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Fears that last Zawahiri message was a call to attack.

Russia suspends treaty with NATO on conventional forces in Europe. This is just another small part of its new Cold War of Terror with the west.

Iraqi troops becoming more dependent on US troops due to attrition. That means they were never truly self-sustaining.

US skeptical of Iranian nuclear agreement. I would hope so.

Indian doctor in Australia linked to doctor's terrorist plot in Britain.

North Korean reactor to shut in days. Is it even useful anymore? North Korea claims to have shut down the reactor.

Warning that the UK will break from US foreign policy. PM Brown denies.

Spain seizes salvage ship that found treasure ship.

China seeds clouds for rain. I guess we're making a big deal out of it because he haven't gone beyond the experimental stage.

Iran asks Japan to pay for oil in Yen, not dollars.

Democrats block amendment to prevent Fairness Doctrine.

Bush spins Iraq report as 1/2 full. Slate takes issue with that conclusion.

Foreign retailers are moving in on the US. They can sell cheaper because their parents don't have to pay any US income tax. We need to adopt the FairTax so all American workers and companies in every market segment can compete on a level playing field.

Australia has coldest June since 1950.

America on the decline: wannabe cheerleader sues because she failed to make team.

The people of Easter Island are changing because of prosperity.

Technological gadgets are taking over some applications of our long term memory. Of course our long-term memory is still storing stuff, like it always has, it just no longer stores the things we keep in our gadgets. The calculator did this to math skills 25 years ago.

IKEA offers sleepovers in showrooms for shoppers.

Charles Krauthammer decries that the Senate is giving up on Gen. Petraeus just when he's implemented a successful counterinsurgency strategy.

Victor Davis Hanson rips the New York Times call for American defeat.

Pat Buchanan praises Robert Novak.

Essay on the debate between long war and big war proponents in the Pentagon.

UK editorial gets it right on the war in Iraq and wrong on illegal immigration.

Interview with Gen. Petraeus.

Great world-wide economy. We aren't getting out share because of our oppressive income tax. Adopting the FairTax would bring unprecedented growth to the US.

The war on terror is driving expansion of government. No kidding.

William Kristol wonders if the Democrats have overplayed their hand on Iraq. Details. I think they once again overplayed their hand. They are misreading America's anger at Bush's execution of the war for a desire for defeat. Democrats' greatest fear is that the US will turn the tide in Iraq and they'll be exposed as the political opportunists who would defeat America for political gain that they are. They fear that Gen. Petraeus will report success in September, and that the American people will hear him and regain hope. So the Democrats are surging against Bush and Petraeus now in an attempt to keep the American people from hearing what will likely be positive news in 2 months.

Author says we should abolish the SAT. It's bad enough that the SAT lowered its standards in the 90s so that our educationally challenged students wouldn't feel so bad about themselves, but abolishing the great standard that has been used by colleges for over 50 years is ridiculous. The SAT should be returned to it's historical difficulty level so we can have a measure of the effectiveness of our schools over generations.

It's a sad measure of the Bush Presidency that al Qaeda is as strong today as it was 6 years ago. Bush will be remembered for the war on terror, and after 6 years, we're no better off than when we were attacked.

Indiana exempts BP from pollution laws for development.