BIRD'S EYE
The Cold Realities of Our Fight in Iraq
By Karl Zinsmeister
Progress in Iraq has been won by thousands of U.S. soldiers doing their duty. It's up to American resolve to help them stay on that path.

SIDELIGHTS
News Scraps
By Brandon Bosworth
Conceiving an upgrade. Throwing the book at criminals. Honest Japanese. Buff hiker. Death by turkey loaf.

SCAN
Short News and Commentary
The People v. The Judges: Who decides? John Kerry's record, 1971-2003. Another bad memorial. Mad cow sanity. Missing Walt Disney. The wizard of L.A.

INDICATORS
Numbers, etc.
Edited by Karl Zinsmeister, Eli Lehrer
The Clinton recession. American work ethic. Sources of outsourcing.

"LIVE" WITH TAE
Bill James
Meet baseball sabermetrician Bill James, the guru who invented a whole new way for Americans to partake of the national pastime from their reading chairs.

IN REAL LIFE
Writer-in-Hesitance
By Steve Salerno
Confessions of a lowly journalist-cum-writer-in-residence.

FLASHBACK
Millard Fillmore--Seriously
By Bill Kauffman
A fresh look at a "below average" President

FORWARD OBSERVER
A Better Mutual Fund Reform
By James K. Glassman
The American mutual fund has been the most successful investment mechanism of all time. It's hard to believe that anyone would want to tamper with the industry.

POLITICO
How Alternatives to the Welfare State Evolve
By Grover Norquist
It all starts in public dissatisfaction with the government program. Then come experiements with alternatives.

BEAT THE PRESS
Different Renegades, Different Media Portraits
By Chris Weinkopf
Whether journalists call you a dangerous renegade or a civil disobedience hero depends on whose ox you are goring.

THE ECONOMIST
Gambling With Visas
By Mark Krikorian
The sooner American stops rolling the immigration dice the better.

NOW PLAYING
Hero + Horse = Hidalgo!
By Josh Larsen
Hidalgo has the rambling appeal of a campfire yarn.

BOOK TALK
Reviews of New and Classic Books
By Peter Brownfeld, Leslie Carbone, Naomi Schaefer
Reviews of: A Small Corner of Hell: Dispatches from Chechnya; Scam: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America; and American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon.

DIGEST
Summaries of Important Research
Edited by Eli Lehrer
Kerry's draft. Deficit problems? Wealth doesn't hurt health. Robotic scientists. Is Arab democracy an oxymoron.

OPINION PULSE
The Latest Survey Data
Edited by Karlyn Bowman
Public opinion on Iraq has held pretty steady.

THE MAIL
Reader Feedback

LAST GASP
Cartoon Humor