The Tipping Points - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Soft Power, Hard Truths For Europe - Victor Davis Hanson, Wall Street Journal
U.S. Can Sit Back and Watch Europe Implode - Mark Steyn, Chicago Sun-Times
Israel Waiting for Abbas - Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz Daily
Selling Out to China - Andrew Gilligan, The Spectator
Winston Churchill, Neocon? - Jacob Heilbrunn, NY Times Review of Books
The War in Iraq is All But Won - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Ignoring the Invisible Hand - Jim Hoagland, Washington Post
Trade Deal Will Bolster Central American Democracies - Rep. Jeff Flake, AZ Rep
NY Warms to Hillary. Is America Next? - Andrew Sullivan, Sunday Times
The Sorry Fiscal Record of a "Conservative" Administration - David Broder, ST
Conservatives Abandoning Their Principles - C. McNickle, Pittsburgh Trib-Rev
Conservatively Speaking - David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
What Dean Means - Matt Bai, New York Times Magazine
The GOP Values Trap - Ryan Sager, New York Post
Liberal Uses of Power - P. Starr, M. Tomasky & R. Kuttner, American Prospect
Can Liberalism Survive? - John Leo, US News & World Report
'Uncommon Valor a Common Virtue' - Robert Caldwell, SD Union-Tribune

Editorials:
Bush Shoots Straight, But Maintains Diplomacy - Chicago Sun-Times
Actions, Not Words - Jerusalem Post
Thousands Died in Africa Yesterday - New York Times
Does Canada Stand For Anything? - National Post

Evening Update Archive • News Stories • Political News • Talk Show Transcripts

Why Not Here? - David Brooks, New York Times
Medicine and Free Markets: The Health of Nations - Arnold Relman, New Republic
The War On Terror Began With Salman Rushdie - J. Rauch, National Journal
The Making Of A 9/11 Republican - Cinnamon Stillwell, San Francisco Chronicle
Inside the Committee that Runs the World - David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy
President Cheney? - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
How Dems Could Win on Stem-Cell Law - Eleanor Clift, Newsweek
Frist, Hastert Differ in Style - Charles Babington & Mike Allen, Washington Post
All Parties Should Court the Black Vote - Bill Stamps, Los Angeles Times
The Revival of the U.S.-Japanese Alliance (pdf) - Daniel Blumenthal, AEI Online
The Least Bad Iran Option - Jeffrey Bergner, Weekly Standard
Mr. Sharansky, Ease My Doubts - Martin Kramer, Tel Aviv University
Democracy for All - Thomas Woods Jr., The American Conservative
An Absence of Rigor in Our Universities - Hillel Goldberg, Rocky Mountain News
"We Think You're Dirt" - James Glassman, TechCentralStation
Hollywood Bets on Chris Rock's 'Indecency' - Frank Rich, New York Times
This Column is Great, Trust Me - Ben MacIntyre, Times of London

Editorials:
Bush Overture Demands a Response - Financial Times
An Opening on Social Security - Washington Post
Missile Defense - Investor's Business Daily
Argentina’s Debt Restructuring - The Economist

American Politics In The Networking Era - Michael Barone, National Journal
What Is the Democrats' Secret Number? - Matt Miller, Fortune
Kansas on My Mind - Paul Krugman, New York Times
The War on the War on Poverty - Myron Magnet, Wall Street Journal
'Welfare State' Under Siege - Jules Witcover, Baltimore Sun
Merchants of Despair - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review Online
'Our Guys Stayed and Fought' - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Grownup Israel is Headed for Peace - Charles Krauthammer, NY Daily News
Respecting China - H.D.S. Greenway, Boston Globe
A Shell Game in the Arms Race - Matthew Godsey and Gary Milhollin, NY Times
Russia, Democracy and the United States - Yuri Ushakov, USA Today
Republicans, Bloggers and Gays, Oh My! - Ann Coulter, Universal Press Syndicate
Hell 'n' Keller - Jack Shafer, Slate
Hillary the Chameleon - David Limbaugh, Townhall
Dems Miss the Boat With Dean - Jeremy Golubcow-Teglasi, Daily Princetonian
Value of School Vouchers is Now Clear - Robert Robb, Arizona Republic
Taking a Wrecking Ball to Property Rights - Collin Levey, Seattle Times

Editorials:
Europe Decides That Bush May Be Right After All - Wall Street Journal
Prod Putin on Freedoms, But Don't Isolate Key Ally - USA Today
Slimming Down the Air Force - New York Times
A Very Ominous Threat - Chicago Tribune

New Debate Over Black Identity - Stanley Crouch, NY Daily News
Is Iraq's New PM an Extremist?: Amir Taheri | Juan Cole | Ralph Peters
Can Peace Take Root in Lebanon? - Helena Cobban, Christian Science Monitor
Taking on Tehran - Kenneth Pollack and Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs
To Russia, With Tough Love - Strobe Talbott, New York Times
Mob Rule in Academia - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle
Feminists Get Hysterical - Heather Mac Donald, City Journal
A Budget Problem No One Wants To Face - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Honey, I Shrunk the Dollar - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Reality Mugs Us All - Suzanne Fields, Washington Times
The Business of Jihad - David Enders, The Nation
The Anti-Conservatives - Patrick Buchanan, American Conservative
Conservative Case for Bush's Immigration Plan - Tamar Jacoby, Weekly Standard
Specter Unbound - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Rehnquist Reign One of the Most Influential - Richard Garnett, Legal Affairs
Latin America's Infection - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times
Can Europe Speak With One Voice? - Timothy Garton Ash, The Guardian
Chicago's Mayor Daley Just Likes to Solve Problems - Joseph Epstein, WSJ
RCP Commentary: Cheaters Lie and Liars Cheat

