4 Held in Scottish Attack as British See Broader Plot  —  British officials raised the country's terrorism threat alert to its highest level on Saturday after two men slammed an S.U.V. into entrance doors at Glasgow Airport and turned the vehicle into a potentially lethal fireball.

Japanese Propaganda and American Mass Media  —  U.S. troops have been mystified at how differently the war they fight in Iraq is portrayed by the U.S. media back home.  Most just shrug it off as "politics," and yet another reason to not trust what the mass media presents as reliable reporting.

Alarmist global warming claims melt under scientific scrutiny  —  In his new book, The Assault on Reason, Al Gore pleads, "We must stop tolerating the rejection and distortion of science.  We must insist on an end to the cynical use of pseudo-studies known to be false for the purpose …

In Steps Big and Small, Supreme Court Moved Right  —  It was the Supreme Court that conservatives had long yearned for and that liberals feared.  —  By the time the Roberts court ended its first full term on Thursday, the picture was clear.  This was a more conservative court …

Moving Beyond Kyoto  —  WE — the human species — have arrived at a moment of decision.  It is unprecedented and even laughable for us to imagine that we could actually make a conscious choice as a species, but that is nevertheless the challenge that is before us.  —  Our home — Earth — is in danger.

TAXES AND THOMPSON  —  Dropping into what will be the key state of South Carolina for his prospective presidential campaign, Fred Thompson was ambushed Wednesday by advocates of the "Fair Tax" plan to repeal the federal income tax and replace it with a national sales tax.

Australia plans to withdraw troops from Iraq: report  —  SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard is secretly planning to begin withdrawing Australian troops from Iraq by February 2008, Australian media reported on Sunday.  —  The Sunday Telegraph, quoting an unnamed senior military source …

Clinton slams GOP rival's Cuba remark  —  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Taking a swipe at a potential GOP presidential rival, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday criticized Fred Thompson for suggesting illegal Cuban immigrants pose a terrorist threat.  —  "I was appalled when one of the …

THE "SURGE"  —  Apparently there are some out there who are still clueless as to what the "Surge" is all about, believing that since it was announced as starting in January, it must be a failure since we're in June and things are still blowing up.  That would include such luminaries as Professor Juan Cole …

After Bill's Fall, G.O.P. May Pay in Latino Votes  —  Many Republican lawmakers returned to their home districts in triumph this week, having beat back a comprehensive immigration bill that many of their constituents had denounced as untenable.  —  But the bill's demise may have greatly damaged …

Our First Dog - Seamus  —  Mitt and I love our dogs.  Seamus was our first—an Irish setter.  When I wasn't at home, Mitt let him sleep on the bed.  And usually when he was riding in the car, his head was out the window.  Seamus lived to a ripe old age, basking in the affection of a large family.

Things Fall Apart  —  Why the center didn't hold on immigration.  —  The what-ifs in the sudden death of immigration reform are intriguing.  What if Senate majority leader Harry Reid hadn't pulled the immigration bill from the floor when it was close to passage in early June?

Our Biotech Future  —  1.  —  It has become part of the accepted wisdom to say that the twentieth century was the century of physics and the twenty-first century will be the century of biology.  Two facts about the coming century are agreed on by almost everyone.

Undercover, under fire  —  The Washington press corps is too busy cozying up to the people it covers to get at the truth.  —  EARLIER THIS YEAR, I put on a brand-new tailored suit, picked up a sleek leather briefcase and headed to downtown Washington for meetings with some of the city's most prominent lobbyists.