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Ronald Reagan Dies at Age 93 By / WaPo — Permalink Ronald Wilson Reagan, 93, a movie actor who became one of the most popular presidents of the 20th century, died today at his home in California. As 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989, he redefined the nation's political agenda and dramatically reshaped U.S. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: "We are witnessing today a great revolutionary crisis, a crisis where the demands of the economic order are conflicting directly with those of the political order." Ramesh Ponnuru: LOU CANNON'S OBITUARY is up at the Washington Post, and worth reading. Daniel Drezner: Open Reagan thread — Ronald Reagan died today. Readers are invited to comment on what they believe will be the most significant aspect of Reagan's legacy. |
Bill Hobbs: God Bless Ronald Reagan reagan.jpeg Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1911-2004. He saved America. Kevin Drum: R.I.P...Ronald Reagan has died. UPDATE: For a different perspective on his presidency, try "Reagan's Liberal Legacy,"... Josh Marshall: A month ago, Nancy Reagan, describing his condition, said [snipped quote] Here's biographer Lou Cannon's extensive obituary of Ronald Reagan, just out from the Washington Post. |
| Also: Stryker, Phillip Carter, Josh Chafetz, Brian Linse, Jan Haugland, Tom Maguire, Jeralyn Merritt, Harley, Robert Garcia Tagorda | |
Mourning in America: Ronald Reagan is Dead AP — Permalink Ronald Wilson Reagan (search), the 40th president of the United States, died today at his home in California. He was 93 years old and had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease. | |
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Steve Dillard: President Ronald Wilson Reagan: RIP. Words cannot express what your life meant to the cause of freedom and liberty. Baldilocks: It's a sad day, but he's been released from his purgatory of Alzheimer's disease. God rest your soul, Mister President. Emperor Darth Misha I: Haven't been watching the news today, so I only just learned of this: [snipped quote] I have already talked at length in... |
Joe Gandelman: We'll be posting links to news stories on Reagan such as this one here. And we'll add additional links throughout the even for you. Damian Penny: Reagan is dead — He passed away today at age 93. I was terrified of Ronald Reagan when I was a child. Susanna Cornett: Goodbye, Ron — President Ronald Reagan is dead. RIP. |
| Also: Joe Katzman, Jan Haugland, Edward Driscoll, Charles Johnson, Jon Henke | |
Former President Ronald Reagan Dies at 93 By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - Ronald Reagan, the cheerful crusader who devoted his presidency to winning the Cold War, trying to scale back government and making people believe it was "morning again in America," died Saturday after a long twilight struggle with Alzheimer's disease. | |
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Mitch Berg: For The Gipper — Ronald Reagan passed away today. Michael Totten: The Death of Ronald Reagan (Updated) Ronald Reagan is dead. I am not a member of his fan club. John Hawkins: Ronald Reagan Tribute — For those of you who are unaware, Ronald Reagan has passed away at his home in California. |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: Job well done, Mr. President. We'll miss you. And I'm sorry for rooting against you 24 years ago. Chalk it up to the mistakes of youth. James Panero: R-Day — The death of Ronald Reagan, our great president, comes on the eve of the sixtieth anniversary of D-Day. Jeralyn Merritt: R.I.P. Ronald Reagan: Open Thread — Former President Ronald Reagan died today. May he rest in peace. |
| Also: Jeff A. Taylor, Robert Garcia Tagorda, Moe Lane | |
Ronald Reagan dies at 93 CNN — Permalink LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Former President Ronald Reagan died Saturday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 93. Reagan led a conservative revolution that set the economic and cultural tone of the 1980s, hastened the end of the Cold War and revitalized the Republican Party. | |
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PinkDreamPoppies @Amptoons: R.I.P. Ronald Reagan — Ronald Reagan died today. This is CNN's write-up. Captain Ed: Farewell, Ronald Reagan — Only minutes after our radio show ended, I found out that President Ronald Reagan had passed away after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Taegan Goddard: Reagan Dies — Former President Ronald Reagan "died Saturday at his home in Los Angeles," CNN reports. "He was 93." |
