8 December 2006: Afternoon By The Morning News — 08 Dec 2006 New York gains monitoring powers over out-of-state gun dealers Op: Before engaging Iran, we need a plan, and we should figure out what it will cost us. Republican switcher and former U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick dies at 80. Jazz pianist and bandleader Jay McShann dies at 90; WKCR is doing an excellent all-day McShann broadcast. Texas learns illegal immigrants aren't one big money drain. Virginia grade school celebrates the pagan history behind the holidays, reports WorldNetDaily. Church Marketing Sucks: a blog to frustrate, educate and motivate the church to communicate clearly. Number 16 in John Darnielle's series "30 Short Poems About My Favorite Black Metal Band." Canada still loves more people than we do. Polygamy debate rages in Indonesia, too, after popular cleric marries second wife. The source for fertile Russian imaginations found. Video: Sonic Youth's "Schizophrenia" as sung by the elderly members of Young@Heart. For classical-music dorks, and everyone else: hilarious trumpet bloopers. Top 50 music videos of 2006. All the "best of 2006" lists you'll ever need. And all you need to know about December's movie releases.