• This is CNN - Republicans were reluctant to participate in last night’s debate, and CNN proved them right.
• Immigration group: Huckabee a ‘disaster’ - “Every time there was any enforcement in his state, he took the side of the illegal aliens.”
• Immigrants in the United States, 2007 - A Profile of America’s Foreign-Born Population
• Half of immigrants in Texas are there illegally, study says - 50 percent of the state’s foreign-born population, slightly more than 1.7 million people, are illegal immigrants. Only Arizona at 65 percent, North Carolina at 58 percent and Georgia at 53 percent had a higher proportion of illegal immigrants in the
• Study finds U.S. immigration at record level - One in eight people living in the United States is an immigrant, the survey found, for a total of 37.9 million people, the highest level since the 1920s

• Are the family clichés true? - The middle one’s always difficult, the eldest is a bossy boots and the youngest is a tearaway. But are the family clichés true? Finally, scientists have the answer.
• In Miles of Alleys, Chicago Finds Its Next Environmental Frontier - Chicago?s effort to redo its alleys with sustainable road-building materials is one of the most ambitious public street makeover plans in the country.
• Round 2 for Biotech Beets - Sensing that concerns over genetically engineered foods are subsiding, beet producers have cleared their growers to start planting biotech beets next spring.
• The ?Empire? Strikes Back - At peace with Pax Americana.

• Married to Government - What does this super-majority of unmarried women want? More government.
• English-Only Showdown - Does Nancy Pelosi really object to a common language in the workplace?
• Cabbies, Though Still Wary, Find a Wider Comfort Zone - Some of the most reliable figures on security improvements can be found on the odometers of Baghdad’s taxi drivers.
• In France, ‘a Bomb Waiting for the Match’ - Immigrant, Minority Youths in Streets a 3rd Night Near Paris; Violence Spreads South
• Verizon Wireless to Open Its Network - Verizon Wireless plans to give customers more choice in what phones they can use on its network.

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee:

“I had to come to the conclusion that I only had one client… when I laid my head on the pillow, I’d say, ‘Lord, are you pleased?’ … even if I get voted out of office, I’ll never get voted out of heaven.”

On Kenneth Copeland’s Believer’s Voice of Victory the week on November 25, 2007.

• The Lowdown on Doomsday - Why the public shrugs at global warming.
• Talks Are Set on Ending Battle of Iraq - Quiet Announcement Signals Start of U.S., Iraq Parley
• Giuliani, Huckabee Emerge as Strange GOP Bedfellows - As the Republican presidential race devolves into a five-man free-for-all of sustained attacks and sharp rejoinders, one pair of candidates has avoided direct conflict, exchanging more compliments than criticism.
• Citizen Nagin a sporadic voter - He raps low turnout but skips elections
• An Inside Look at the Spa Industry - Driven by a wave of cheap labor, the spa industry has expanded dramatically, transforming what were once luxuries into social imperatives for a growing number of women. But what kind of work is this?
• Dan Rather?s Last Big Story Is Himself - An article in New York Magazine about Rather and his conspiracy theories.
• Paul’s Supporters Clash With Media - “I have an obligation to make this my full-time job,” says the former Democrat. “All I do every day is go on the Internet or make phone calls or email the media.”
• Whirlwind courtship ends with Hunter in Angels’ OF - For all of Hunters talk about wanting to go to a team that will win, in the end it was just about money.
• Guns and the Constitution - Is the Second Amendment an individual, or collective, right?
• Are You a Liar? Ask Your Brain - Researchers use fMRIs to track blood flow in the brain to determine if someone is fibbing

• The False Conservative - Mike Huckabee is a high-tax, protectionist advocate of big government and a strong hand in the Oval Office directing the lives of Americans.
• Jump, George, Jump! - Beford Falls was far from a ‘Wonderful Life’
• Islamic terrorists target Army base in Arizona - Terrorists, with the aid of Mexican drug cartels, were planning an attack on Fort Huachuca
• The Stab That Failed - The congressional Democrats’ surge-against-the-surge — a case study in political futility.
• The Real Heroism: Restraint - Compassion is a personal feeling, not a public agenda.

• Black Sox archive suddenly surfaces - Surprise emergence of papers on the team accused of throwing the 1919 World Series — endangering baseball in the process — seizes the imagination of historians
• Mitchell Report Could Have Impact on Visas - If George J. Mitchell names foreign players in his report on steroid use, the athletes could have difficulty receiving the visas they need to play in the United States.
• 77% Say Employers Can Require English-Only on the Job - The view that employers should be allowed to require English-only speaking while on the job is held by 84% of Republicans, 70% of Democrats and 77% of voters not affiliated with either major party.
• Plan Increases Role of G.I.?s in Iraq Training - Commanders hope to shift more of the security burden in Iraq to the Iraqis without giving up gains U.S. troops have made, officials said.
• New boss turns the tables on Al Qaeda - Ex-Sunni insurgent becomes U.S. ally

• As Democrats See Iraq Gains, a Shift in Tone - The leading Democratic presidential candidates are trying to shift the focus to the lack of political progress in Iraq, and highlighting more domestic concerns.
• Western Union Empire Moves Migrant Cash Home - Migration is so central to Western Union that forecasts of border movements drive the company?s stock.
• Marijuanomics 101 - The financial tables have turned, and global economics have done what U.S. law enforcement could not: Capitalism has stopped the smugglers in their tracks.

• Abortion Politics 2008 - It is conceivable that from the standpoint of the pro-lifers it might be better to lose to Hillary Clinton than to win with Rudy Giuliani.
• Gin-Soaked Craig Kilborn Shows Up Broke, Homeless At SportsCenter Studio - “Craiggers is back, people”
• Rep. Gary Nelson (D-CT) Introduces The Gary Nelson Personal Pay Raise Bill - “I think we can do better for me.”
• NYC Homicides Still Dropping, to Under 500 - New York City is on track to have fewer than 500 homicides in 2007, by far the lowest number since reliable statistics became available in 1963.
• The Tragedy of the Commons - The lost lesson of Thanksgiving.

• Krugman vs. Krugman - In liberal Democratic circles, the debate over Social Security has taken a dangerous “don’t worry, be happy” turn.
• Six imams kicked off flight win a round in court - A judge rejected a move to dismiss the imams’ suit.
• U.N. Agency Denies Inflating Cases of H.I.V. Deliberately - After releasing new figures showing that the global AIDS epidemic is smaller than it previously reported, the United Nations? AIDS-fighting agency denied that it had priorly inflated estimates.
• San Francisco approves ID cards that exclude gender - “It gives support to the philosophy that says gender is a social construct,”
• The Red Hot Chili Peppers are suing Showtime Network - Apparently they just found out about the show ‘Californication’ and seem to think they own the term.
• Disney’s $4 Billion ‘Princess’ Brand - Your daughter has a royal crush. So do Barbie and Dora. If Disney has its way, women will become the next subjects kneeling before its $4 billion throne.
• Buy Amazon - Kindle is the iPod of books - The digerati don?t get it and don?t like it and that creates a compelling investment opportunity to buy Amazon shares now.
• Botched Paramilitary Police Raids - An Epidemic of “Isolated Incidents”
• Ron Paul isn’t that scary - It’s that over-do-gooder Mike Huckabee who should be making conservatives nervous.