New South Park Season Starts Tonight

Chavez says oil should not fall below $60 a barrel
Wall Street Bucks Negative Economy News, Stocks Rise
Ga. Mother Seeks Harry Potter Ban
‘Ban Harry Potter or face more school shootings’
Conservatives worry scandal will hit ‘value voter’ turnout
Hastert rival sees surge in support
Page Scandal Complicates Race For ‘Mr. Clout’
N. Korea to test nuclear device
U.S. may back Iran on nuke alliance
Mozart Opera Cancelled Over Islam Worries Could Open in December
Mercer considering new medical school
Bernanke:  Baby Boomers Will Strain U.S.


Montero:  Pain in slums of Chavez
Blankley:  Hastert should resign
Califano:  When the House Could Clean Itself
Shapiro:  Mark Foley Shames Republicans, But Would Do Democrats Proud
Williams:  Discrimination, prejudice and preferences
Stossel:  Hooray for DDT’s life-saving comeback
Bartlett:  Evolving democracy
McCormack:  An African Taliban
Seipp:  Cruising on Comedy Central

Hastert in Hot Water

Hastert:  GOP Could Not Have Done More to Probe Foley’s E-mails With Teen
Speaker Hastert Defends Handling of Rep. Foley Scandal
Hastert Dismisses Call for Resignation
Papers Knew of Foley E-Mail but Did Not Publish Stories
After Foley, New Fears For the GOP
New Foley Instant Messages; Had Internet Sex While Awaiting House Vote
Bush Proposes School Safety Conference After String of Deadly Attacks
‘Sensitivity training’ for U.S. troops in Iraq
Mexico urges Bush to veto U.S. border fence bill
Dow Jones Industrial Average Surges to New All-Time High
Oil dives below $59, OPEC head calls for more cuts
Inhofe on CNN this morning; CNN anchor cites fictional movie as defense
Atlantic hurricane season nearly over:  forecaster
Women Sign ‘We Had Abortions’ Petition
High-calorie diet fattens prisoners at Guantanamo Bay
Eric Clapton Rethinks Playing ‘Cocaine’
Forget airbags, silicon breasts will do


Washington Times:  Resign, Mr. Speaker
IBD:  Did Democrats Page Mark Foley?
Pfeiffer:  Foley joins list of sex scandals on Capitol Hill
Johnson:  Perhaps GOP Should Take a ‘Page’ Out of Democrats’ Book
Kudlow:  Step Aside, Speaker Hastert
NR Editors:  Foley and His Friends
Saunders:  They story they didn’t want to know
Thomas:  Scandal?  What scandal?
Miniter:  The Problem Isn’t Foley
WSJ:  Paging Mr. Hastert
Sowell:  Socialism for the rich
Whaley:  Raise bar for HOPE recipients
Murdock:  WHO’s Thumbs-up

Congress on Recess; Sicko Foley Out

The laughing 9/11 bombers
$1,000,000,000,000:  The cost of capping greenhouse gas emissions
Congress adjourns for election with work unfinished
No Bill Too Small for GOP Incumbents in Tight Elections
Trading Votes for Pork Across the House Aisle
Bush to sign bill to prevent Internet gambling
The Republicans’ Secret Weapon
GOP Rep. Says He Told Hastert of Foley
Foley’s Resignation Sends GOP Scrambling
Foley Resigns Over Sexually Explicit Messages to Minors
GOP Staff Warned Pages About Foley in 2001
Conservatives Call on Hastert to Resign
3 minutes, one tax bill, $100,000 for Perdue
One small word is one giant sigh of relief for Armstrong
Chavez Says He Has White House Informant


IBD:  Cooling Down The Climate Scare
Caruba:  Global Warming Scares Heat Up
Fund:  On the Waterfront--Still
WSJ:  The GOP Record
Will:  Speechless In Seattle
Novak:  Clinton’s Flawed Legacy
Barber:  Corrupt black leadership and culture of failure impede black progress
Jacoby:  Dumbing down democracy

My college football picks went a very impressive 23-2 this week, bringing me to a season total of 121-24 (83.4%).  I will issue this week’s picks on Thursday.

Week 5 Football Picks

Senate Sends $448B Defense Bill to President
Tony Snow:  Previous presidency hurt terrorism fight
Inhofe responds to criticism about global warming
Senate OKs detainees tribunal bill
Abortion rights, global warming among cases set for Supreme Court
Mexico Opposes Border Wall
Oliver Stone Says He is ‘Ashamed for My Country’


Washington Times:  The war against the war
Goldberg:  Terrorists’ Excuse du Jour
McCormack:  Terrorists in Dixie?
Milloy:  Enviros Target Target
North:  Clinton’s Braggadocio Will Haunt U.S. in War on Terror
Caldwell:  Iraqis draw closer to self-sufficiency
French:  The Left’s Seminaries

Top 25
#1 Ohio State vs. #13 Iowa
#3 USC vs. Washington State
#6 Michigan vs. Minnesota
Sam Houston State vs. #7 Texas
Purdue vs. #12 Notre Dame
#14 Oregon vs. Arizona State
#20 California vs. Oregon State
Kansas vs. #21 Nebraska
#22 Boise State vs. Utah
#23 Rutgers vs. South Florida
Colorado vs. #25 Missouri

