IS OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN OVER?  —  It may be.  I don't see how anyone known to have uttered these words can be elected President: … Barack Obama's arrogance has been evident for some time, and it's no shock, perhaps, to learn that that he shares this bigoted opinion, common among urban liberals, of people who live in “small towns.”

Iran Top Threat To Iraq, U.S. Says  —  Last week's violence in Basra and Baghdad has convinced the Bush administration that actions by Iran, and not al-Qaeda, are the primary threat inside Iraq, and has sparked a broad reassessment of policy in the region, according to senior U.S. officials.

Administration Set to Use New Spy Program in U.S.  —  Congressional Critics Want More Assurances of Legality  —  The Bush administration said yesterday that it plans to start using the nation's most advanced spy technology for domestic purposes soon, rebuffing challenges by House Democrats over the idea's legal authority.

Great Expectations for a Conservative Group Seem All but Dashed  —  The conservative group Freedom's Watch, headlined by two former senior White House officials, had been expected to be a deep-pocketed juggernaut in this year's presidential election, heralded by supporters on the right …

Legal Immigrants, Until They Applied for Citizenship  —  SELINSGROVE, Pa. — Dr. Pedro Servano always believed that his journey from his native Philippines to the life of a community doctor in Pennsylvania would lead to American citizenship.  —  But the doctor, who has tended to patients …

“People wonder why I quit university teaching” … The bigger picture is slowly beginning to sink in.  —  The CHRC reach into the realm of our impolite medium treads upon the internet's most sacred ground, something we have taken for granted since the earliest days of Usenet - the right to call each other names.