Monday Morning Open Thread

A new week begins. August is supposed to be a slow news month -- never is. And how could it be when we're still in an endless war? Bush and the Iraqi Parliament are on vacation, but the insurgents and the troops aren't.

The media is, of course, still fawning over Karl Rove. They loved hearing from him on the talk shows yesterday. And, the media still fall for every prediction Rove makes.

On a much, much lighter note, this weekend my parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Had a great, fun party with my whole extended family and a lot of friends on Saturday. They get a big kick out of AMERICAblog so indulge me the opportunity to say: Happy anniversary Rita and Chuck.

And now, thread the news.