Rev. Wright Delivers Fiery Address to NAACP  —  Speaking in Detroit, at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's 53rd annual “Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner,” Rev. Jeremiah Wright took on his critics even while he spoke of a new, unified day coming.  —  You can watch the speech HERE.

Obama stars in Mississippi attack ad  —  The Republican candidate in a special election to fill an unexpectedly contested seat in a conservative Mississippi congressional district is using recent controversies surrounding Senator Barack Obama to tar his Democratic rival.

ROBERT FRANK FALLS FOR THE TWO-INCOME TRAP: In today's Washington Post, Robert Frank writes: … Professor Frank has missed the ball on this one.  As I observed in the Wall Street Journal last August in my column “The Two Income-Tax Trap” the math behind this simply doesn't add up—using Warren and Tyagi's own numbers:

Follow-up on Obama and Fox News  —  I suppose I should follow up my earlier diary on Obama going on Fox News since it has sparked some discussion.  Eugene at Dailykos wrote the following diary, the gist of which was as follows. … That's not really the issue at hand, though of course that is how it's being framed.

NEVADA POLITICS: GOP convention cut short  —  Some supporters of Ron Paul riled after time runs out at state party event  —  RENO — The state Republican convention was called off Saturday evening without electing national delegates, prompting protests from a record crowd that included …

An Anatomy of Surrender  —  Islam divides the world into two parts.  The part governed by sharia, or Islamic law, is called the Dar al-Islam, or House of Submission.  Everything else is the Dar al-Harb, or House of War, so called because it will take war—holy war, jihad—to bring it into the House of Submission.

The Next Generation  —  I have a dirty little secret — I'm at least two “generations” apart from the majority of the force.  I came into the Army at a time when we were trying to figure out just what we were supposed to do in a post-Cold War World.  I vividly remember several of my instructors …

In the Rezko Trial, A New Name Surfaces: Karl Rove  —  The trial of Chicago developer and political fixer Antoin “Tony” Rezko has been closely watched for any mention of the defendant's onetime friend, Barack Obama.  But last week, prosecutors threw a curveball, telling the judge …

Mccain Vs. Mccain  —  He seems to think he can magically unite the two main strands in the foreign-policy establishment.  He can't.  —  Amid the din of the dueling democrats, people seem to have forgotten about that other guy in the presidential race—you know, John McCain.

A Storm of Sand and Shelling  —  Heavy Fire Aimed at Green Zone as Ground Forces Continue Push Into Sadr City  —  Shelling rocked the Green Zone as a sandstorm blanketed Baghdad on Sunday, days after U.S. commanders said they had nearly eliminated deadly rocket and mortar attacks …

Craig Ferguson amuses at White House correspondents' dinner  —  Did you catch Craig Ferguson at the splashy dinner Saturday night of the White House Correspondents' Association?  C-SPAN offered arrival footage that made it look like the Academy Awards.  You could see snippets of “American Idol” …

McCain blames Obama for Wright issue  —  Here's a new angle from McCain, at an avail today, at which he said, more or less, that he didn't plan to attack Obama on Wright, but that Obama — by calling the question “legitimate” — had legitimized it.  —  It's a move either clever, or too cute …