James S. Robbins says we should honor our Medal of Honor recipients. I agree completely.

A German judge cites the Koran (over German law) to give a man a free pass to beat his wife, causing much uproar, and the judge's dismissal. In France, a court sides with a newspaper that printed those Mohammad cartoons. We'll see more of these kinds of tensions as the Muslim population in Europe grows and the native European population shrinks.

Michael Barone looks at the Presidential polls.

Iran has seized some British sailors in Iraqi waters. Once upon a time the Royal Navy could have been counted on to react with vigor to something like that. I wonder if they now have the capability to do much even if they wanted to.