1) The secret Israeli raid against Syria six weeks ago that the London Times described a month ago (and I cited on September 16) does turn out to have been an attack on a nuclear reactor that probably was using materials from North Korea.
2) John Tierney of The New York Times has a commendable report on another scientific "consensus" that has proven wrong; this time, it is the supposedly dangerous role of fat in diets.
The article reads like a general warning against the idea that scientific "consensus" settles issues, but don't expect Corneia Dean or other Big Science tub-thumpers at The Times to admit it in respect to Darwinism, embryonic stem cells or euthanasia.
3) The Long War Journal's Bill Roggio has a fine update on progress in Iraq. It is not in the press yet, but (absence of news is telling, isn't it) the number of killings in Iraq during Ramadan month is way down from past years. The same is true specifically for deaths of U.S. servicemen. Further, Iraqi insurgents are turning on each other, and the Shia public is turning on the Mahdi militia. All good.
