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Australia updates citizenship test with questions, in English, about Australia's values, history and culture. We should do something similar.

Georgia shoots down Russian plane. Russia denies. Another observer.

Arson blamed for Greek fires that threaten Olympia ruins.

Afghans protest soccer balls with Allah written on them dropped by US forces.

Internet web sites helping American troops accused of war crimes during combat.

Ralph Peters reports from Anbar province that US troops are on the verge of crushing al Qaeda in a devastating, strategic defeat that will also provide us a much needed victory in the information war against al Qaeda - Americans and Muslims united to defeat al Qaeda. Pulling out, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, is unacceptable.

Baath party spokesman rejects draft plan to ease ban restrictions on party members holding government job proposed by Shiite, Sunni, and Kurd leaders.

Liberals becoming more and more unhinged.

To fix our failing infrastructure, we should replace gas taxes with road use taxes.

The value of Bush's Vietnam analogy.

Newt discusses how Republicans can rebuild their majority. They can do it by truly becoming libertarian.

Description of mission that illustrates how American troops are destroying al Qaeda in Iraq.

How Britain became a fractured society.

Mark Steyn explains that if we prematurely pull out of Iraq, Vietnam will no longer be an anomaly, but part of a pattern of betrayal. Absolutely.

Christopher Hitchens seems to go out of his way to misunderstand Bush's Vietnam analogy.

George Will asks if Sarkozy is serious about reform. For France's sake, he better be.

Newt describes Medicare using Medi-cruise as an example.

FairTax critic fails to mention that there is, on average, a 22% federal tax already embedded in the price of every good and service made in America, and that the 23% inclusive FairTax rate will replace that embedded tax, leaving the average price of American made goods and services basically unchanged. (The price of imports will go up by 23%, inclusive.) FairTax supporters aren't playing any tricks, but this author certainly is by misinforming the audience. This is article is unworthy of the WSJ.

Newt discusses the failures of government.