Senator Craig Announces Resignation  —  Embattled Idaho Republican Lawmaker to Step Down Sept 30  —  Sen. Larry E. Craig, the Idaho Republican caught in a police crackdown on sexual solicitation in an airport men's room, announced his resignation from the Senate today …

Why We Stood Up to Florida  —  Last Saturday, the Democratic National Committee's rules and bylaws committee voted to enforce its rules.  It was hardly an extraordinary act, although you wouldn't know it from the furious reaction that ensued in some quarters.  —  Why the uproar?  —  It's simple: state envy.

19 bicyclists arrested after rally turns into melee  —  Officers watching the event in downtown Minneapolis say they were attacked, escalating the confrontation.  —  Police arrested 19 bicyclists, including three juveniles, after a protest ride took an ugly turn in downtown Minneapolis Friday night.

Iraqi civilian deaths climb again  —  War-related fatalities rose in August, the second month in a row, suggesting that the U.S. troop increase has had little effect.  —  BAGHDAD — Bombings, sectarian slayings and other violence related to the war killed at least 1,773 Iraqi civilians in August …

Don't frighten the horses: What Larry Craig tells conservatives about ourselves.  —  Don't frighten the horses; what Larry Craig tells conservatives about ourselves.  —  Seems to me that confusing politics and Law has led many posters into a welter of contradictions.

Bush Fights Back on Iraq Debate  —  President Bush, appearing confident about sustaining support for his Iraq strategy, met at the Pentagon on Friday with the uniformed leaders of the nation's armed services and then pointedly accused the war's opponents of politicizing the debate over what to do next.

Hugo!  —  Patrick's won the Hugo! —for Best Editor (long form), that is.  He just phoned from Japan to tell me.  I'll give you more news as it happens—the ceremony is still going on.  —  Yay, Patrick!  —  Rocket rocket rocket rocket rocket!

Swiss deportation policy draws criticism  —  GENEVA - The campaign poster was blatant in its xenophobic symbolism: Three white sheep kicking out a black sheep over a caption that read "for more security."  The message was not from a fringe force in Switzerland's political scene but from its largest party.

Mr. Rodgers Goes to Dartmouth  —  A cautionary tale about a businessman who ventured back into the Ivory Tower.  —  SAN JOSE, Calif.—T.J. Rodgers does not seem pleased, his gelid stare intensifying at a recent project meeting.  "You're not being aggressive enough on the transistors …

Gen Sir Mike Jackson attacks US over Iraq  —  General Sir Mike Jackson, the head of the British Army during the invasion of Iraq, has launched a scathing attack on the United States for the way it handled the post-war administration of the country.  —  The former chief of the general staff …

UP IS DOWN AND VICE-VERSA....Juan Cole is pissed: … I'll leave that last question to Atrios, who, if memory serves, is pretty good at answering questions like that.  My part in this is simpler.  Prof. Cole wants someone to turn his troop fatality numbers into a graph to make it clear exactly …