Kevin Raybould: Reagan Dies — He died at home, surrounded by his children. He was 93. Jan Haugland: He has been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for the last ten years. Obituaries in WaPo, CNN, NYT, BBC. |
Reagan Had Long Struggle With Alzheimer's Disease AP — Permalink WASHINGTON — Ronald Reagan, the cheerful crusader who devoted his presidency to winning the Cold War, trying to scale back government and making people believe it was "morning again in America," died Saturday after a long twilight struggle with Alzheimer's disease. | |
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John Cole: Ronald Wilson Reagan reagan.jpg Farewell, Mr. President. Josh Chafetz: RONALD WILSON REAGAN, rest in peace. Lou Cannon, Reagan's best biographer (thus far), has a lengthy obituary at the Washington Post website. |
Joe Drymala: Reagan Dies — Former President Ronald Reagan has died today at 93. Thoughts, comments, musings can go here. Brian Linse: Ronald Reagan — Former president Ronald Reagan has died at the age of 93. From Michael Totten: I don't want the man's picture on my money or his head on Mt. |
Circling the Wagons By / NYT — Permalink Over the next few months, I hope to write a fair bit about the dominant feature of our political life: polarization. I hope to figure out how deeply split the nation is, and what exactly it is we are fighting about — questions that leave me, at present, confused. | |
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Tom Maguire: David Brooks On Partisanship — David Brooks delivers the first in what he says will be on ongoing series of columns on partisanship. Matt Yglesias: Polarization — Good points from David Brooks. Roger L. Simon: (UPDATED) This morning's column by David Brooks in the NYT might lead us to that conclusion: Party affiliation even shapes people's perceptions of reality. |
Digby: Bobo's Confused — Hey, I'm just curious, but did David Brooks have some sort of brain tumor or accident that gave him amnesia about the years 1992 to yesterday? Hugh Hewitt: Now for the big debate with a big gun or two. Go read Roger L. Simon on David Brooks' new column. |
A Chronology of Reagan's Life AP — Permalink Key dates in life of Ronald Reagan. Feb. 6, 1911: Born in Tampico, Ill., younger of two sons of Nellie and John Reagan. 1932: Graduates from Eureka College, Eureka, Ill. | |
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Mitch Berg: As to the imagination? I refute Feingold thus: with the ordinary life and extraordinary legacy of Ronald Reagan. Joe Gandelman: Chronology of Reagan's life. AP —A more critical look at Reagan's goals versus his policies in "Ronald Reagan: Party Animal." |
Jonah Goldberg: MORE SOURCES — The AP's chronology of the Gipper's life. |
Reagan Dies After Long Battle With Alzheimer's Disease By / WaPo — Permalink Former president Ronald Reagan died at his California home this afternoon after taking a turn for the worse in his decade-long battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 93, the longest-surviving former president in U.S. history. | |
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Micah Sifry: Down the Memory Hole — President Bush says: "Ronald Reagan won America's respect with his greatness, and won its love with his goodness. C. D. Harris: End Of An Era — R.I.P. President Ronald Reagan. He was 93, the longest-surviving President in United States history. |
Jeanne D'Arc: Ronald Reagan — I'm not going to say much of anything about the death of Ronald Reagan, because obviously I didn't like... |
Foreman's Wake-Up Call By / Village Voice — Permalink No U.S. president, I expect, will ever appoint a Secretary of the Imagination. But if such a cabinet post ever were created, and Richard Foreman weren't immediately appointed to it, you'd know that the Republicans were in power. | |
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Dale Franks: Ah, the Compassion of the Left — Michael Feingold begins his Village Voice review of Richard Foreman's play, King... KJL: This appears in the opening of a theatre review in The Village Voice: "Republicans don't believe in the imagination,... |
Charles Johnson: Village Voice Critic Calls for Bloodbath — Village Voice theater critic Michael Feingold says Republicans should be exterminated. Glenn Reynolds: THE HATRED JUST GETS WORSE: [snipped quote] From the opening paragraph of a theater review (!) in The Village Voice. |
