Byron York explains why the MSM is avoiding the John Edwards love-child scandal.

Ralph Peters takes the Butchers of Beijing to task.

Finally, a Gitmo detainee has his case adjudicated, and he could be out in less than a year. While the case of Bin Laden's driver has always been problematic, I have always maintained that since we were not going to take the Roman approach to our enemies (kill them, burn their towns to the ground, sell their women and children into slavery, torture and then crucify any captives deemed worthy of such treatment, etc.), then we needed to take an American approach, which should emphasize the rule of law. We erred in not declaring war on Al Qaeda, which would then have allowed us to treat people like Bin Laden's driver as POWs (and, thus, hold them until the end of the war). But, we didn't. So, I believed it was necessary to create a legal framework for dealing with these guys, and the Pentagon has come up with one. It works. The guy was convicted (although not on all charges), has already served the bulk of his time, and should be released when his sentence is up. If his country of origin is unwilling to take him back (and no one else is, either), he should be offered asylum in the United States. Since we are not going to use overwhelming force and brutality to frighten all the fence-sitters in the Muslim world (which is the current method employed by Al Qaeda), then we need to do the opposite, which is to show them that we really do believe in the rule of law, and we really can show mercy to our enemies, so long as they show contrition and a willingness to lay down their arms.

Peggy Noonan takes a look at the Presidential campaign.

It looks like Russia and Georgia are going to war over South Ossetia as Russian tanks roll into the region and Georgia mobilizes it's reservists. This could have all sorts of broader implications, none of them good.

Jim Hoagland thinks a deal over U.S. troops withdrawing from Iraq may be at hand.