Pelosi steps out of bounds on ill-conceived trip to Syria  —  Bush's no-talk policy is flawed, but speaker's tactics are no solution.  —  Democrats in Congress have been busy flexing their foreign policy muscles almost from the moment they took power in January, for the most part responsibly.

Oh, dear.  Guess who's taking the Washington Post's editorial board to task for its editorial stance against Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria?  One of the Post's own Op ed columnists, Eugene Robinson.  —  Check out this appearance by Robinson on Hardball.  Robinson defends Pelosi's trip to Syria …

Cheney Sticks to His Delusions  —  Faced with overwhelming evidence to the contrary, even President Bush has backed off his earlier inflammatory assertions about links between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein.  —  But Vice President Cheney yesterday, in an interview with right-wing talk radio host Rush Limbaugh …

Lauer On Pelosi Syria Visit: 'Let's Face It, A Lot Of People Think She Messed Up On This One'  —  This morning, NBC's Today Show ran a biased segment casting doubt on Pelosi's Syria trip.  Every single question asked by anchor Matt Lauer was framed around conservative talking points.

When a dilettante takes on Hizbullah  —  We can thank the US speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, for having informed Syrian President Bashar Assad, from Beirut, that "the road to solving Lebanon's problems passes through Damascus."  Now, of course, all we need to do is remind Pelosi …

Within the bounds  —  USA TODAY's views distort both the nature of Speaker Pelosi's trip and the constitutional role of Congress in foreign policy.  As a member of the speaker's delegation who accompanied her to every meeting, I would like to set the record straight.  —  Let's be clear.

Goodling said she would invoke 5th Amendment if called before Congress  —  WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' top aide, who refusedto testify before Congress about her role in the politically charged firing of eight U.S. attorneys, abruptly quit her job Friday.