Editorials:
Tear Down Those Walls - Investor's Business Daily
Mr. Sharon's Giant Step - New York Times
China, Japan and the West - The Economist
The President Survives a Secret Recording - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Beirut's Berlin Wall - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Lebanon's Liberation Approaches - Daniel Pipes, New York Sun
Who Killed Rafik Hariri? - Patrick Seale, The Guardian
Syrian Survival Strategy - Farid Ghadry, Washington Times
Bush in Bratislava: Masha Lipman | Helle Dale | Katka Krosnar
Freedom? Why Europe's Not Bothered - Janet Daley, Daily Telegraph
Europe Is No Pillar of U.S. Security - Robert Robb, Arizona Republic
Allies and Allies - Tom Donnelly, Weekly Standard
Bush's Mad Cap Idea - Lawrence Kudlow, Kudlow's Money Politics
ISO: Working-Class Democrats - Harold Meyerson, Washington Post
The Dems' Hispanic Problem - Mark Mellman, The Hill
Make the Tax Cuts Permanent - Senator Jon Kyl, RealClearPolitics
Journalistic Malpractice - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Schumer Gets Into Big Ring - Lizzy Ratner, New York Observer
Romney's Stem-Cell-Logic Pile-Up - Froma Harrop, Providence Journal
The Real Refugee Scandal - Claudia Rosett, Wall Street Journal
The Secret Genocide Archive - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times

Editorials:
Ibrahim Jafari: New York Times | Los Angeles Times
Pressing Putin To Mend His Ways - The Economist
Prosecutor of the Times - Wall Street Journal

People Power Hits Lebanon - Amir Taheri, New York Post
Is Bush Ready To Be a Bismarck? - Martin Kettle, The Guardian
Atlanticist Small Talk Is All That's Left - Mark Steyn, Daily Telegraph
Can America Be Trusted? - Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
Before Bratislava - Yuri Ushakov, Washington Post
Bush and Schroeder Will Paper Over Differences - C. Bertram, Miami Herald
Iranian Distrust of U.S. is 50 Years in the Making - B. Yaghmaian, USA Today
American Demography and Support for Israel - Richard Baehr, American Thinker
The War We Haven't Finished - Frank Carlucci, New York Times
Our Mission Remains Vital - Kofi Annan, Wall Street Journal
Liberal Feelings vs. Judeo-Christian Values - Dennis Prager, Creators
The Battle Over Judges: Byron York | Bruce Fein | Ron Brownstein | Hugh Hewitt
When Our Justice is Unjust - Paul Campos, Rocky Mountain News
Stop Chainsawing the Constitution - Timothy Sandefur, Pittsburgh Trib-Review
Medicaid is on Path to Bankrupt States - William Murchison, RealClearPolitics
As Gonzo in Life as in His Work - Tom Wolfe, Wall Street Journal
Hunter, What Were You Thinking? - Mark Shaw, Aspen Daily News

Editorials:
Bush in Europe: Financial Times | Times of London | Guardian | Jerusalem Post
China's Provocative Law Stirs the Pot - Seattle Times
Et Tu, Weadie? - Dallas Morning News
Hunter S. Thompson, RIP - New York Post

Why Millions Say, Softly, God Bless America - Paul Johnson, Forbes
President Bush’s Governing Philosophy - Peter Wehner, The Hudson Institute
Three Reasons Why US & Europe Won't Make Up - Niall Ferguson, The Guardian
Say Yes To Europe - Sebastian Mallaby, Washington Post
How to Reach Out to the Europeans - Gerard Baker, Weekly Standard
The Foundations of the Military-Industrial Complex - Robert Novak, Chicago ST
A Culture Of Deceit - Ralph Peters, New York Post
Tort 'Reform' Triumphs - Dan Zegart, The Nation
A Demographic Tsunami - Ralph Reiland, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
A Political Case for Social Security Reform - Gary Becker, Wall Street Journal
Government for Hire - Stephen Goldsmith and William Eggers, New York Times
The Political Cost of Selective Recounts - Michael Barone, RealClearPolitics
Negroponte and Hayden: Intelligence Dream Team - John Roberts II, Wash Times
Are Bloggers Journalists? - Michael McGough, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
What Harvard's President and His Critics Got Wrong - William Saletan, Slate
Bucking the Deans at Dartmouth - Scott Johnson, The Daily Standard
Last of the Confederates - Cathy Young, Boston Globe
RCP Commentary: Will 2008 Be The Year of the Woman?

Editorials:
Bush Reaches Out to Old Adversaries - Financial Times
A New Environmentalism - Chicago Tribune
An 'Annie Hall' Moment - Wall Street Journal