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Slate discusses how Gonzales used incompetence as a cover for wrongdoing. This guy should be fired.

Congress tries to take on OPEC, which is a self-defeating proposition. They have the oil, and they can use it as a weapon.

Deficit falls to $205 billion. We all know tax cuts lead to increased revenue. If we adopt the FairTax, we'll generate a surplus in no time, and not using the phony calculations the government uses.

Another Republican Senator co-sponsors Iraqi pullout bill.

Islamic militant rebels in Philippines behead troops. This scourge is everywhere.

Euro at all-time high against the dollar.

Iran shuts down moderate news agency.

Reason says Bush should right a lot more miscarriages of justice than Scooter Libby's. I agree.

Reason wonder's why Bush is so taken with Putin.

Licensing fees are killing net radio.

Cloning drug sniffing dogs.

Using global warming as a reason to attack on high-end sports cars. Give me a break.

Presidential debate dedicated to gay issues. That will help them win 5% of the vote while alienated 70% or more.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are making a new album. When's the last time you heard the world album? I hope it doesn't suck.

The WSJ explains Petraeus' counter-insurgency plan and its successes so far.

Walter Williams asks the pro-amnesty crowd about the rule of law.

John Stossel discusses his conversation with Michael Moore and the compassion of freedom versus the force of government.

More people pay attention to the news than I would have thought, but it's still not many.

Obese people live longer. How does that jive with the rise in diabetes and other obesity related diseases?

Ralph Peters says that if we pull out of Iraq, Reid and Pelosi will own the subsequent massacres.

Michelle Malkin highlights an example of the media double standard regarding violence by anti-war protesters.

Dick Morris says Bush has to start a pullout from Iraq if Republicans are to have any chance in the 2008 election. There's nothing new here. We've known that all year, and Bush knows that. That's why the first surge review is set in Sept. Chances are Bush will continue the surge until the end of the year, then start a draw down of troops. I think that's been Bush's plan since he announced the surge. The anti-war crowd would be far smarter to sit back and let it unfold than to actually force it.

Prosperity has outstripped happiness.

Jonah Goldberg rips Al Gore and his concerts.

Gun control hypocrite shoots burglar.

More random thoughts from Thomas Sowell.

Author explains that Democrats' polices are terrible for blacks.