SEC
Alabama vs. #5 Florida
Mississippi State vs. #9 LSU
#10 Georgia vs. Mississippi
#15 Tennessee vs. Memphis
Central Michigan vs. Kentucky
Temple vs. Vanderbilt

ACC
#24 Georgia Tech vs. #11 Virginia Tech
Louisiana Tech vs. #18 Clemson
Virginia vs. Duke
Maine vs. Boston College
Liberty vs. Wake Forest
Houston vs. Miami

NY Times Sees Democrat Senate Majority

New Hope for Democrats in Bid for Senate
GOP blocks defense, homeland bills
Iran Rejects Demands to Halt Enrichment
Visas for Skilled Workers Still Frozen
Kidnap Christians, urges purported al Qaeda in Iraq tape
More Voters Blame Bush For Failure to Catch Bin Laden
Republicans reject amendment by Specter
Bloggers ogle at Google Earth’s topless sunbathers


Washington Times: A new line from liberal vets
Geraghty: Blue state ‘roots
Greenberg: On to (military) justice
Will: Checkout for an Undemocratic Checkoff
Bluey: What Did GOP Get for Backing Chafee? A Silent Filibuster of Bolton
Coulter: I Did Not Have Sex With That Nomad, Osama Bin Laden
Reagan: Leaks: Let’s Dare Call Them Treason
Griswold: Fools to the Farm
MacKinnon: Traitors among us
Jeff Scott: Senate Predictions: Republicans Lose Four Seats
Moore: Golden opportunity for Jackets


Top 25
Brigham Young vs. #17 TCU

SEC
#2 Auburn vs. South Carolina

Opera cancelled due to Muslim thuggery

Politicians slam Berlin opera for canceling Idomeneo
German leader warns against censorship over cancellation of opera
Democrats delay GOP bills in Senate
Bush signs bill to create spending database
Dow flirts with record
7-Eleven to End Relationship with Venezuela-Backed Citgo
NYC proposes ban on trans fats in restaurant food
Bush administration willing to hold off on Iran sanctions for now
G.O.P. Said to Pick Twin Cities for Convention
Colleges accused of failing civics test
US troop presence keeps neighbors from invading Iraq:  Talabani


Du Pont:  What Do You Know?
Stossel:  Big business loves government
Rusher:  Must we put up with the United Nations?
Medved:  Truth, Taxes, and The GOP
Williams:  Discrimination or Prejudice
Rep. Flake:  Egregious Earmark of the Week:  $1 Million for Supercomputing in Colorado
Goldberg:  When Push Comes to Torture

Sen. Inhofe Responds to Global Warming Hysteria

Oil Dips Below $60; Gas Now at $2.38
Opec considers drop in output
Some motorists suspicious about slide in gas prices
Rice boils over at Bubba
Global Temperature Highest in Millenia
Global warming?
Inhofe to blast global warming media coverage in speech today on the Senate floor
Inhofe:  Hot & Cold Media Spin:  A Challenge to Journalists Who Cover Global Warming
Anxious Dems eye power of the purse on Iraq
Green Party Candidate For Senate Off Pa. Ballot


Cass:  Bill Clinton:  Play It As It Lies
Morris:  The real Clinton emerges
Washington Times:  Bill Clinton misremembers
Thomas:  Clinton Gives Us Another Finger
Gaffney:  Soak the Americans
Muth:  Relief for Battered Conservative Syndrome

Clinton Snaps on Fox News Sunday

Clinton, Fox Anchor Battle in Interview
Reporter:  Clinton’s anger like a ‘mountain coming down’
Clinton interview transcript
‘Light cigarette’ lawsuit OK’d
Constitution 101 a federal mandate
Christian Conservatives Look to Re-energize Base
Both Parties Sensing Tighter House Races
Congress Ending, but Much Is Left Undone
PETA Upset at Six Flags Roach Contest


York:  Bill Clinton’s Excuses
Hewitt:  Touch A Sore Spot, President Clinton?
Kelly:  Cherry-pickers
Mowbray:  Democrats’ dilemma
Hutchinson:  Republicans’ claim to King has merit
Lips:  Is Constitution Day Unconstitutional?
Novak:  The Bush Administration’s Failure of Governance
Hanson:  Islamic Fascism 101
McCluskey:  They’re All Federal Educators Now
Saunders:  Lifestyles of Lear Jet liberals

My college football picks this week were 25-3, bringing me to a season total of 98-22 (81.7%).

