According to the New York Times, Kurds are being driven out of Mosul by Sunni Arabs.

The Iranian government expresses its gratitude for the U.S. being willing to enter into negotiations by charging three Iranian-Americans as spies.

Fred Thompson will announce that he is running for President on the Fourth of July weekend, according to this story. I will certainly give him a serious look.

Peace activist Cindy Sheehan has dropped out of the anti-war movement, and some folks are pleased.

Harold Meyerson, himself a stridently anti-war columnist, tries to explain the facts of Congressional life to the anti-war crowd in this column.

Robert J. Samuelson points out the glaring hypocrisy of Democrats in Washington on the issue of global warming and gasoline prices.

Could we really do without the public school system?