The New Republic's Willful Cover-Up

The new Stephen Glass?

Documents posted by the Drudge Report all but destroyed The New Republic’s credibility surrounding the controversial reporting from Scott Thomas Beauchamp. PJM network blogger Bob Owens, who has been in the forefront of the investigation, reports on the latest news. He promises more when his request to the government for documents is finally answered.

I Was a Card-Carrying Libertarian: Confessions of a Black Sheep Republican It’s hard to remain a Libertarian in the post-9/11 era, bemoans Stephen Green of Vodkapundit, who has officially stopped trying to change the world “one losing candidate at a time.”

Ann Coulter's Big No-No

Distasteful or just funny?

Not all Jews were offended when Ann Coulter recently called them unperfected Christians. Instead of demanding the controversial columnist’s head on a pike, PJM columnist Burt Prelutsky is reserving his anger for terrorists who behead innocent civilians.

Is the World Series Still the Nation's Field of Dreams?

Boys of October

Once upon a time, baseball was king, the players were gods and the country literally stopped when the World Series was on. This may no longer be true in our sports-saturated landscape in the ESPN age, admits Rick Moran - but for him, the Series, which opened Wednesday night, retains a mystique that is uniquely American.

France's Bad Week: Ugly Rugby, Sad Divorce, Stupid Strike French president Nicolas Sarkozy was faced with his marriage publicly falling apart, his entire transportation system paralyzed by a strike and his national rugby team suffering a humiliating defeat - all in one week. But, as PJM Paris editor Nidra Poller writes, presidents don’t have time to mope.

Brookings Fellow Refuses to Share Stage with IDF Veteran (The Corner)

NASA's Thermal Imager Helps Track Wildfires (MIT Technology Review)

How Comcast Blocked File-Sharing Applications (Geeks Are Sexy)

FBI Warns the Shoe-Bomb Threat Has Returned (CBS)

Chinese Cyber-attacks Reach Record Levels (Government Executive)

Selling Turkey F-4 Phantoms at $50K to Bomb the PKK (Former Spook)

Fred Thompson on Fundraising: "This Is Not a Pie Eating Contest" (Miami Herald)

Bhutto Names Conspirators in Letter to Musharraf (Times of India)

Edwards: Clinton, Romney on March to War in Iran (AP)

Why World War IV Might Be Worse than the Last Three (Martin Kramer)

Romney: I Would Blockade or Bombard Iran To Prevent It From Getting Nukes (Ace of Spades)

Andrew Sullivan's War on Dissent: Either For Him Or Against Him (Vodkapundit)

Why Does America Keep Failing to Kill Bin Laden Given the Chance? (Col. David Hunt)

PJM Political On XM 10/25/07--Featuring Gov. Mitt Romney and Diana West Tune in each Thursday to XM Channel #130, POTUS ‘08 at 6:00 PM Eastern/3:00 PM Pacific for Pajamas Media’s weekly PJM Political show! (And at 11:00 PM Eastern/8:00 Pacific for a rebroadcast) If you missed this week’s show, click here to listen:

What does GOP presidential hopeful Gov. Mitt Romney say about HillaryCare and other issues? Glenn Reynolds and Dr. Helen Smith interview the former Massachusetts governor. ( Full-length interview here.)

Other topics discussed in this week’s show, hosted by Bill Bradley, include:

Diana West of the Washington Times on her new book, The Death of the Grown-Up, and the dearth of grown-ups on the 2008 campaign trail. (Full-length interview here.)

Gray Lady Down! Michael Malone, ABC News’ “Silicon Insider” on “How The New York Times Fell Apart.” Will the Blogosphere pick up the pieces in ‘08? (Full-length interview here.)

James Lileks on Ron Paul and his….dedicated…fans.

US News & World Report’s James Pethokoukis: Will subprime mortgage woes equal a subprime economy in ‘08?

Corn & Miniter on the first GOP candidate to leave the race.

Bill Bradley compares and contrasts the response to the Southern California fires with Katrina in ‘05.

Roger Simon on the campaign trail.

Produced by Ed Driscoll.

Finally, if you missed any previous episodes of PJM Political, click here and scroll through for hours of audio archives.

Giuliani Rejects Torture, Not "Aggressive Questioning" (Caucus)

Laura Bush in Abaya and Veil (Little Green Footballs)

Mitt Romney, "Death of the Grown-Up" and How The New York Times Fell Apart On This Week's PJM Political

Patron Saints and the Gentle Craft (The Manolo’s Shoe Blogs)

"How The New York Times Fell Apart"--Director's Cut Interview We often have to edit interviews to provide as much variety each week as possible on PJM Political. Here is the full-length “Director’s Cut” version of our interview with ABC’s “Silicon Insider”, Michael Malone on his recent column, “How The New York Times Fell Apart”:

"The Death Of The Grown-Up"--Director's Cut Interview We often have to edit interviews to provide as much variety each week as possible on PJM Political. Here is the full-length “Director’s Cut” version of our interview with Diana West on her new book, The Death of the Grown-Up:

West also recently appeared in a two-part video interview with Michelle Malkin on Pajamas-affiliate Hot Air. Click here for part one and part two.

A Strange Case of EU and Spanish Justice (EU Referendum)

Report: Syrian Intelligence Linked to al Qaeda in Lebanon (Jawa Report)

America Can't Win the "War On Fire" (IMAO)

Your Permanent Conduct Record (American Digest)

Terror and Economic Growth (Omedia)

Dangerous Ideas: Islamo-Fascist Awareness Week at Columbia, Part One (Phyllis Chesler @ PajamasXpress)

Iraq: How It Ends (Confederate Yankee)

When Teachers' Unions Scam Teachers (David White)

Beauchamp Has Paid Enough to Deserve a Second Chance (Michael Yon)

The EU Has Superpower Ambitions (Soeren Kern)

Are Terrorists Behind California Fires? (Gay Patriot)

Do You Read Blogs? It's a Science! (Rough Type)

Putin Outplaying Bush in Geopolitical Chess (Ron Rosenbaum @ PajamasXpress)

Tom Friedman, Double-Reverse Chickendove (Jules Crittenden)

The Latest Censorship Tool: Copyright Claims (Kesher Talk)

Do You Think Exercise Makes You Thinner? You're Wrong (New York magazine)

Burmese Dissident Suu Kyi Freed from House Arrest; May Join Talks with Junta (CNN)

Britney Learns To Parent (Finally..) (People)

Biggest Spender Since LBJ? George W. Bush (McClatchy)

Warning To Bosses: Red Sox Fans Won't Be Productive This Week (Daniel Drezner)

Bush Reaffirms Cuban Embargo (CNN)

Advice for Rick Santorum, The Newest Philadelphia Inquirer Columnist (Don Surber)

Stephen Colbert's Candidacy is No Joke (Hot Air)

Rice Says US Mideast Peace Plan Is in Jeopardy (Ynet)