Week 4 Football Picks

‘A dozen al Qaeda plots to kill people were stopped because of the information they got from coercive interrogation’
Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Appears at ‘Victory’ Rally
Hamas speaks out against recognizing Israel
Bush ‘taken aback’ by claim of U.S. threat against Pakistan
Chavez Repeats ‘Devil’ Comment at Harlem Event
Rangel rebukes Chavez on Bush
Harkin defends Venezuelan President’s U-N speech against Bush
The Big Apple hits back – hard
Chomsky’s good news:  He’s not dead & his book is hot
Beef up FDA resources, regulations, panel says
Drug imports from Canada set to be eased


York:  If Republicans can pull this one out…
Mehlman:  ‘Republicans Will Make History’
Dean:  ‘Democrats Offer a New Direction’
USAToday:  Cost of gasoline plunges.  Who’s fixing prices now?
Milloy:  Day of Reckoning for DDT Foes?
Krauthammer:  Tolerance:  A Two-Way Street
Murawiec:  The Wisdom of Benedict XVI
Keene:  Searching for moderate Muslims
Towery:  It’s Time for America to Leave the UN
Limbaugh:  Playing into the Enemy’s Hands
Coulter:  Are Videotaped Beheadings Covered by Geneva?
NR Editors:  November on the Border


Top 25
#24 Penn State vs. #1 Ohio State
#3 USC vs. Arizona
#4 West Virginia vs. East Carolina
Wisconsin vs. #6 Michigan
Iowa State vs. #7 Texas
#8 Louisville vs. Kansas State
#12 Notre Dame vs. Michigan State
#14 Iowa vs. Illinois
Middle Tennessee State vs. #17 Oklahoma
#22 Arizona State vs. #21 California
Troy vs. #23 Nebraska
Hawaii vs. #25 Boise State

SEC
Buffalo vs. #2 Auburn
Kentucky vs. #5 Florida
Colorado vs. #9 Georgia
Tulane vs. #10 LSU
Marshall vs. #15 Tennessee
Alabama vs. Arkansas
Mississippi State vs. UAB
Tennessee State vs. Vanderbilt
Florida Atlantic vs. South Carolina

ACC
Cincinnati vs. #11 Virginia Tech
Rice vs. #18 Florida State
North Carolina vs. #19 Clemson
#20 Boston College vs. NC State
Florida International vs. Maryland

ACC-SEC
Wake Forest vs. Mississippi

Underwood Interview Today!

Colorado State professor disputes global warming is human-caused
Boeing May Help Catch Illegal Immigrants
N.Y. County Targets Illegal Immigration
Islamists in U.S. prisons pose threat, report says
Georgia Law Requiring Voters to Show Photo ID Is Thrown Out
Meddling Judiciary:  Judge Reinstates Ban on Forest Roads


Page:  Osama wants a dance
Bartlett:  Status Quo Election?
Stossel:  It’s Hard to Tell a Conservative From a Liberal
Carney:  U.S. Subsidies Put Chinese Ethanol in Your Gas Tank
Bereit:  America Must Stand With South Dakota
Bothwell:  The Economics of Beer Drinking
Williams:  What’s Prejudice?

ACC
Virginia vs. Georgia Tech

Bush speaks to UN; Ahmadinejad tonight

Poll finds rebound in Bush approval
CNN’s Bill Schneider:  Lower Prices A Big Oil Conspiracy?
Oil market out of balance as price falls:  OPEC
Senate set to consider fence bill
Jimmy Carter:  Bush Backs ‘Torture’
Bush to U.N.:  U.S. wants peace
Bush Appeals to Muslims in U.N. Speech
Few Black Churches Get Funds
White House uploads anti-drug videos to YouTube
Pac-10 suspends officials for one game after late Oklahoma-Oregon mistakes


Greenberg:  Havana, U.S.S.R.
Zaheer:  Violence hurts Muslims’ case
NR Editors:  Measuring Words
Caruba:  What the Pope Actually Said
Colson:  Proving his point
OpinionJournal.com:  Benedict the Brave
Goldberg:  Bring on the Democrats
Weyrich:  Student Needs for Understanding Our Freedom And Liberty

Muslims Angry Again

Arab op-ed:  Pope’s remarks may lead to war
Possible pope link to nun’s death
Sweden:  Right coalition wins power
Republicans gain in midterm polls
Corruption That Shook Capitol Isn’t Rattling Elections
Senate ‘hold’ a big monkey wrench
McCain, in New Hampshire, Gets an Earful From the Right
Anti-Abortion Groups Buy Up Real Estate to Shut Down Clinics
When First Amendment hits ‘close to home,’ teens care


Scarborough:  Save Yourself, Blame Bush
Fund:  Time for a Time-Out?
Taranto:  War Inside the Wire
Stephens:  The Liberals’ War
Nowrasteh:  The Path to Hysteria
Fields:  Vive this difference
Barr:  Scientific research ruse
Steyn:  Droning toward sensitivity
Lambro:  GOP’s ‘microtargeting’ strategy
Rep. Boehlert:  Washington’s Energy Failure
Wooten:  Messages from Sweden
Saunders:  Undocumented government workers
Prelutsky:  Walls and fences
Lowry:  The Sick Man of the Midwest

My college football picks went 22-6 this week (including 6-1 in games between two ranked teams), putting me at a season total of 73-19 (79.3%).

