Mukasey's nomination and the sudden opposition to "waterboarding"  —  On one level, it is, I suppose, a good sign that there is some opposition to the confirmation of Michael Mukasey due to what ought to be his completely unacceptable positions on torture and more generally on executive power.

Even Harvard Finds The Media Biased  —  Journalism: The debate is over.  A consensus has been reached.  On global warming?  No, on how Democrats are favored on television, radio and in the newspapers.  —  Just like so many reports before it, a joint survey by the Project for Excellence …

Prostates and Prejudices  —  "My chance of surviving prostate cancer — and thank God I was cured of it — in the United States?  Eighty-two percent," says Rudy Giuliani in a new radio ad attacking Democratic plans for universal health care.  "My chances of surviving prostate cancer in England?

Is (His) Biography (Our) Destiny?  —  "If I am the face of American foreign policy and American power," Barack Obama mused not long ago aboard his campaign plane, "as long as we are also making prudent strategic decisions, handling emergencies, crises and opportunities in the world in an intelligent and sober way. . . ." He stopped.

US Air Force struck Syrian nuclear site  —  The September 6 raid over Syria was carried out by the US Air Force, the Al-Jazeera Web site reported Friday.  The Web site quoted Israeli and Arab sources as saying that two strategic US jets armed with tactical nuclear weapons carried out an attack on a nuclear site under construction.

Fox's Wallace Jumps the Gun on Bias Charge  —  If only Fox News host Chris Wallace could see headlines as well as he spots liberal media bias, he might not feel so aggrieved.  —  In an interview on WOR radio Wednesday, Wallace blustered about the declining death toll among U.S. troops in Iraq:

Rice to face subpoena in espionage case  —  WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and more than a dozen other current and former intelligence officials must testify about their conversations with pro-Israel lobbyists, a federal judge ruled Friday in an espionage case.

Democrats & Torture  —  As I discussed in this article a few days ago, Judge Mukasey seems to be the only person required by Democrats to call for a categorical ban on all coercive interrogation tactics.  —  This morning, both Rich and the Wall Street Journal recount these comments by Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2004:

Bush vetoes water projects bill  —  WASHINGTON - An increasingly confrontational President Bush on Friday vetoed a bill authorizing hundreds of popular water projects even though lawmakers can count enough votes to override him.  —  In doing so, Bush brushed aside significant objections from Capitol Hill …

Damsel in the Debate  —  My favorite photo of the week — maybe my favorite photo of the presidential campaign so far — showed Hillary Clinton, dukes up, in a pair of bright red boxing gloves.  It is iconic Hillary, unafraid to take on a fight.  Which is also why the almost anti-feminist subtext …

Poll Index  —  Voting for The 2007 Weblog Awards is now open.  This is the master list of voting links that you can use this to navigate to the voting booths for each of the 49 categories.  You can vote once a day in each category.  Polls close November 8, 2007.  —  General Categories  —  Best Blog

The Real Hill-Bill Problem  —  WASHINGTON — Americans don't normally take much notice of Argentine elections.  But they did notice when Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, wife of President Nestor Kirchner, was elected to succeed him last Sunday, ensuring not just a co-presidency …

NSA Sought Data Before 9/11  —  Beginning in February 2001, almost seven months before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the government's top electronic eavesdropping organization, the National Security Agency, asked a major U.S. telecommunications carrier for information about its customers …

Authorities: Suspicious item at Palo Verde a pipe bomb  —  A suspicious item seized Friday morning from the truck of a contract worker at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station was an apparent pipe bomb, plant operator Arizona Public Service Co. said.  —  The worker has been detained and questioned.

Former president discusses UFO experience  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich caused heads to turn earlier this week when he acknowledged he once saw a UFO.  —  But if elected to the White House, Kucinich wouldn't be the first president to have such an encounter.

GOP turns ethics tables  —  Senate Republicans said Thursday they would invoke new ethics rules to block Democratic efforts to send to President Bush the first appropriations package of the 110th Congress.  —  Despite Republican grumbling, House and Senate negotiators on Thursday agreed …

The Girl's Got Game  —  Well, well, well ... 166,000 new jobs.  Twice the consensus view.  Did somebody say Goldilocks?  Did somebody say the greatest story never told?  —  U.S. businesses and entrepreneurs are in very good shape.  These are the real job creators.