Juan Cole has the latest in Iraq.

TMV reviews Peggy Noonan: Peggy Noonan Strikes Again

BlondeSense has this Quote: “The problem was signaled when the 9/11 attack on America did not generate the enlistments expected.”

CBR tells Delay: “But I do congratulate Congressman DeLay for switching the spotlight from his own problems to an episode of a TV show.

Steve Gilliard: " The time has come to call the GOP policy for the fraud it is and frame "toughness" as a way to promote and protect this country without claiming an imperial right."

James Wolcott: ABC's Terry Moran--the one with the purty mouth--recently gave an interview to the supercilious radio host and blogger, Hugh Hewitt, whose patrician nose is securely embedded in George Bush's patrician winkhole.

Then there's this article from emailer LHM: Non-citizen mother of slain U.S. soldier rejected by Gold Star organization : "There's nothing we can do because that's what our organization says: You have to be an American citizen," national President Ann Herd said Thursday. "We can't go changing the rules every time the wind blows."