Michael Totten, reporting from Tblisi, gets a briefing as to what really is happening in Georgia. Totten gets the briefing from someone affiliated with the Georgian government, but is joined by an independent expert on the region in order to fact-check the briefer. It makes compelling reading.

Meanwhile, the Russians consolidate their gains by recognizing the independence of the two regions in question.

The Governor of Michigan starts a process for the removal of the Mayor of Detroit.

No Biden bounce for Obama.

A new report on population growth and decline in Europe finds the UK in better shape than Germany.

Dick Armey sees the Four Horsemen of the economic apocalypse on the horizon, while Robert J. Samuelson sees two political campaigns engaged in competing fantasies about Federal taxation and spending policies.

There really are conservatives in Hollywood, and Stephen Hayes managed to talk to a few of them.

Jeff Jacoby found reason for investors to celebrate when Congress is not in session.

Tensions on the rise at MSNBC.

The Taliban growing in strength and confidence in Kandahar.

The Democratic Vice-Presidential nominees for the last two elections are absent from the convention in Denver, and are not missed.