Week 3 Football Picks

Senate Panel Defies Bush on Terror
McCain stands his ground on CIA jails
House OKs measure to curb pork spending
House passes border fence
Inflation Relaxes on Moderated Energy Prices
Rep. Ney Agrees to Plead Guilty
Raul not Fidel Castro presides as Cuba assumes Non-aligned Movement chairmanship
Drought punishes crops in South
Consumer confidence skyrockets


Washington Times:  A skewed view of detainee rights
Hanson:  Those Saudi Students
Murdock:  Connected
Rahn:  Who is the freest of all?
Cillizza:  The Line:  Virginia Senate Seat Now in Play
Tancredo:  What We Learned From Randy Graf’s Win
LaRue:  Commemorating Constitution While at War
Bluey:  Coburn, Obama Pick Next Target:  FEMA’s No-Bid Contracts
Vranich:  All Aboard Fiscal Conservatism


Top 25
Cincinnati vs. #1 Ohio State
#11 Michigan vs. #2 Notre Dame
#19 Nebraska vs. #4 USC
#8 Texas vs. Rice
#15 Oklahoma vs. #18 Oregon
Iowa State vs. #16 Iowa
#24 Texas Tech vs. #20 TCU
Portland State vs. #21 California
#22 Arizona State vs. Colorado
Youngstown State vs. #25 Penn State

SEC
#6 LSU vs. #3 Auburn
#7 Florida vs. #13 Tennessee
UAB vs. #10 Georgia
Arkansas vs. Vanderbilt
Mississippi vs. Kentucky
Tulane vs. Mississippi State
Wofford vs. South Carolina
Louisiana-Monroe vs. Alabama

ACC
#17 Miami vs. #12 Louisville
Clemson vs. #9 Florida State
Duke vs. #14 Virginia Tech
Brigham Young vs. #23 Boston College
Wake Forest vs. Connecticut
Western Michigan vs. Virginia
Furman vs. North Carolina
NC State vs. Southern Miss
Troy vs. Georgia Tech

"Get Elected Governor"

Johnson, Koering, fight off challengers
Ahmadinejad:  We can better lead the world
Whiff of bankruptcy jolts Air(head) America
Air(head) America stiffs Al Franken
Military will meet ’06 recruiting goals
Men are more intelligent than women, claims new study
Analyst predicts plunge in gas prices
White House Seeks a Way to Keep Bolton at the U.N.
Feds to require stability control on all vehicles
How to get a $100,000 tax break?  Says Sonny:  “Well, you get elected governor, Brian.”
WSJ/Zogby puts Perdue under 50%, and the Libertarian pulling strong
Congress sets up website to provide data on government spending


Murchison:  Those poor, poor terrorists
Will:  Democrats Vs. Wal-Mart
Novak:  Armitage’s Leak
Domin:  Shift of power to the Democrats not likely
Petersen:  Lumber Pain
Olasky:  Compassionate Conservatism:  Still Kicking


ACC
Maryland vs. #5 West Virginia

Chafee Wins in RI; Conservatives Betrayed

Chafee Wins in R.I. As 9 States, DC Vote
Arizona GOP Primary Won by Conservative
Mehlman to spend $60M, five times Dean’s $12M
Steinem, Fonda Radio Network Launched
Soros Gives $50 Million to U.N. Poverty Project
Novak:  Armitage did not tell all
World has tapped just 18 percent of global oil supplies, Saudi executive says
9/11 T-shirts no exception
Minimum wage laws multiply in states
El Nino climate pattern forms in Pacific Ocean
Treasury:  Federal Deficit Down 14.1 Pct.
Private schools may not increase student debt, study finds
Pentagon:  Release of Taliban Funeral Photo Unauthorized
Air America To Declare Bankruptcy
GOP calls ‘elite’ out of touch on immigration
What to wear?  Oregon has 384 game-day choices


Marr:  Gloom at the IRS
Buckley:  Let’s quit while we’re behind
Ponnuru:  How to Win by Losing
Stossel:  Secrets in the Senate
Williams:  Constitution day
Evans-Novak Political Report
Farah:  When Big Brother Wants Your ‘Stuff’
Bluey:  RI-Sen:  Liddy Dole Wasted NRSC’s Money
NR Editors:  The Importance of Being a Laffey
Lopez:  Pro-life Generation?

Primary Day in Rhode Island

Under fire, Democrat retreats
Top Aide to Sadr Outlines Vision of a U.S.-Free Iraq
Al-Qaida Offshoot Blamed in Syria Attack
9/11’s ‘astonishing unity’ has given way to bitter partisanship
With ethics bill stalemated, House seeks to shed light on earmarks
‘Blogosphere’ spurs government oversight
House GOP going for broke to hold seats
Iran still refusing to halt enrichment
Average gas price falls 11 cents a gallon in a week
Oil Prices Fall for 7th Straight Session


Feder:  Shutting out Taiwan
Kristol & Lowry:  Reinforce Baghdad
Rusher:  Is it a ‘war’?
Pence:  We Need More Conservatives in Congress
NR Editors:  Real Reform
Laffey:  Taxpayer Rip-Off of the Week:  $600,000 for Wis. Babcock Institute
Truthcaucus.com:  To Wit – Forget this, let the Democrats have it
Truthcaucus.com:  Desperation hits Rhode Island

