IRI President addresses students at Colombia University  —  Despite entire US media objections, negative propagation and hue and cry in recent days over IRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's scheduled address at Colombia University, he gave his lecture and answered students questions here on Monday afternoon.

The Ugly Side of the G.O.P.  —  I applaud the thousands of people, many of them poor, who traveled from around the country to protest in Jena, La., last week.  But what I'd really like to see is a million angry protesters marching on the headquarters of the National Republican Party in Washington.

Shuster to Rep. Blackburn: "When was the last time a New York Times ad ever killed somebody?"  —  Tucker substitute host David Shuster confronts Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) about the blatant hypocrisy of the Republican party when he asks about Rush Limbaugh's Senator Betrayus smear …

23% Approve of MoveOn.org Petraeus Ad, 58% Disapprove  —  Twenty-three percent (23%) of Americans approve of an ad run in the New York Times "that referred to General Petraeus as General Betray Us."  A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 58% disapproved.

Clinton campaign kills negative story  —  Early this summer, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign for president learned that the men's magazine GQ was working on a story the campaign was sure to hate: an account of infighting in Hillaryland.  —  So Clinton's aides pulled a page from the book …

Poll: Democrats sit strong with voters despite corruption  —  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey voters link government corruption more with Democrats, but they're not necessarily planning to vote Republican, a poll released Tuesday found.  —  And they're unsure whether they want a top corruption-buster …

Union Doozy  —  Sorry to everyone who was expecting a new cartoon last Friday.  I do page design on top of cartooning, and there were two big projects that monopolized my day on Thursday.  My original plan was to draw an O.J. Simpson cartoon after I was done with the first project, but, alas, it wasn't meant to be.

Aussie diggers injured and dog killed  —  THREE Australian soldiers were wounded and an explosive-detection dog killed in two separate roadside bomb attacks by Taliban extremists in southern Afghanistan last week.  —  A special operations task group vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb during …

Court Advances Military Trials for Detainees  —  A special military appeals court, overturning a lower court ruling, on Monday removed a legal hurdle that has derailed war crime trials for detainees at Guantanámo Bay, Cuba.  —  The ruling allows military prosecutors to address …

Public Editor: Suspect-description restraint prompts debate  —  Story appeared in FORUM section, Page E3  —  One of The Bee's most controversial practices for several years has been when and how the paper identifies the race of suspects in crime stories.  —  The paper has set a high standard …

IF GORE WINS THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, WILL HE RUN FOR PRESIDENT?  —  I am occasionally asked why it is that so many Europeans display reflexive anti-Americanism, and I force myself to choose from a salad of possible answers.  One of these is the resentment that I can remember feeling myself …