Excerpts Of Governor Romney's "Faith In America" Address  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  CONTACT: Romney Press Shop (857) 288-6390  —  College Station, TX - Speaking at The George Bush Presidential Library, Governor Romney will address the American people about his views on religious liberty …

The Flaws In the Iran Report  —  Rarely has a document from the supposedly hidden world of intelligence had such an impact as the National Intelligence Estimate released this week.  Rarely has an administration been so unprepared for such an event.  And rarely have vehement critics of the …

Pulpit Was the Springboard for Huckabee's Rise  —  In August 1980, as the conservative Christian movement was first transforming American politics, Ronald Reagan stood before a Dallas stadium full of 15,000 foot-stomping, hand-clapping evangelicals and pledged his fealty to the Bible.

Dems back off on Iraq demands  —  Each day lately, Democrats inch closer to giving President Bush more money for the war in Iraq without any serious mandates for withdrawing U.S. troops.  —  Democratic leaders are loath to acknowledge they've backed off, but lawmakers from both sides of the aisle …

Boy Scouts Lose Philadelphia Lease in Gay-Rights Fight  —  For three years the Philadelphia council of the Boy Scouts of America held its ground.  It resisted the city's request to change its discriminatory policy toward gay people despite threats that if it did not do so …

Paul's Quixotic, Chaotic Run May Make Its Push in N.H.  —  CONCORD, N.H. — Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) has raised more than $10 million for his run for president in the past two months, leaving him well positioned to help swing the outcome of the first-in-the-nation primary in New Hampshire …

High income taxes in Denmark worsen a labor shortage  —  COPENHAGEN: As a self-employed software engineer, Thomas Sorensen broadcasts his qualifications to potential employers across Europe and the Middle East.  But to the ones in his native Denmark, he is simply unavailable.

The Brides Have Hit Glass  —  Things were kind of, shall we say, meta on Liberal Mountain last night, when I sat down with my delightful family and had Thers tell me that he had been charged by Miss Havisham herself to rein me in.  —  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!  —  I am not making this up.

A world afflicted with blind spots  —  I awakened to the smell of something strong and strange.  The alarm clock came blearily into view: 2:12 a.m. I'd been asleep only an hour.  My research and writing sometimes keep me up late — it's difficult, after all, puzzling out the neuroscience behind why sinister people do what they do.

Queasy Giuliani Faithful Ask For Truth On Trips  —  'Own Up or Explain,' Says New Hampshire Backer Charbonneau  —  Rudy Giuliani.  —  Rudy Giuliani's supporters are unsettled.  —  "Yeah, I'm starting to have second thoughts," said Garry Biniecki, the undersheriff of Sanilac County in Michigan …