Mt.Hood, Oregon

Mt Hood, Oregon from Lawrance Lake Rd

Steelers Bruise Browns, 34-7

The Cleveland Browns opened the season with hopes of a successful season but those hopes quickly turned into a chorus of boos as their offense struggled against a Steeler defense that looked like they were in mid-season form recording six sacks in the game including collecting five Brown turnovers. The Steeler offense was outstanding early as they took advantage of a short field multiple times and lit up the scoreboard with 17 points in the first quarter. Overall, Ben Roethlisberger threw for four touchdowns, a career high for Big Ben and on the ground "Fast" Willie Parker ran for 109 yards. Next week the Steelers home opener has the Buffalo Bills coming to Heinz Field. The Buffalo Bills lost their home opener 15-14 as Jason Elam kicked a winning field goal as time expired to give the Broncos the win. Steelers 1-0!

Election 2008 National Head-to-Head Polls

It is the greatest race in America. The stakes are high. The candidates are announced, the media is tracking every step, and the pollsters have the latest numbers.

CIA agent says we're letting Bin Laden win

So on this 9/11, we must accept this sad and infuriating reality: Bin Laden is winning. He has defied us, attacked us, eluded us and inspired new threats we cannot begin to enumerate.

To be victorious in this long war, we must get smarter and more ruthless. That means reducing U.S. intervention in the Muslim world, keeping policies essential to U.S. security and unloading those that undermine it — like energy dependence on the Saudi and other Gulf regimes. This will start to deflect Islamist and Muslim ire onto their main enemy, the Arab world's Islamofascist rulers. To read more click Michael Scheuer.

Bernanke, the Fed and 2008

If the economy falters, as it increasingly looks as if it will, it would undercut one of the few positive developments President Bush and the Republican candidates have been able to cite in appealing to the public to keep the White House in conservative hands. A sharp rise in home foreclosures and a fall in home prices would also hurt, reinforcing the Democratic argument that Republican policies help the rich while leaving the middle class less secure and the poor worse off. Fed chairman, Ben S. Bernanke

Political Cartoon

What’s Missing in Baghdad

One of the most troubling lessons of the Iraq invasion is just how empty the Arab dictatorships are. Once you break the palace, by ousting the dictator, the elevator goes straight to the mosque. There is nothing in between — no civil society, no real labor unions, no real human rights groups, no real parliaments or press. So it is not surprising to see the sort of clerical leadership that has emerged in both the Sunni and Shiite areas of Iraq.

But this is not true in northern Iraq, in Kurdistan. Though not a full-fledged democracy, Kurdistan is developing the key elements of a civil society. To read further...Thomas Friedman

Ducks Fly Over Michigan

Boy, was I wrong on my prediction! Oregon dominates the Wolverines in Ann Arbor for a 39-7 win. It was clear at halftime this game could have been called for a lack of competition by Michigan. The storied football team has seriously stumbled out of the gate here in 2007. First, losing to I-AA Appalachian State University and then getting trounced by Oregon. Will Michigan bounce back to have a winning season? Can the Ducks maintain the momentum or will they fall flat after an emotinal win in Ann Arbor as they go against a tough Fresno State team that enters Autzen Stadium Saturday?