Kit Bond and the credibility of war supporters  —  Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond of Missouri, one of George Bush's most blindly loyal Senatorial servants, wrote a letter yesterday to the New York Times which contained a startling admission tossed in as a throwaway line: … Bond told AP the same thing:

Kristol Rips YearlyKos, Run By A 'Left-Wing Blogger' Who Was 'Not Respectable 3-4 Years Ago'  —  Today on Fox News Sunday, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol attacked the Democratic presidential candidates for their decision to attend the YearlyKos blogger convention.

Tammy Faye Bakker, 65, Emotive Evangelist, Dies  —  Tammy Faye Bakker, the diminutive and elaborately coiffed gospel singer who, with her first husband, Jim Bakker, built a commercial empire around television evangelism only to see it collapse in sex and money scandals, died Friday at her home near Kansas City, Mo. She was 65.

Goodness... What's Happened to France?  —  ** Pajamas Media has the official response from the US Embassy on this unbelievable development in France.  —  Here's a closer look:  —  Volunteers form a human chain to honor fallen U.S. troops in World War Two and form the words …

Keeping The Flying Imams Airborne  —  Homeland Security: Despite overwhelming support in and out of Congress, legal protection for airline passengers who report suspicious behavior is being blocked by Democratic leaders.  Wasn't one 9/11 enough for them?  —  Religion

Look who's holding hostages again  —  How do you feel about the American hostages in Iran?  —  No, not the guys back in the Seventies, the ones being held right now.  —  What?  You haven't heard about them?  —  Odd that, isn't it?  But they're there.

Sen. Feingold proposes censuring Bush  —  WASHINGTON - Liberal Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold said Sunday he wants Congress to censure President Bush for his management of the Iraq war and his "assault" against the Constitution.  —  But Feingold's own party leader in the Senate showed little interest in the idea.

McCain loses key South Carolina supporter  —  CHARLESTON, South Carolina (CNN) — After a two week political free-fall, Sen. John McCain received welcome news late this week when a new CNN poll showed he still maintained strong Republican support in South Carolina, a crucial Southern state with an early primary.

John Edwards, Esq.  —  A few months ago, Mrs. Pupster told me she had collected enough Coke rewards points for another magazine subscription, and since none of the choices appealed to her, she picked one for me.  "Maxim?"  I asked hopefully, "Guns and Ammo?  Field and Stream?  ESPN?"  Uhm...no.

Power Without Limits  —  The Bush administration, which has been pushing presidential power to new extremes, is reportedly developing an even more dangerous new theory of executive privilege.  It says that if Congress holds White House officials in contempt for withholding important evidence …

Turks Cast Ballots for New Parliament  —  ANKARA, TURKEY -  —  Turks voted for a new Parliament on Sunday in a contest viewed as pivotal in determining the balance between Islam and secularism in this nation of more than 70 million.  —  Many people cut short vacations to head home to cast their ballots …

Michael Gerson Doesn't Get It  —  Michael Gerson thinks a bit about Syria's and Iran's actions in Iraq, which he summarizes thus: "In a kind of malicious chemistry experiment, hostile powers are adding accelerants to Iraq's frothing chaos.  Iran smuggles the advanced explosive devices that kill and maim American soldiers.

FRANK RICH: I Did Have Sexual Relations With That Woman  —  It's not just the resurgence of Al Qaeda that is taking us back full circle to the fateful first summer of the Bush presidency.  It's the hot sweat emanating from Washington.  Once again the capital is titillated by a scandal featuring …

NBC's David Gregory: The Angry Left Is Not 'Very Serious And Tough' On Iraq  —  On the Chris Matthews Show this morning, NBC White House correspondent David Gregory said that Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) will need to have "her 'Sister Souljah' moment" and distance herself from the "hatred over Iraq" on "the left."

BBC in need  —  Poor old Auntie Beeb is unwell.  She's confused and no longer knows right from wrong, truth from fakery  —  The BBC executive board gathered for its regular meeting last Tuesday morning for coffee, biscuits and meltdown.  The previous evening, at 5pm …