What America Has Lost  —  It's clear we overreacted to 9/11.  —  Nine years after 9/11, can anyone doubt that Al Qaeda is simply not that deadly a threat?  Since that gruesome day in 2001, once governments everywhere began serious countermeasures, Osama bin Laden's terror network has been unable …

Democrats Plan Political Triage to Retain House  —  WASHINGTON — As Democrats brace for a November wave that threatens their control of the House, party leaders are preparing a brutal triage of their own members in hopes of saving enough seats to keep a slim grip on the majority.

Enduring Obama's pressure  —  Op-ed: PM Netanyahu should take advantage of broad support for Israel in America  —  Yoram Ettinger  —  support among Americans is as robust as always, expected to be reinforced following the midterm November 2010 election.  —  Anyone claiming …

Palin Derangement Syndrome Outbreak: There Are Still Five A's in Raaaaacism … Some things are predictable — i.e., that the Palin-haters would decide it was a good time to recycle the old SPLC/LGF attacks on me in order to exploit my interview with Todd Palin for a guilt-by-association smear.

Spain's Eta ‘declares ceasefire’  —  It is not clear on whether the ceasefire is permanent or temporary  —  Armed Basque separatist group Eta says it will not “carry out armed actions” in its campaign for independence.  —  In a video obtained exclusively by the BBC, the group said it took …

Iran ‘stoning woman’ to be lashed over photo: son  —  Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, has also been sentenced to 99 lashes for a photo published of her without a headscarf, according to her son.  —  In an interview published on the website …

Fearing for image, First Lady's aides warned against Spain vacation  —  The New York Times reports First Lady Michelle Obama's aides cautioned against her going on the early August European vacation in which she stayed at a 5-star resort in Spain and mingled with royalty.

Inside Al Qaeda  —  Nine years after 9/11, Osama bin Laden's network remains a shadowy, little-understood enemy.  The truth, as revealed by one of its fighters, is both more and less troubling than we think.  —  The incident didn't get much international attention at the time …

With unemployment at 9.6 percent, why is the White House obsessed with sex?  —  Christina Romer has left as Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), and the White House is looking to fill the position.  Can somebody please wake me when adults are making H.R. decisions at the White House?:

America has a cow over Alan Simpson's candor on deficits  —  There was a time, not too long ago, when a politician could talk about tits in public.  —  In 1992, Sen. Alan Simpson, a Wyoming Republican, complained in a speech to the National Conference of State Legislatures about how Social Security …

My Response To Stephen Bainbridge's Ad Hominem Attack  —  According to Stephen Bainbridge, suddenly I'm a holier than thou purist with no tolerance and an enemy of the good, ... along with my ilk.  It's difficult to see Bainbridge as the good here, given his mis-labeling me so falsely, while ignoring my arguments.

AP Interview: Author leaving home next to Palins  —  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sarah Palin can take down the fence.  —  Palin's neighbor of three months on Wasilla's Lake Lucille, author Joe McGinniss, is packing his bags and notebooks and leaving Sunday for his home in Massachusetts to write …

Glenn Beck's “Restoring Honor” Rally, a Week Later  —  Last Saturday, Glenn Beck held his “Restoring Honor” rally in Washington, DC.  Reason.tv's segment on the event, which went up a few hours after its conclusion, is above.  (Shot by Jim Epstein with help from Josh Swain …