It looks like we will have a GOP primary in the NH 1st Congressional District.

Jeff Jacoby writes about the Armenian genocide in today's Globe.

Also in the Globe, Derrick Jackson writes about Michael Vick, and the fact that cruelty to dogs isn't confined to dogfighting enterprises.

A Taliban honcho says Osama bin Laden is still alive. Of course, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

RAF Jets intercept a Russian "Bear" bomber. Ahhh....just like the good old days.

Ralph Peters is now in Iraq, and he interviews General Petraeus.

The French now want to be part of the solution in Iraq. It's about time, and very much a welcome development. To quote the last line of the article,

Or, as the left-leaning Le Monde put it, “It’s time to stop lecturing the Americans about their errors and start contributing to a solution.”

Amen, Brother.

Robert Samuelson and Barbara Ehrenreich write about the credit crunch, from different perspectives, of course.