From the wires:

Director Rob Reiner says he won't run for governor of California in 2006.

That puts to rest rumours of a potential "Meathead versus Terminator" showdown with Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

WASHINGTON, DC—Telephone logs recorded by the National Security Agency and obtained by Congress as part of an ongoing investigation suggest that the vice president may have used the Oval Office intercom system to address President Bush at crucial moments, giving categorical directives in a voice the president believed to be that of God.

Our old friend Ayman has made a new video postcard. He says Osama is doing great, that AQ is bigger and better than ever and if you could blow up a few oil refineries in Muslim countries, that would be great, because most of the money goes to the enemies of Islam.

Full story at BBC Online.

Muriel Degauque's life began as a Roman Catholic in the coal fields of Belgium, and ended in a self-detonated blast in Iraq. There are potentially many more like her.

William F. Buckley looks back on what he might have said had he responded for Sen. Joe McCarthy to CBS's Edward R. Murrow.

James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln's predecessor, is largely considered to be the worst president in U.S. history.

But could Dubya be giving Buchanan a run for that dubious title?