Sky speaks to Water, originally uploaded by peter bowers.

I’m getting ready for my interview on Blog Talk Radio with Ed Morrissey of Captain’s Quarters. We’ll be talking about the guilty verdict in the case of Jose Padilla. Later today I’m supposed to play in a Senate Softball League game, but I’m now wavering on whether I’ll go. All of the sudden it seems like I’ve been hit with a bunch of work.

• Enforcing Our Immigration Laws РRep. Lamar Smith, Townhall
‚Ä¢ ‘Just doing my job, sir!’ – Ed Feulner, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• A way forward for Bush regarding immigration РMatthew Spalding, The Examiner
• Dead Men Farming РJohn Stossel, RealClearPolitics
• SCHIP: A better diagnosis РRebecca Hagelin, WorldNetDaily

• Identity Group Conservatism РPatrick Hynes, Ankle Biting Pundits
‚Ä¢ Fred Thompson’s Gamble – David S. Broder, Washington Post
• Democrats Target 2008 Calif. Vote Plan РMichael R. Blood, Associated Press
• Table Scraps РPeter Hannaford, Opinion Journal
• Pig masks and a political shift in Alaska РElana Schor & Jackie Kucinich, The Hill

• Toward a Realistic Peace РRudolph Giuliani, Foreign Affairs
• Obama Flubs Again on Foreign Policy РAmanda Carpenter, Townhall
‚Ä¢ The Bear Claws Back – Editorial, Investor’s Business Daily
• Congress asked to watch Indian nuclear behavior РKhalid Hasan, Pakistan Daily Times
• GOP lawmakers call for boycott of Olympics РIan Swanson, The Hill

• Killing for Congress РRalph Peters, New York Post
• The Men of MiTT РMatt Sanchez, Weekly Standard
• Are We Hypocrites for Not Enlisting? РLisa De Pasquale, Townhall
• Justice, civil liberties groups battle over spy tactics РAndrew Noyes, Government Executive
‚Ä¢ Iran’s Hot Summer Offensive – Erick Stakelbeck, CBN News