9/11: Five Years Later

Tortured screams ring out as Iraqis take over Abu Ghraib
Rockefeller:  Bush Duped Public On Iraq
Senate:  No Prewar Saddam-al-Qaeda Ties
Hardliner Iranian President Applies for U.S. Visa
Al-Zawahri:  Gulf, Israel Next Targets
Sept. 11 Creates New Lexicon
Opec concerned over falling oil prices
For Democrats’ Hopes, Less Promise in New York
2 Georgia Races May Threaten Democrats’ Struggle for Power
Senate seat on line for GOP in Rhode Island primary
Gay GOP Candidate Runs in Minn. Primary
In Cost and Vitriol, Race in Arizona Draws Notice
Medicare Costs to Increase for Wealthier Beneficiaries
Mayor vetoes Chicago’s ‘living wage’ ordinance aimed at big retailers


Joscelyn:  Rules of Evidence
Jacoby:  A new low in Bush-hatred
Steyn:  9/11 enemies are still hiding in plain sight
Hitchens:  Solidarity
Malkin:  War of words
Pataki:  How We Should Remember September 11
Colson:  Lessons learned and unlearned
Prelutsky:  Jihad this!
Feder:  In the War on Terror, Liberals Are More Dangerous Than Muslims
Davis:  Detainees Are Treated Well – Perhaps Too Well
Phillips:  Diverting Iran From the Nuclear Path
Giles:  I need a shot of Cuervo, a Big Doobie and the Liberals to Pray for Me


Note:  My football picks went 26-5 this week, bringing me to a total of 51-13 (79.7%).    

Week 2 Football Picks

Armitage On CIA Leak:  ‘I Screwed Up’
Bin Laden taunts West on eve of September 11 anniversary
Sen. Biden Offers National Security Plan
Conservatives, liberals hit ‘honor system’ on border
House Republicans reject illegal-aliens amnesty bill
Immigration Rally’s Low Turnout Disappoints Advocates
States Must Find Welfare Recipients Jobs
Windows HS:  Microsoft designs a school system
Education Department eases stand on teacher quality
Federal Protection Sought for Giant Smelly Earthworm


West:  Are we in denial?
Byrd:  Thwack!  Will Democrats never learn?
Beichman:  Children soldiers
Washington Times:  Focused on national security
Krauthammer:  Iraq:  A Civil War We Can Still Win
Milloy:  Green CEOs Bad for Business
Sajak:  ‘Reform’ Is Misleading Word in Quest to Improve Our Electoral System

Top 25
#1 Ohio State vs. #2 Texas
#19 Penn State vs. #4 Notre Dame
Eastern Washington vs. #6 West Virginia
Central Michigan vs. #10 Michigan
#13 Louisville vs. Temple
#14 Iowa vs. Syracuse
Washington vs. #15 Oklahoma
#20 Oregon vs. Fresno State
Nicholls State vs. #21 Nebraska
Minnesota vs. #22 California
UC-Davis vs. #23 TCU
#24 Texas Tech vs. UTEP
Nevada vs. #25 Arizona State

SEC
#3 Auburn vs. Mississippi State
UCF vs. #7 Florida
Arizona vs. #8 LSU
Air Force vs. #11 Tennessee
#12 Georgia vs. South Carolina
Mississippi vs. Missouri
Vanderbilt vs. Alabama
Texas State vs. Kentucky
Utah State vs. Arkansas

ACC
Troy vs. #9 Florida State
#16 Virginia Tech vs. North Carolina
Florida A&M vs. #17 Miami
#18 Clemson vs. Boston College
Akron vs. NC State
Duke vs. Wake Forest
Samford vs. Georgia Tech
Wyoming vs. Virginia
Middle Tennessee State vs. Maryland

Facebook stalking makes news

Inside the Backlash Against Facebook
Web social site Facebook hit by privacy protests
War Turns Southern Women Away From GOP
Cindy Sheehan:  Confessions of a dangerous mom
Iraq Takes Control of Military From U.S.
Lawmakers berate BP over lax maintenance of Alaska pipeline
Offshore-drilling legislation heats up
Oil falls to five-month low after stocks build
Senate committee postpones vote on Bolton nomination
Report:  U.S. not ready for disaster
On border, a daily game of cat and mouse
Border security on tap for GOP
Georgia colleges get mixed grades
Use of Secret Jails Draws Mixed Reaction
Al-Jazeera broadcasts Al-Qaeda video preparing 9/11 attacks


Will:  Japan’s Wrenching Choices
Andres:  ‘E’ for earmark
Sowell:  The new nomenklatura
Lambro:  Shifting winds for GOP
Elder:  Anti-war rant -- "Chicken Hawk!”
Coulter:  Joe Wilson:  The End of an Error
Novak:  Democrats’ Dilemma
USAToday:  Bush puts 9/11 suspects in Gitmo, Congress on the spot
USAToday:  Mexico’s sore loser

Third Parties Picking Up Momentum!

