Lieberman Remains Committed, Plays It Calm  —  The Joe Lieberman political revival tour continued on its way Friday, at times feeling more like a family reunion than a last-ditch attempt to catch Democratic challenger Ned Lamont.  —  It wrapped up a week of quick stops in shopping centers …

'Hezbollah aren't suckers, they know how to fight.  You're scared all the time'  —  Israeli soldiers recount stories of a terrifying week facing the snipers and missiles of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon  —  AT FIRST light they filtered from the undergrowth, camouflaged …

Ending the neoconservative nightmare  —  Witnessing the near-perfect symmetry of Israeli and American policy has been one of the more noteworthy aspects of the latest Lebanon war.  A true friend in the White House.  No deescalate and stabilize, honest-broker, diplomatic jaw-jaw from this president.

GOP Candidates Claim Degrees Of Separation From President  —  On Capitol Hill, Rep. Mark Kennedy (Minn.) and Sen. James M. Talent (Mo.) are known as loyal Republican soldiers, reliable votes for President Bush on tax cuts and the Iraq war.  In elections past, they have aired advertisements featuring …

Slacker Friday  —  I've got a new Think Again here, "Remember Iraq?"  —  Jim Fallows says we won.  You'll have to read why.  — Generals Give Grim Report on Iraqi Strife," the Los Angeles Times.  [Link]  — "Generals warn of civil war in Iraq," Washington Times.  [Link]

The Last Honest Man  —  Twenty-nine Democratic senators voted in the fall of 2002 to authorize the invasion of Iraq.  There isn't enough room on this page to list the Democratic foreign policy experts and former officials, including those from the top ranks of the Clinton administration …

Iraqi civil war has already begun, U.S. troops say  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - While American politicians and generals in Washington debate the possibility of civil war in Iraq, many U.S. officers and enlisted men who patrol Baghdad say it has already begun.  —  Army troops in and around …

The Brink of Madness  —  A familiar place.  —  National Review Online  —  When I used to read about the 1930s — the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, the rise of fascism in Italy, Spain, and Germany, the appeasement in France and Britain, the murderous duplicity of the Soviet Union …

UW-Madison official warns Barrett to stop seeking publicity  —  MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin's provost warned an instructor who believes the U.S. government orchestrated the Sept. 11 attacks to stop seeking publicity for his views, days after he defended the teacher's right to free speech.

Former White House advisor pleads guilty to misdemeanor theft  —  ROCKVILLE, Md. — Former White House adviser Claude Allen tearfully pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor theft charge Friday, telling a Montgomery County judge that he lost his bearings after working 14-hour days and getting little sleep in the …

Job growth unexpectedly slows  —  Payroll gain of 113,000 misses forecasts for fourth straight month; unemployment rises; wages up.  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Job growth came in weak for the fourth straight month in July while the unemployment rate rose, according to a government report Friday …

Clarification of Bias  —  No blogger in the world can seriously claim they are "objective" in the literal sense.  That includes me.  —  My traffic is much higher than usual lately, and there are lots of unfamiliar names in the comments.  I'm getting all kinds of emails from people I've never heard …