inspector Finds Broad Failures in Oil Program  —  The Interior Department's program to collect billions of dollars annually from oil and gas companies that drill on federal lands is troubled by mismanagement, ethical lapses and fears of retaliation against whistle-blowers, the department's chief independent investigator has concluded.

SPAIN OPENS THE BOOKS ON BUSH?  —  My ability to bring you the full details on this are, to put it charitably, limited by my inability to accurately translate Spanish.  But it seems someone in the Spanish government has leaked to El Pais transcripts of conversations between President Bush …

Koppel on Rather Suit: Squeezing Out of Newsman was a 'Travesty'  —  Calling the ouster of Dan Rather from CBS News in 2006 a "travesty," newsman Ted Koppel said today that he hopes the $70 million suit filed by Mr. Rather against CBS and Viacom will bring Mr. Rather "relief from his [emotional] pain."

Hollywood reporting for duty?  —  What duty, if any, does Hollywood have to the country?  What role should it play in the national discourse? … Good night and good laugh  —  By Andrew Breitbart  —  David,  —  Trust me, David, my expectations for the cinematic braintrust you eagerly defend are quite low.

IF HENRY AIN'T HAPPY, AIN'T NOBODY HAPPY  —  Is it stonewalling, obstruction, or both?  —  Shortly after Rep. Henry Waxman announced last week that his House Oversight and Government Reform Committee would hold hearings on the Blackwater incident in which 11 Iraqi civilians died …