Romney bars state security for Iranian’s Harvard visit
Democrats say U.S. less safe since 9/11
Poll:  Iraq war could wound GOP at polls
Parliament speaker:  Iraq has months to avert collapse
Dems to push for no-confidence vote on Rumsfeld
White House Chief of Staff slams Dem leader
Antiwar Message Travels From Texas to Washington
Arizona voters driven by border
In Bellwether District, G.O.P. Runs on Immigration
U.S. immigration overhaul impossible:  Senate leader
Florence could become hurricane by weekend
Third candidates could tilt number of races
Oil slumps to lowest since May on robust US supply


Peyser:  She looked like a little girl who had to go potty
Ullman:  Signs of danger
Washington Times:  Al Qaeda on the left
Washington Times:  Bush on the war
Medved:  Why seek “proportional” warfare?
Blankley:  Appeasement -- It Won’t Work This Time
Dobbs:  Voters won’t tolerate ‘axis of amnesty’
Marcus:  Lieberman Redux in Rhode Island?
Barr:  Bring on third-party relief
Gingrich:  The American Eleven:  A Values-Led Plan for Victory in November
Stossel:  Busybody politicians, get off our backs
Williams:  What’s discrimination?
Utt:  Will Senate Raid Treasury for Amtrak?

GOP gives up on immigration

‘Hezbollah is arming Gaza for a new war on Israel’, says Israel’s spy chief
Israel plans for war with Iran and Syria
Iran Snubs Annan over Nuclear Program
Friends of Hillary hint she may pull out of presidential race
More GOP Districts Counted as Vulnerable
Science tempers fears on climate change
No. 2 al-Qaeda leader in Iraq Arrested
American Appears in New al-Qaeda Tape
Colo. man who kept sex slave gets 28 years
S. Fla. counties push for Ernesto aid
Croc Hunter’s stingray death caught on film
Hateful ‘Move’ vs. Joe
Promising New Oil Find in Gulf of Mexico
G.O.P. Sets Aside Work on Immigration
Immigration activists spar at Phoenix rally
Rallies fail to energize Hispanic turnout
Court Names Calderon Mexico’s President-Elect
Tech steamed by controversial call


Chapman:  Wrong road to future fuels
Driessen:  Nuclear power to the rescue
Sowell:  Marriages and laws
Washington Times:  The Plame ‘conspiracy’
Scarborough:  The flameout of the Plame game
Murdock:  Stethoscope socialism
Krauze:  Mexico:  Democracy Under Threat
Macon Telegraph:  A real bipartisan effort
Bookman:  Iraq battle only a facet of big mission
USAToday:  Congress’ fiddling leaves cities fighting illegal immigration
Barletta:  We’re just enforcing the law
Kudlow:  The Dems Never Learn
Lambro:  Economy Bad?  Sorry, Numbers Don’t Add Up
WSJ:  Incomes and Politics
WSJ:  Congress’s Last Stand
Rosett:  Excess Baggage
Ottolenghi:  Everything You Know About The Recent Mideast War Is Wrong
Laffey:  Taxpayer Rip-Off of the Week

My college football picks were 25-8 this week.  I will post this week’s picks on Friday.

Week 1 Football Picks

Experts Lower Hurricane Forecast to 5
Interceptor downs missile in test over Pacific
LEAD:  U.S. sees ‘good chance’ to hit N. Korea missiles after defense test
Highly enriched uranium found in Iran

Washington Post:  End of an Affair
DC Examiner:  McCain-Feingold was a mistake

Top 25
Northern Illinois vs. #1 Ohio State
North Texas vs. #3 Texas
Marshall vs. #5 West Virginia
UAB vs. #10 Oklahoma
Montana vs. #16 Iowa
Akron vs. #19 Penn State
Louisiana Tech vs. #20 Nebraska
Stanford vs. #21 Oregon
#22 TCU vs. Baylor
Southern Methodist vs. #25 Texas Tech

SEC
Washington State vs. #4 Auburn
#6 USC vs. Arkansas
Southern Miss vs. #7 Florida
Louisiana-Lafayette vs. #8 LSU
#9 California vs. #23 Tennessee
Kentucky vs. #13 Louisville
Vanderbilt vs. #14 Michigan
W. Kentucky vs. #15 Georgia
Hawaii vs. Alabama
Memphis vs. Mississippi

ACC
#2 Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech
#11 Florida State vs. #12 Miami
Northeastern vs. #17 Virginia Tech
Florida Atlantic vs. #18 Clemson
Rutgers vs. North Carolina
William and Mary vs. Maryland
Richmond vs. Duke
Appalachian State vs. N.C. State
Syracuse vs. Wake Forest
Virginia vs. Pittsburgh

College Football starts tonight!

U.S. Drafting Sanctions as Iran Ignores Deadline
Bolton: Unanimity Not Necessary on Iran
U.S. military sees Iran’s nuke bomb 5 years away
U.S. to stage missile-defense test over Pacific
Gingrich: Powerful Pelosi ‘would be a disaster’
Stereotyping is leading to terror, says first Muslim Miss England
Inside the Ring: Hezbollah arms, Ugly American
Unpaid traffic ticket briefly halts Sheehan protest at Bush ranch
National Guardsman Brutally Attacked In Pierce County
Spellings says No Child law near perfect
Are out-of-state students crowding out in-staters?
Iraqi Security Taking Over 2nd Province
Ted Stevens Admits to ‘Secret Hold’


Weitsman: The High Price of Friendship
MacKinnon: Dereliction of duty
Tyrrell: The Rumsfeld horripilation
NR Editors: Stopping the Bomb
Rusher: The Trouble with Democrats
Evans-Novak Political Report
Coulter: They Shot the Wrong Lincoln


Tonight’s games

Top 25
Northern Arizona at #24 Arizona State

SEC
South Carolina at Mississippi State

ACC
Boston College at Central Michigan



Update: Due to a network outage, The Jeff Scott Show will not air today. Tune in tomorrow for the brilliant news, analysis, and football picks that you have come to expect!

