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"Fat Chance" Dean Won't Influence Party Message
by Robert Novak

A More Diffident Dean?
by David Broder

The Specter of Nuclear Proliferation
by Graham Allison

Turning a Political Corner in Iraq
by David Ignatius

The UN Oil-for-Food Scandal is Kofi Annan's Fault
by Claudia Rosett

Gentleman Jockeys Win the Derby
by Hugh Hewitt

'Hama Rules'
by Thomas Freidman

My 'Million Dollar' Answer
Why would a conservative criticize Clint Eastwood's latest work? I'll tell you.
by Michael Medved

Class-warfare death wish
by Larry Kudlow
At the Democratic National Committee meeting in Washington, D.C., last Saturday, several party leaders revived the mantra of 'tax cuts for the wealthy' as an attack on President Bush.

Myth illogical
by Alan Reynolds
The AARP claims to represent us seniors, but more often it just lectures us relentlessly.

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
An intellectual history.
By Bryan Curtis

Elliott Abrams
From Iran-Contra to Bush's democracy czar.
By Michael Crowley

Eason's Fable
Bloggers, the old media, and the rise and fall of CNN's Eason Jordan.
by Edward Morrissey

Mitt Romney vs. the Boys from Boston
Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney takes on stem cells, Harvard, and the liberal bioethics establishment.
by Dean Barnett

The Blogs Must Be Crazy
by Peggy Noonan

"Never Again" Again
What is the United Nations going to do about the genocide in Darfur?
by Daniel McKivergan

NY Daily News
Sheff stirs new story
Gary Sheffield wasn't going to talk about steroids this year, he said, not even about Jose Canseco's tell-all tome. But by the time a 15-minute interview was over yesterday, Sheffield had covered steroids from several angles.

La Russa's credibility on the line
By Ann Killion

Reuters
Former MVP Runner-Up Wants Canseco's Award

AP
NYC Seeks to Trademark a New Slogan
Forget "The Big Apple." New York now wants to be known as "The World's Second Home."

Meet a real-life ‘Hitch'
Movie shines a spotlight on date ‘coaches'

USA Today
Literary blogs fill a niche
They're growing in importance as a ‘point of entry' for book lovers
Getting a read on things

Memorial stones
by Skip Ryan

GQ
Upon This Rock
Rock music used to be a safe haven for degenerates and rebels. Until it found Jesus.

Here's what all that fuss was about
Live From New York: The First Five Years of Saturday Night Live (NBC, Sunday, 9 p.m. ET/PT) should focus boomers' hazy memories and provide a comedy history lesson for younger viewers. In an interview with USA TODAY's Bill Keveney, SNL creator Lorne Michaels, who was not directly involved in making the documentary, offers insight into SNL, then and now.