I was not watching the latest GOP Presidential debate last night, as I was engrossed in watching the Red Sox win Game 7 of the ALCS. Byron York of the National Review did watch, and has these impressions of the debate, the speeches made earlier to a group of Evangelical Christians, and the overall status of the race at this time. I agree with his larger conclusion, that this is now a wide-open race with Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, John McCain and even Mike Huckabee all with a shot to win the nomination. I believe the race will, eventually, boil down to Rudy Giuliani versus a conservative alternative. Whoever becomes the conservative alternative to Giuliani will win the nomination.

A new study predicts a sharp decline in oil production.

The historian Niall Ferguson still advocates a U.S. strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, although he believes it is becoming more politically difficult to do.

Like many media folks, I start my day with a quick look at The Drudge Report. Today, Matt Drudge makes the front-page of the New York Times with this story about the Clinton campaign's efforts to use Drudge to their advantage.