Proven Right on Ernesto

Iraqi says had to change t-shirt before US flight
Ernesto Hits U.S. Without Big Punch
Gasoline prices could keep falling
US growth revised up to 2.9 percent
Schoolgirl ‘stabbed for love of AC/DC’
Gallup Poll (ignored by media!)
Schumer Has Seen the Future, and It’s Democratic
Iran Enriching More Uranium
First Source of C.I.A. Leak Admits Role, Lawyer Says
Global Warming Drained Subglacial Lakes 12 Million to 14 Million Years Ago


Williams:  Property rights attack continues
Stossel:  Our Schools Need Competition Now
Hitchens:  Plame Out
NR Editors:  The Real Scandal
Blankley:  The bacteria of stupidity
Goldberg:  Fool’s Goldwater
Lambro:  Gallup points to GOP resurgence
Shapiro:  “The Terrorists Have Won”
Bradley:  Jackets primed for upset

Katrina, One Year Later

U.S. poverty rate unchanged
Fliers board faster as fewer carry on bags
America’s national parks will get transit help
Bush remembers Katrina victims, pushes for New Orleans’ renewal
Gulf Coast Mourns 1 Year After Katrina
Ex-FEMA Chief Blames Administration
Oil Prices Drop Below $70 a Barrel
BP in oil and gas markets probe
Rumsfeld says threat to U.S. is from ‘a new type of fascism’
Ex-Iran President Khatami Gets U.S. Visa
Ahmadinejad challenges U.N., Bush
Annan booed in Hezbollah stronghold
Saddam’s cartoon capers
Anti-drug advertising campaign a failure, GAO report says
Hydrogen-Fueled Plane Flies on Power of Five Light Bulbs
Star of the Right Loses His Base at the Border
With Kazakh’s Visit, Bush Priorities Clash
Obama chides Africa on visit
Georgia Tech’s star receiver just can’t miss
Columbus kids on top of the world


Bookman:  U.N. critical to U.S. power, validity
De Borchgrave:  Gathering nuclear storm
Washington Times:  Biased TV messages
Bartlett:  Court ruling shakes ground under IRS
Limbaugh:  More of Carter’s little pills
Prager:  Just a reminder about who and why we are fighting
WSJ:  The Tragedy of New Orleans
Jindal:  Waste in the Eye of the Storm
Laffey:  Taspayer Rip-Off of the Week:  $250,000 for Stanley Theatre in New York

"Leaker" exposed: Richard Armitage

Iran launches new nuclear project
Defying U.N., Iran Opens Nuclear Reactor
Tehran test-fires long-range missile
Global warming boost to glaciers
‘Tastes just like vodka’
Gas Prices Down 15 Cents Over 2 Weeks
“Anybody knows not to mess with me”
Democrats See Victory in U.S. House Races, Senate Within Reach
Biden not worried about Southern Dems
Hunt on Hill afoot for pork-bill blocker
S. Dakota Becomes Abortion Focal Point
Rep. Harris:  Church-state separation ‘a lie’
Poll:  Public Doubts Emergency Readiness
Canadian Doctor shortage to increase by 2015 without foreign-trained physicians:  study


Grab:  The current clash of civilizations
Mallaby:  Shopping for Support Down the Wrong Aisle
Macon Telegraph:  Lawmakers:  Our moral guardians?
Downey:  Can’t rule the road without helmets
George:  Let wearing helmets be a rider’s personal choice
Wooten:  Nuclear power makes sense on all levels
York:  The CIA-Leak Fiasco
JustOneMinute:  The ‘Hubris’ Of Richard Armitage
Captain’s Quarters:  Just A Plame Waste Of Time
Lukas:  Academic Frauds
Kurtz:  Our Fallout-Shelter Future
Knight:  George Allen’s Property Rights Blunder
Homnick:  Solving the Riddle:  Keeping Republicans Honest…In Office
Jeffrey:  An American Centennial:  One Hundred Years of the Forward Pass    

Is Meowing Harassment?

New Orleans Mayor Takes Swipe At NYC
Some in G.O.P. Say Iran Threat Is Played Down
U.S. Spy Agencies Criticized on Iran
Russia rejects sanctions against Iran
Israel may ‘go it alone’ against Iran
Report:  Iran has 15 P-2 centrifuges
Iran is ‘chief beneficiary of the war on terror’
Rebel group funded congressman’s trip to Sri Lanka, sources say
Europeans to provide ‘backbone’ of Mideast force; U.N. plans Lebanon ‘exclusion zone’
Annan Asks France to Lead Lebanon Force
Judge to Rule if ‘Meowing’ Is Harassment
Medicare blunder costs $50 million
National Security Credentials Key for 2008 GOP White House Hopefuls
Democrats Ponder War in Race for the White House
It’s Never Too Early to Gear Up for ’08 Race
Democrats call for probe of Perdue’s land deal
Nation’s First Civil Union Ends
Astronomers:  Pluto just a dwarf
FDA allows some non-prescription sales of morning-after pill
TSA considers easing ban on liquids
Cry to cut spending grows louder
States attack property taxes


Dionne:  A Down-Under Lesson for the GOP?
Krauthammer:  The Perils Of Using ‘The Allies’
Charen:  Campaigns matter
Sowell:  Race and economics
Goldberg:  Wal-Mart drives Democrats batty
Buchanan:  Will America survive to 2050?
Hanson:  Mr. Bush’s Communication Problem
Murdock:  Bull-Headed Greens
Laffey:  Taxpayer Rip-Off of the Week:  $1 Million for the Griffith Observatory
Coulter:  What Part of the War on Terrorism do They Support?

