ANN COULTER'S CRIMINAL INTENT  —  Just a few hours ago, my friend Dan Borchers — a conservative Christian who is writing a book about Ann Coulter's "extermination speak" — was bodily wrestled out of CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) by four of Ann Coulter's bodyguards.

Bill Maher is Sorry the Assassination Attempt on Dick Cheney Failed  —  In 2002, ABC made the decision to not renew Bill Maher's contract after he made some disgraceful comments on his program "Politically Incorrect" concerning America's military response to 9/11.

Since you asked  —  A left-wing extremist exhibits many, but not necessarily all, of the following attributes:  —believes that the decision to go to war in Iraq was not an individual case of monumental stupidity, but a consequence of America's fundamental imperialistic nature.

RUDY DRAGGED DOWN  —  RIGHTIES CROSS ABOUT HIS DRESS  —  Rudy Giuliani's liberal stance on abortion, guns and gays wasn't his biggest problem yesterday as he addressed a conference of conservative activists - it was his having dressed in drag.  —  A whisper campaign targeting …

Afghanistan: US forces attack suspected al Qaeda hideout  —  Christopher Isham and Gretchen Peters Report:  —  For the past two days, U.S. and NATO forces have been conducting a major attack against a compound in a remote area of Eastern Afghanistan where Osama bin Laden or another senior al Qaeda leader …

Another Hillary defector  —  WASHINGTON - Greg Craig, a Washington super-lawyer with close ties to the Clintons, is supporting Sen. Barack Obama for President.  —  Craig was a White House special counsel defending President Bill Clinton in the Senate impeachment trial.

Remember: for Cambodia, read Iraq  —  The Killing Fields illustrates brilliantly part of the long disaster that has been Cambodia over recent decades.  It is a compelling film that follows the story of a young Cambodian, Dith Pran, who worked for the New York Times reporter Sidney Schanberg …

Los Angeles Times Smears Medal of Honor Winner  —  An ignorant hack.  —  That's all I can think of to say about the author of this Los Angeles Times column, The Lunatic Right Returns, excoriating conservatives for adhering to "discredited swift-boaters" like George "Bud" Day. … Amazing.

Army Secretary Is Ousted in Furor Over Hospital Care  —  Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey was forced to resign Friday over the handling of revelations that wounded soldiers were receiving shabby and slow treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.  —  Even as the grim-faced defense secretary …

Expert on Soviet Intelligence Shot in Adelphi  —  Federal and local law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting in Prince George's County that critically injured a prominent intelligence expert who specializes in the former Soviet Union.  —  Paul Joyal, 53, was shot Thursday …

U.S. Predicting Steady Increase for Emissions  —  The Bush administration estimates that emissions by the United States of gases that contribute to global warming will grow nearly as fast through the next decade as they did the previous decade, according to a long-delayed report being completed for the United Nations.

But Did Ginger Rogers Wear Flip-Flops?  —  "It's an honor to be here in high heels, walking backwards," Mitt Romney said yesterday as he began his address to the Conservative Political Action Conference.  —  Don't panic, Phyllis Schlafly: He was merely referring to a previous speaker's invocation of an old joke.

A Better Way on Presidential Succession  —  Since Sept. 11, 2001, the speaker of the House has been required for security purposes to take government planes for official business.  The White House rightly called "silly" recent criticism of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desire to have a plane …

Ann Coulter and Little Greenwald's Footballs: Revised as a Carnival of Fisking  —  The Blogosphere, and politics in general, is full of arguments.  We are not always fair, clear about what we say, or clear on what others mean.  That should be no surprise nor is it in my mind of any particular concern.

She earned her celebrity status the old fashioned way  —  I don't know much about Anna Nicole Smith, but I have a sudden urge to write about her.  I hope readers will forgive me if this post turns out to be (1) utterly foolish, (2) what everyone else has been saying, or (3) both.