Analysts Find Israel Struck a Nuclear Project Inside Syria  —  Israel's air attack on Syria last month was directed against a site that Israeli and American intelligence analysts judged was a partly constructed nuclear reactor, apparently modeled on one North Korea has used to create its stockpile …

The Washington Post's war on Gore  —  In my post on the decision by Justice Burton to allow the showing of An Inconvenient Truth because it was "broadly accurate" I listed some of the reporters who wrongly claimed that the judge decided that AIT had nine errors.  Mary Jordan's story was particularly bad.

THE NEW YORK CRIMES  —  MEDAL OF DIS-HONOR FOR THE GRAY LADY  —  The posthumous award of the nation's highest battlefield honor to a Long Island war hero has become an other black mark for the Gray Lady.  —  The New York Times carried not a whisper of news yesterday about the bestowal …

Rice Worried by Putin's Broad Powers  —  MOSCOW -  —  The Russian government under Vladimir Putin has amassed so much central authority that the power-grab may undermine Moscow's commitment to democracy, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday.  —  "In any country …

At an Army School for Officers, Blunt Talk About Iraq  —  FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Here at the intellectual center of the United States Army, two elite officers were deep in debate at lunch on a recent day over who bore more responsibility for mistakes in Iraq — the former defense secretary …

Empire State Building goes green for Eid  —  For the first time in its history, the Empire State Building in New York was lit in green in celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr.  —  It will be green till Sunday.  —  So far, the landmark tower has been lit in traditional colours every year …

CNN airs footage of home, safe house of artist marked for death by Al Qaeda  —  It's all true.  I have the clip, although for obvious reasons I'm not going to post it.  They even kept the name of the town in which he lives onscreen for most of the segment so I can't show you the bit …

Congress suckered on surveillance.  Telco immunity, next?  —  This is something that's now being whispered in nearly every conversation on the subject, but might as well be repeated here: the filings in the appeal of former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio's insider trading case reveal that the Bush …

The Special Relationship  —  These books illuminate the shared heritage of America and Britain.  —  1. "Albion's Seed" by David Hackett Fischer (Oxford, 1989).  —  Colonial Americans didn't come from just anywhere; they came, David Hackett Fischer tells us in "Albion's Seed," …

A Mock Columnist, Amok  —  I was in my office, writing a column on the injustice of relative marginal tax rates for hedge fund managers, when I saw Stephen Colbert on TV.  —  He was sneering that Times columns make good "kindling."  He was ranting that after you throw away the paper …

Banks May Pool Billions to Stop Securities Sell-off  —  Several of the world's biggest banks are in talks to put up about $75 billion in a backup fund that could be used to buy risky mortgage securities and other assets, a move designed to ease pressure on a crucial part of the credit markets that threatens the broader economy.

SANCHEZ AND THE PRESS....Matt Yglesias takes note of former Lt. Gen. Rick Sanchez's Friday blast at everyone but himself over our failure in Iraq, but then says: … Actually, not quite.  It's true that Sanchez didn't pretend that things are going well in Iraq, but he spent the entire …

EDWARDS GETS MUCH NEEDED IOWA LABOR NOD  —  From combined NBC News reporters  —  At 5:30pm Monday ET in Iowa city, John Edwards will get SEIU-Iowa nod and the endorsement of other state affiliates, according to multiple sources.  The endorsement, which the Edwards campaign refused to comment on …

Untraceable e-mails spread Obama rumor  —  When Fox News aired a report in January claiming that Sen. Barack Obama had been educated at a radical Muslim madrassa, his campaign beat the story back — hard — with the candidate himself going on television to call it "ludicrous" and a "smear."

Portable Halls of Justice Rise in Guantánamo  —  GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — If everything goes according to plan, trials of detainees could begin here soon in a court building now under construction next to an unused runway set against the glittering sea.

Sparrows Prefer Classical Music  —  And they know from melody: … Alex Ross's book of essays on twentieth century music, "The Rest Is Noise," can be found here.