No show today due to illness

Due to illness, the Jeff Scott Show will not air today.  We will return tomorrow.

First Show Back!

Firms Who Hire Illegal Immigrants Sued
U.S. Ends ‘Catch-And-Release’ at Border
Mexican nature park offers mock illegal border crossing
Buchanan warns of flood of illegals
Legislators seek review of border agents’ conviction
Worst is yet to come, hurricane chief says
2006 Tropical Storm Season Now Below Normal
Greenland’s glaciers have been shrinking for 100 years:  study
Venom Runs Thick in Fish Families, Researchers Learn
Apartment owners complain ordinance unfairly targets them
Katrina recovery to get report card
Newspapers trim work forces as advertising slows
Number of U.S. Troops in Iraq Climbs
Bush Argues Democrats Don’t Understand Threat to U.S.
GOP Fundraising Outpaces Democrats
Hip-hopper sings Steele praise
Lieberman camp hits bid to oust senator from party
Lieberman Certified to Appear on Ballot
Perdue has big lead, polls say
Iran Says It’s Ready for ‘Serious’ Talks
Iran defiant as world awaits response on nuclear package
U.S.:  Iran Response ‘Falls Short’
Iran’s Navy Attacks and Boards Romanian Rig in Gulf
Aztecs butchered, ate Spanish invaders


Stossel:  Leave the Decadent Businessman Alone!
Leslie:  Why this man should give us all nightmares
Blankley:  Are Bush’s critics right?
Washington Times:  South of the border
Andres:  Social Security reform
Goldberg: The Living Constitution’s Double Standard
Kerpen:  The Case for, and Against, Gridlock
Panoke:  Put Grad School Within My Grasp

Return to the Air Tomorrow!

The Jeff Scott Show will return to the air tomorrow, August 23, from 4-6 pm.  We had to cancel today’s show due to an issue with the Mercer Radio server.  Mercer Radio is now online again, so be sure to tune in tomorrow!

Lieberman, McKinney lose primaries

Passing Down the Legacy of Conservatism
Mobilizing the Campus Right
400 conservative students meet (including your humble host)
Gitmo Guards Often Attacked by Detainees
Castro faces surgery, cedes power to brother
In Georgia, Immigrants Unsettle Old Sense of Place
Iran:  We supplied Zelzal-2 to Hizbullah
Hezbollah Rockets Kill 10 in Israel
Iran’s plot to mine uranium in Africa
Lacrosse files show gaps in DA’s case
Kennedy:  Jury’s Out on U.S. Democracy
Conn. Race Could Be Democratic Watershed
Senate Backs Expanded Offshore Drilling (vote)
Minimum Wage Workers Lose Political War (vote)
Democrat Slams GOP on Minimum Wage Bill
U.S. Senate backs funding border fence (vote)
Sheehan Resumes Protest Near Bush Ranch
DeLay to Make Way for Write-In Candidate
McKinney Staffer Grabs 11Alive Photog
McKinney Supporters, Media Scuffle
McKinney alleges voting irregularities
Election official expects McKinney to protest to feds (Democrat playbook:  if you can’t win, protest!)
Johnson appeals for McKinney’s support
McKinney’s machine breaks down
Lieberman Files to Run As Independent
Forecasters Lower Hurricane Predictions
FBI:  Approach Missing Egyptians with Caution
One of 11 missing Egyptian students arrested in Minneapolis


Chougule:  A New Look at Communism in America
Johnson:  A Higher Minimum Wage and Free Ice Cream for All!
Williams:  The Minimum Wage Vision
Matthews:  200 Jobs Gone; Another Liberal ‘Success’
Adams:  Twelve Angry Muslims
Lewis:  August 22
York:  The Democrats’ Impeachment Road Map
McCullough:  Why liberals love pedophiles
Busch:  After Compassionate Conservatism
NYT:  A Senate Race in Connecticut
Davis:  Liberal McCarthyism
Goodwin:  Win for the wackadoo wing
Peyser:  ‘Victory’ Twist Has Eerie Feel
Podhoretz:  Incumbent Tumble Lets the Nuts In
NR Editors:  A Friend in Need
McGann & Morris:  Lieberman’s Loss:  Joe Will Rise Again



Note:  The Jeff Scott Show will return to the air on Tuesday, August 22, at 4pm.  We will be going to a two-hour format, with some special weekly and daily segments being introduced this semester.  Obviously, this fall will continue to include my college football picks and discussion, and the same brilliant political news and analysis that you have become accustomed to with The Jeff Scott Show.