Richard Cohen says of Ashcroft: "In his tenacity, his conviction that he is in sole possession of the truth and his compulsive need to hog the spotlight, he reminds me of J. Edgar himself.

"Clean Air Act rule changes proposed by the Bush administration Thursday would gut efforts to clean up pollution from power plants and other industries while rewarding some of the president's largest campaign contributors, angry environmentalists and health advocates charged. ...Eric Schaeffer, the former EPA enforcement chief who resigned on Feb. 28 to protest the Clear Skies Initiative, said he was told Thursday that clients of a friend who works in an energy law firm were 'dancing in the street' over the Thursday's announcement."

Jim Hoagland compares Bush to LBJ in this article.

And Ellen Goodman finds "an anxious respite in a season of war".