A Case Study in Conservative Mendacity  —  I noted last night that a supply of uranium from Iraq had been successfully moved to Montreal in secrecy.  —  If you check into this, you'll quickly find that the uranium a) was not weapons grade and b) was well known to the UN and IAEA and was being stored legally by Saddam's government.

The Obama “Forged Birth Certificate” Myth Is Busted  —  Welcome Hot Air and Little Green Footballs Readers  —  May I suggest much more important topics such as Our Pending Victory In Iraq, The Determination Of Our Soldiers To Succeed In Iraq, Obama's Flip-Flops, and Nagging Problems On Flight 93 Memorial.

Kerry: McCain's Judgment Is Dangerous  —  Says Republican Candidate Is A “Changed Man” For Siding With Bush On War, Economy, Energy  —  (CBS) Sen. John Kerry believes that the presumptive Republican nominee for president is adhering to the Bush Administration orthodoxy in ways that call …

For Republicans, the Senate outlook is bad  —  Mississippi and other longtime strongholds could go Democratic this fall.  Obama's candidacy is a boost.  —  WASHINGTON — Mississippi, one of the nation's most conservative states, has not elected a Democratic senator in a quarter-century.

McCain promises to balance budget  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) plans to promise on Monday that he will balance the federal budget by the end of his first term by curbing wasteful spending and overhauling entitlement programs, including Social Security, his advisers told Politico.

Decider on the High Court  —  The most dramatic stories in any field of competitive endeavor are those that recount events that almost never happened.  It's the scoreless ballgames that end with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth that linger in the psyches of winners and losers — not the 9-3 walkovers.

$3 million ad targets Obama on energy  —  An independent-expenditure arm of the Republican National Committee has begun a 10-day, $3 million ad campaign in swing states attacking Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as “just the party line.”  —  The 30-second ad, called “Balance,” …

Obama Strikes First  —  The campaign of 2008 started on July 1 when Obama launched his first national advertising buy of the season.  How McCain responds and whether or not he does, will have a big impact in determining whether Obama can solidify or expand his current lead in the polls.

Doctors Press Senate to Undo Medicare Cuts  —  WASHINGTON — Congress returns to work this week with Medicare high on the agenda and Senate Republicans under pressure after a barrage of radio and television advertisements blamed them for a 10.6 percent cut in payments to doctors who care for millions of older Americans.

A WORD FROM ROBERT CORAM  —  Robert Coram is the author of American Patriot: The Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day.  He has forwarded a message related to our post “Setting the record straight on Bud Day, and CNN.”  Mr. Coram writes: … The description of Col. Day as a member …

Obama's cunning capture of the centre ground  —  Slowly and subtly, Barack Obama is wiping out every reason to vote for McCain  —  It is a telling sign of where American politics is now headed that last week several leading conservative voices proclaimed Barack Obama had seen the conservative light …

Thomas M. Disch, 1940-2008  —  Ellen Datlow writes: … Scott Edelman quotes John Clute's entry on Disch in the Science Fiction Encyclopedia: … I certainly read him; his SF novels of the 1960s and 70s, particularly Camp Concentration and 334, had an enormous impact on me.