Stiiiiill going  —  I've been writing newspaper columns for 15 years, writing books since 2002, and blogging since 2004.  I've lost track of how many times the nutroots have gleefully declared my demise.  —  Oh, how they wish, wish, wish it were so!  —  The latest moonbat tempest …

Democrats profile another SCHIP family  —  Michelle Malkin, meet Bethany Wilkerson.  —  Bethany is the latest child being profiled by Democrats arguing for an override of President Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program bill.  —  Malkin, the conservative blogger …

GOP targeting Clinton on phone-call snooping  —  Republicans plan to seize on an allegation from the 1992 presidential campaign to tarnish Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) on the red-hot issue of government surveillance.  —  Government surveillance will be at the forefront of the political debate …

Verizon Says It Turned Over Data Without Court Orders  —  Firm's Letter to Lawmakers Details Government Requests  —  Verizon Communications, the nation's second-largest telecom company, told congressional investigators that it has provided customers' telephone records to federal authorities …

Video: Job of U.S. soldiers is killing "mothers and sisters," says David Crosby  —  So self-parodic is this all the way around the horn that I can't muster the requisite outrage.  Of course David Crosby thinks American soldiers are out to kill women.  Of course Graham Nash thinks "dialogue" is the answer to suicidal jihadism.

Frost Parents Talk About The Right's Jihad Against Their Son On Countdown  —  In their first television interview since Michelle Malkin, Rush Limbaugh and others on the right decided to crucify their 12 year old son and swiftboat their family, the parents of Graeme Frost sat down and talked with Keith Olbermann tonight on Countdown.

Flyover states lose another Republican  —  Republicans have another potentially troublesome open seat to defend with the retirement of Ohio Rep. David Hobson — the 12th GOP House member to make plans to exit since the party lost control of Congress last year.  —  The district, spanning south-central Ohio, is reliably Republican.

Top Air Force Official Dies in Apparent Suicide  —  The second-highest ranking member of the Air Force's procurement office was found dead of an apparent suicide at his Virginia home Sunday, Air Force and police officials said today.  —  The official, Charles D. Riechers, 47 …

Orrin James Noon, Jr., 1943-2007  —  After surviving nearly eight months with pancreatic cancer — the same disease that killed his own father four years ago — my dad passed away quietly at home this morning.  My three siblings and I were able to spend the last few days with him …

BREAKING: Bush Dog McIntyre Flips on SCHIP  —  On the heels of our recorded calls to the districts of five reactionary Democrats who refused to support the override of George Bush's veto of SCHIP, two of them have now flipped their votes — last week Baron Hill, and today Mike McIntyre of North Carolina.

Nobel Committee Bypassed Holocaust Savior for Al Gore  —  As media do a victory lap over Friday's Nobel Peace Prize announcement, it seems a metaphysical certitude that few Americans are aware of the other 180 nominees for the award besides the Global Warmingist-in-Chief Al Gore.