"Is President Bush the leader of our government, or is he just a right-wing talk-show host? The question comes to mind after Bush's news conference this week in which he sounded like someone who has no control over the government he is in charge of. His words were those of a pundit inveighing against the evils of bureaucrats."
-E.J. Dionne Jr.

Today's headline: Happy Doomsday to You! by Dana Milbank. (Bonus: LiveOnline transcript.)

Charles Krauthammer says 'of course it's a civil war.'

Why we need to bring back the draft.

A LITTLE FRIDAY NEWS:
* Fact-checking the White House on Iraq.
* The challenge of training Iraqis to handle detainees. Because we have such a good track record there.
* Bush's uphill battle on immigration.
* Clerics call for death for Muslim who converted to Christianity.
* Democrats bring in more female candidates.
* Is the Post's controversial new Republican blogger a plagiarist?
* Local restaurants fight to protect lobbying.
* Video shows LA hospital dumping patients on the street. (Courtesy Ocho.)
* More data points to rising sea levels.
* The frozen airman from WW2 has been identified.
* Was the study of Wikipedia's accuracy flawed?

People are still talking about healing and prayer?

What Dick Cheney demands in a hotel room.

Nora Ephron on why famous people needs blogs.