Fenway Park, originally uploaded by daviddesign.

Today is a very sad day for me and my former colleagues at the Media Research Center. I’ll be heading out to Mitchellville, Md., shortly for the funeral of David Thibault, my former boss for more than two years at Cybercast News Service. Today’s picture is of Fenway Park, home to David’s favorite team, the Boston Red Sox.

• An Unusually Effective Minority РFred Barnes, Weekly Standard
‚Ä¢ Reid’s Anti-Reform Maneuvers – Robert D. Novak, Washington Post
• Dem Builds Monument to Self With Public Cash РGeoff Earle, New York Post
• Fiscal conservatives consider next half-century РKevin Vance, Washington Times
• Discipline vital to solving health-care crisis РGetahn Ward, Tennessean

• Dr. Broun Goes to Washington РJohn Fund, Wall Street Journal
• Giuliani catches up on organization РJonathan Martin, Politico
• Wall Street Starts to Lean Democratic РScott Mayerowitz, ABC News
‚Ä¢ Edwards’ poverty campaign brings criticism, comparisons – Rob Christensen, McClatchy Newspapers
• Celibacy teaching dropped by US states РPhilip Sherwell, Telegraph

• Let the Sun Shine РDavid Carr, New York Times
• Illegal immigrants to get ID cards in Connecticut РLucy Nalpathanchil, Reuters
• Deceased Farmers Got USDA Payments РSarah Cohen, Washington Post
• Amtrak squeezed РMarilyn Geewax, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Untapped oil supplies РBen Lieberman, Washington Times

‚Ä¢ They Don’t Really Support the Troops – William Kristol, Weekly Standard
• With Iraq on fire, rest of world on hold РWarren P. Strobel & Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers
• Bush, Iraq Critics Both Duck Impact of Their Policies РKen Fireman, Bloomberg
• The 9/11 Generation РDean Barnett, Weekly Standard
• U.S. sees progress in six-party talks, says deadline is of technical issue РThe Hankyoreh