BIRD'S EYE
It Will Come Down to Fortitude
By Karl Zinsmeister
How well have we responded to 9/11/01? Overseas, we’ve accomplished a lot. But at home, many Americans have shifted right back to their September 10 views.

SCAN
Short News and Commentary
Eminent domain=hot politics. Our judicial bosses. Who are parks for? Africa's harmful aid. Nuclear power on the way. Honest Howard Dean. Missing Shelby Foote.

SIDELIGHTS
News Scraps
By Brandon Bosworth
Suicide beggars. $26,000 wedding. Secret Chinese Catholics. Russia dies off.

INDICATORS
Numbers, Etc.
Are Americans stingy? Media priorities. Fool's-gold fuel.

"LIVE" WITH TAE
Live with Michelle Malkin
As a book author, newspaper columnist, television commentator, and blogger, this young first-generation American has used a pull-no-punches style to criticize U.S. immigration and war-on-terror policies.

GEOPOLITICS
What National Unity?
By Victor Davis Hanson
Encouraging trends are emerging across the Middle East, but Americans believe things have never been worse.

IN REAL LIFE
First-person America
By Naomi Riley and Christine Whelan
Life at the New York Zoo...er, Library.

BEAT THE PRESS
A Letter from the Friendly Forces of the Status Quo in Public Broadcasting
By Chris Weinkopf
An illuminating letter from PBS (by way of Chris Weinkopf).

FORWARD OBSERVER
Nevada’s Fertile Valley
By James K. Glassman
It’s not luck that made Las Vegas boom. It’s listening to regular people.

FLASHBACK
A View from the Plantation
By Bill Kauffman
A glance at South Carolinian Mary Chesnut's remarkable Civil War diary.

THE ECONOMIST
Junk vs. Quality Energy
By Peter Huber and Mark Mills
There are quality energy sources and junk energy sources.

NOW PLAYING
Some Very Human Nature
By Josh Larsen
Two charming new reminders of why people love animal movies.

THE TUBE
Black and White Class
By James Lileks
When TV was ugly yet classy.

BOOK TALK
Jefferson the Contradiction
By David White, Naomi Riley, and Henry Holzer
Thomas Jefferson: Author of America by Christopher Hitchens, Privilege: Havard and the Education of the Ruling Class by Ross Douthat, Red Star Over Hollywood by Ronald Radosh and Allis Radosh.

DIGEST
Summaries of Important Research
Edited by Iain Murray
Centralized schools. Keep America's trade free. The power of tradition. American empire. Cool on man-melted glaciers. The limits of science.

OPINION PULSE
The Latest Survey Data
Edited by Karlyn Bowman
The most recent polling on the war on terror.

THE MAIL
Reader Feedback
Reader responses and reactions.