In France, some police union leaders say they are facing an "intifada" in the Muslim neighborhoods, with an average of 14 officers a day getting injured in clashes with the locals. There is disagreement, however, as to the motivations, with some insisting that this is a result of criminal gangs fighting back against aggressive police tactics and others saying that the violence is being fomented by radical Islamists.

Those of us who thought we were getting a border fence when Congress passed legislation authorizing the construction of a 700 mile long barrier along the Mexican border are mistaken, according to this article in the Washington Post. Apparently, there are a lot of loopholes that will allow the Department of Homeland Security to get away with doing just about anything they want with the money rather than using it to build a fence.

Also in the Post, an excellent article about the new media's impact on politics.

Harlan Ullman, writing in the Washington Times, says that even if Don Rumsfeld did get fired, it would not make much difference in solving our problems in Iraq or Afghanistan.