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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

Launched!  Fox Biz Network Goes Live (With Bloopers)  —  Will it change business television as we know it?  Will it hammer CNBC into the ground?  Will it make synergistic use of the Wall Street Journal and the pretty smiles of young, nubile anchorwomen around the clock?

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.

Democratic Candidates Keep Outraising Republicans  —  The leading Democratic presidential candidates raised twice as much money as their Republican counterparts this summer, according to campaign finance reports filed yesterday, and two leading of the leading Republicans spent more than they raised.

The Real Iraq We Knew  —  Today marks five years since the authorization of military force in Iraq, setting Operation Iraqi Freedom in motion.  Five years on, the Iraq war is as undermanned and under-resourced as it was from the start.  And, five years on, Iraq is in shambles.

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 …

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.

The land of optimism is in the dumps, but refuses to accept how it got there  —  Not since Watergate has such pessimism afflicted Americans.  They want politicians to lift them without facing the cause  —  On April 27 1968 the vice president, Hubert Humphrey, announced his presidential candidacy.