Musharraf Consolidates His Control With Arrests  —  The government of Gen. Pervez Musharraf, making no concessions a day after seizing emergency powers, rounded up leading opposition figures and said Sunday that parliamentary elections could be delayed for as long as a year.

Video: Fred Thompson on MTP, says he doesn't support the Human Life Amendment  —  Sen. Fred Thompson appeared on Meet the Press today and, Clintons take note, had to answer some tough questions asked by host Tim Russert.  He discussed the crisis in Pakistan, his support for concealed carry laws on university campuses, and other issues.

Poll Finds Americans Pessimistic, Want Change  —  One year out from the 2008 election, Americans are deeply pessimistic and eager for a change in direction from the agenda and priorities of President Bush, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Feingold to Oppose Mukasey  —  Statement just released ...

The Turning of an Atheist  —  Unless you are a professional philosopher or a committed atheist, you probably have not heard of Antony Flew.  Eighty-four years old and long retired, Flew lives with his wife in Reading, a medium-size town on the Thames an hour west of London.

New Rules  —  eriposte at The Left Coaster discusses the journalistic malpractice exposed in this exchange from the last debate: … eriposte points out that even though president Clinton subsequently explained that his request (from five years ago) was to speed up the release of documents …

VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Netanyahu on Jerusalem  —  At a briefing of Jewish Communal Leaders Benjamin Netanyahu shares his thoughts on Jerusalem and the upcoming Annapolis "Peace" Summit.

FOXNews Sunday: Poppy Bush Gets Emotional Remembering How We USED To Treat Prisoners  —  On this morning's Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace interviewed former President George H.W. Bush at his Presidential Library in Texas.  Bush defends his son's disastrous presidency, but later in the interview …

Afghan officials: Better care saves 89,000 kids this year  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Close to 90,000 children who would have died before age 5 in Afghanistan during Taliban rule will stay alive this year because of advances in medical care in the country, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday.

Obama Walking a Fine Line Engaging Clinton  —  With Obama Tapping Differences with Clinton: It's a Slow Drip with Flashes of Hot Water  —  One week ago, over coffee and a Sunday paper, people read that Barack Obama intended to start confronting Hillary Clinton more forcefully, upping the intensity to delineate their differences.

Abortion isn't a religious issue  —  Evangelicals are adamant, but religion really has nothing to say about the issue.  —  What makes opposition to abortion the issue it is for each of the GOP presidential candidates is the fact that it is the ultimate "wedge issue" — it is nonnegotiable.

No evidence of Iranian nuclear-weapons program, experts say  —  WASHINGTON — Despite President Bush's claims that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons that could trigger ''World War III,'' experts in and out of government say there's no conclusive evidence that Tehran has an active nuclear-weapons program.

Passengers revolt after being told to fly on jet with its wing tip missing  —  An airline crew faced a rebellion when they told passengers they were going to fly on a jet that had lost its wing tip in a runway crash.  —  The SriLankan Airlines customers had been on the Airbus A340 a day earlier …

FORECLOSURE FALLOUT: Home Sour Home  —  Housing crisis leads some former owners, tenants to take anger out on property  —  The orange "no trespassing" sticker is faded, the seal it once formed over the doorway broken for at least six months.  Joseph Kraemer twists the lockbox key and issues a warning to be prepared.

Almost a Gentleman  —  Midway through Donald McCaig's unexpectedly diverting novel, "Rhett Butler's People," a black man about to be lynched in the post-bellum South asks Rhett to please shoot him dead before the mob breaks into the jail and does worse.  Rhett obliges.  Thus does McCaig correct the record.