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 …

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.

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.

$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,” …

A Tipping Point In Iraq?  —  The Mosul campaign is a final and critical one, and Marie Colvin, an excellent and seasoned reporter, has very encouraging news: … The use of female suicide bombers - often the bereaved family members of, er, former suicide bombers - is another sign of the Jihadists' desperation.

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 …

Obama's own voice may haunt him  —  Barack Obama has proved to be a difficult target to hit — just ask Hillary Rodham Clinton.  Opposition researchers, though, hope that they've found a weapon to wound Obama in his own voice as recorded for the Grammy Award-winning audio version of his 1995 memoir, “Dreams from My Father.”

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.

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.

Obama's Organizing Years, Guiding Others and Finding Himself  —  CHICAGO — The year was 1985 and Gerald Kellman, a community organizer, was interviewing an applicant named Barack Obama to work in the demoralized landscape of poor neighborhoods on this city's South Side.