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Two car bombs kill 80 in Kirkuk. Gen. Petraeus has tightened security in Baghdad, and al Qaeda is on the run, but they're trying to keep the killing in the press. This is al Qaeda's counter offensive against the surge.

US plans to keep robots in operation in Iraq for years. US general makes case for continuing the surge until the beginning of spring.

Cheney pushing Bush towards military strike on Iran. We still haven't tried tough sanctions. We should stop doing business with any company that does business with Iran. Iranian prisoners in Iraq escape.

UN inspectors confirm that North Korea shut down nuclear reactor.

UK and Russia in stand-off over extradition of Polonium murder suspect. UK expels 4 Russian diplomats.

Reason questions Bush's optimism about Iraq. Again, they're underestimating the effects of security on the grass roots.

India plans mandatory registration of fetuses to cut down on abortions.

Rising food prices mean UN can't afford food aid. If the UN stopped feeding people, they would feed themselves. Welfare of all kinds is damaging to both recipient and provider. This push for ethanol doesn't make any sense because it's not driven by the free market and it's driving up the cost of food, but welfare doesn't make any sense either. Ice cream makers feeling heat.

Suspected al Qaeda cell in Hollywood after 9/11.

House Democrats vote to surrender Iraq to al Qaeda and Iran. Senate considers same.

More and more people dislike Hillary every day.

Apparently fundamentalism is common in Muslim professionals. Lovely.

British schools will stop teaching about Churchill, Hitler, Stalin, etc., to focus on drugs and GM food. This is not a joke.

Tax cuts around the world fuel record global economy. We need to adopt the FairTax to remain at the top of the economic food chain.

Democrats are trying to derail Thompson.

Thomas Jefferson attended church in the House of Representatives. That's not a violation of the First Amendment. Judicial activism has run amok regarding the separation of church and state.

Robert Novak says earmark reform is a sham.

Michael Barone warns against stopping the surge prematurely.

Remembering Hillarycare; socialized medicine.

The precarious position of Unifil in southern Lebanon.

Phylis Schlafly blasts the Senate for another education power grab.

Earmark for Andre Agassi. The government subsidizes millionaires including Scottie Pippen not to farm.

If Islam is a religion of peace, why won't Muslims put an end to Muslim violence and hatred. Why aren't there a 1000 Muslim leaders calling for Osama bin Laden's capture? Why haven't Muslims turned him in? Why aren't there a 1000 Muslim leaders calling for peace for every radical cleric calling for suicide bombings? Why aren't there 1000 Muslim schools teaching tolerance and peace for every Wahhabist and other radical Muslim school? The war on terror won't end until Muslims stop violent Muslims, when Muslim mothers care more about their children's lives than jihad. I'm not disparaging the many peaceful Muslims, I hope for their help, but the ideology clearly, commonly inspires fanatical violence.

Rich Lowry calls Bush the last hawk standing.