Al Gore's media venture, Current, is said to be coming to a crossroads. I say, it's worth going down that road to save.

The office of U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa expressed doubts over the weekend about a San Diego's man's report of a harrowing, out-of-control acceleration experience in his second-generation Toyota Prius, stating that tests attempting to recreate the ride proved that the vehicle stopped and slowed as designed.

I recently saw the diary entry of robrous and thought of a satire from the past.

If D-Day were to take place tomorrow, exactly how would it be reported? One report might look something like this:

This goes out to all of you out there stuck somewhere between the Friday low watermark, the anticipation of the late afternoon news-dump, or "happy hour."

Call this a non-Alito news item roundup for today's must reads.

First, Bob Herbert on The Lawbreaker in the Oval Office: (a TimesSelect post from yesterday, but the link takes you to alternative access):

No one expects very much from Mr. Bush. He's currently breaking the law by spying on Americans in America without getting warrants, but for a lot of people that's just George being George. Forget the complexities of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or even the Fourth Amendment's safeguards against unwarranted (pun intended) government intrusion into matters that we have a right to keep private.

On his frequent trips home to his ranch in Texas, the president likes to ride his bicycle. He's not studying the Constitution.

This just in!  To your (e)mail box daily.  One of the unique-among-blogs features of Political Cortex is a return to the venerated practice of throwing a newspaper on your front porch (for New Yorkers that's "stoop").  Info junkies (and you know who you are) click and consume headlines at an astonishing daily rate, so it is refreshing to save a bit of electronic travel time to have the news come to you.  Well, you say, are there others?  Of course.  Here's the first for you to try:

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