Dole scolds Limbaugh  —  Bob Dole, the former Senate Republican leader, wrote an insistent letter to Rush Limbaugh on Monday and suggested that for the good of the party, the conservative talk-show host should stop his strafing of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

Actor Jack Nicholson Endorses Hillary for President  —  In a surprise announcement on this morning's Rick Dees show, Oscar-winning actor Jack Nicholson endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.  —  “Mrs. Clinton has been involved in issues, everything from health care, which we know and prison reform …

Time Runs Out for an Afghan Held by the U.S.  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — Abdul Razzaq Hekmati was regarded here as a war hero, famous for his resistance to the Russian occupation in the 1980s and later for a daring prison break he organized for three opponents of the Taliban government in 1999.

On McCain's Voting Coalition  —  An argument being proffered by Romney supporters is that McCain's victories in the early states have been due to the conservative vote being split among many candidates.  By this thinking, McCain would have lost South Carolina and maybe Florida if conservatives …

Super Delegates To Determine Nominee  —  It can no longer be avoided: super delegates will determine the Democratic Presidential nominee this year.  Here is the current situation:  — With Michigan and Florida removed from the equation, 2,025 delegates are required to win the nomination, and there are 3,253 pledged delegates.

The Cooper Concerns  —  I'm not a Hillary-hater.  She's been an outstanding senator.  She hung tough on Iraq through the dark days of 2005.  In this campaign, she has soldiered on bravely even though she has most of the elected Democrats, news media and the educated class rooting against her.

Bizarre Bedfellows for Barack  —  On the eve of Super Tuesday, the Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama race resembles the closing minutes of a football game: Team Clinton has a small lead, but Team Obama has the ball—and the momentum.  Some of that momentum derives from an extraordinary, if unspoken …

For Clinton the Speaker, the Smaller the Better  —  When Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to large audiences, be it a rally with several thousand students or a fund-raiser with well-heeled donors, she often sounds more like a senator than a presidential candidate — delivering wonky recitations …

Economy Fitful, Americans Start to Pay as They Go  —  For more than half a century, Americans have proved staggeringly resourceful at finding new ways to spend money.  —  In the 1950s and '60s, as credit cards grew in popularity, many began dining out when the mood struck or buying …

What's Really in the U.S. Military Budget?  —  MUCH MORE THAN THE OFT-CITED $515.4 BILLION.  —  It's time for our annual game: How much is really in the U.S. military budget?  —  As usual, it's about $200 billion more than most news stories are reporting.

Dissonance on Iraq  —  Cartoonish views of the war.  —  CONVENTIONAL WISDOM HAS it that, unlike in Vietnam, there is bipartisan support for “the troops” in Iraq despite the many arguments over the conduct of the war and whether U.S. forces should remain in Mesopotamia.

FBI wants palm prints, eye scans, tattoo mapping  —  CLARKSBURG, West Virginia (CNN) — The FBI is gearing up to create a massive computer database of people's physical characteristics, all part of an effort the bureau says to better identify criminals and terrorists.

The sun'll not come out tomorrow  —  On the eve of Super Duper Tuesday, conservatives in this great republic could do with some pepping up.  Instead, this turned up in my in-box: … Gulp.  Anything else? … In a less apocalyptic sense, a spell out of power can do a party good if you get the timing right.

President Bush Meets with Cabinet, Discusses Budget  —  Fact Sheet: The President's FY09 Budget  —  Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2009  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming.  I just met with my Cabinet, where we discussed a lot of issues.  And one issue we discussed is the budget.