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.

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 …

Illegal Diplomacy  —  Did Nancy Pelosi commit a felony when she went to Syria?  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may well have committed a felony in traveling to Damascus this week, against the wishes of the president, to communicate on foreign-policy issues with Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Democrats at War  —  Prime Minister Pelosi and Secretary of State Lantos undermine U.S. foreign policy—and maybe their own party.  —  Democrats took Congress last fall in part by opposing the war in Iraq, but it is becoming clear that they view their election as a mandate for something far more ambitious …

Hussein's Prewar Ties To Al-Qaeda Discounted  —  Pentagon Report Says Contacts Were Limited  —  Captured Iraqi documents and intelligence interrogations of Saddam Hussein and two former aides "all confirmed" that Hussein's regime was not directly cooperating with al-Qaeda before the U.S. invasion of Iraq …

Bruce Bartlett: How Supply-Side Economics Trickled Down  —  Bruce Bartlett says we're all supply-siders now, but as explained in some detail below, I don't fully agree: … As noted above, I don't fully agree, so let me cast this debate in a different framework where it's easier for me to highlight where we differ.