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The NYTimes has a breakdown of Gen. Petraeus' plan for winning in Iraq. Slate has analysis explaining why success in Iraq is still a long-shot despite Petraeus' plan. But it's in our interest to try. So far the successes have been greater than we had any right to expect.

Judge throws out local law addressing illegal immigration.

The FBI calls Chinese spying a serious concern. Nice to see the FBI has finally noticed. It's been going on for years, and it's just now a serious concern? Has the FBI been stuck in a donut shop? The Chinese are waging a war of subterfuge against us.

Gonzales may face perjury probe. Bush should cut this loser loose. Not to appease ankle-biting Democrats, but for the good of the country. We need a competent Attorney General. Not another special prosecutor who might well run rogue and carry out another witch-hunt. What's the matter with the prosecutors we have? Looks like he's caught red handed.

Democrats try another unconstitutional ploy to end the war in Iraq. Just cut off funding or revoke the war authorization, and take your medicine for defeating your own country.

I don't want the government tracking me while I'm at the beach, or anywhere else.

It's reefer madness all over again: study claims smoking just one joint can raises the risk of schizophrenia by 40%.

Newt takes on the establishment.

Reason says Hillary would be another imperial president.

FBI and Chinese officials shut down Chinese software piracy ring.

Obesity spreads through social networks. Wow.

Worker sabotages NASA computer.

John Stossel explains that capitalism and wealth generation have enabled tolerance and humaneness, not government.

A strategy for winning in Iraq that means settling differences with Iran. Since that means allowing Iran to have the bomb, that option's out.

As I predicted, a Bloomberg candidacy would help Democrats. It gives the hate Hillary crowd a candidate who isn't a Republican, and it gives people fed up with Republicans but would never vote Democrat a candidate that isn't a Democrat.

Why isn't anybody talking about social security? Because that would cost them the election.

A mini autobiography of Ayaan Hirsi Ali.