From the Salon blurb: Homegrown U.K. terror is a growing threat, multicultural "tolerance" can't combat it, and the war in Iraq will only make it worse.

In the United States, the vacation appears to be dying as people maintain their electronic tethers to the office, fearful that if they don't, they'll get shit-canned or, even worse, lose promotional opportunities.

Israel wants some short-range artillery rockets from the United States that use cluster-munition warheads. Israel wants them to attack Hezbollah missile batteries, but can you say, 'collateral damage'?

This NYT article looks at how the U.S. has focused on learning from the lessons of 9/11 while forgetting about the possibility of new emerging security threats.

According to this BBC story, many Muslims are not happy with Dubya's talk of Islamic fascists as he reacted to news of the latest terror plot.

Political writer and academic Timothy Garton Ash looks at why Britain's Muslims appear to be the most alienated in Europe, according to a Pew Poll.

OK, so now we have a UN-approved resolution to halt the hostilities in Lebanon. How easy will de-fanging Hezbollah be without a political settlement that Hezbollah can buy into? I think we all know the answer: Not very.