Bush Comments on Reagan Death AP — Permalink PARIS (AP) — Text of President Bush's remarks on President Reagan's death. This is a sad hour in the life of America. A great American life has come to an end. I have just spoken to Nancy Reagan. | |
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Josh Chafetz: President Bush's tribute to Reagan is here, and Senator Kerry's is here. |
Hindrocket: Is there room for one more on Mount Rushmore? reagan.jpg UPDATE: President Bush's excellent statement on President Reagan's death is here. |
The Serious Implications Of President Bush's Hiring A Personal Outside Counsel For The Valerie Plame Investigation By / FindLaw's Writ — Permalink Recently, the White House acknowledged that President Bush is talking with, and considering hiring, a non-government attorney, James E. Sharp. Sharp is being consulted, and may be retained, regarding the current grand jury investigation of the leak revealing the identity of Valerie Plame as a CIA covert operative. | |
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Magpie @PacificViews: More: On a related issue, John Dean has an interesting discussion of why Dubya is seeking outside legal help at Findlaw. Brad DeLong: Blind Ambition — John Dean writes about Bush's need for a private lawyer: "FindLaw's Writ - Dean: The Serious... |
Bob Harris: (Note: this entry posted by Bob Harris) John Dean of Watergate fame explains the possibilities. The Poor Man: Why Does Bush Need A Lawyer? John Dean thinks it's a very big deal: [snipped quote] So, good chance of obstruction. |
Cheney Reportedly Interviewed in Leak of C.I.A. Officer's Name By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 4 — Vice President Dick Cheney was recently interviewed by federal prosecutors who asked whether he knew of anyone at the White House who had improperly disclosed the identity of an undercover C.I.A. officer, people who have been involved in official discussions about the case said on Friday. | |
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TChris: Cheney Interviewed in Plame Investigation — Vice President Cheney was reportedly interviewed by federal prosecutors... The Poor Man: Cheney Interviewed In Plame Investigation — David Johnston of the NY Times reports: [snipped quote] Later, he seems to... |
Magpie @PacificViews: Today, the NY Times reports that federal investigators recently interviewed VP Dick Cheney concerning the Plame leak. Oliver Willis: I Know You Did It, Just Admit It — So the federal prosecutors hauled Dick Cheney in for questioning today. |
Ronald Reagan: The great communicator CNN — Permalink LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States who launched the modern-day conservative political movement with the "Reagan Revolution," died Saturday. He was 93. | |
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Damian Penny: The Reagan legacy — Arthur Chrenkoff grew up in Poland during the era of the Solidarity movement and martial law. |
Arthur Chrenkoff: Ronald Reagan, we shall remember — Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States died yesterday, aged 93. |
Ronald Reagan, Party Animal By / Slate — Permalink I've registered as a Republican exactly once in my life. The year was 1980, and Ronald Reagan, who died today at the age of 93, was seeking the GOP nomination for president. Teddy Kennedy was challenging President Jimmy Carter for the Democratic nomination, and in Massachusetts, where I then lived, Kennedy was certain to win the primary. | |
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Joe Gandelman: AP —A more critical look at Reagan's goals versus his policies in "Ronald Reagan: Party Animal." Slate. |
Brian Linse: Slate's Timothy Noah. And for my own personal comment? I can say that after 3 years of GW Bush I have a newfound appreciation of what a great leader president Reagan was. |
Ronald Reagan ABCNEWS — Permalink Former President Ronald Reagan, the actor and politician whose conservative vision and sunny outlook transformed America, has died. He was 93. Reagan, the nation's 40th president, had suffered from Alzheimer's disease, a debilitating brain disorder diagnosed several years after he left office in 1989. | |
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Joe Gandelman: MSNBC. —From actor to politician/president with sunny outlook. ABC News. —On his genuine optimism and patriotism. |
Robert Garcia Tagorda: UPDATE VII: Joe Katzman pays tribute. UPDATE VIII: ABC News files a story — under "Sci/Tech," strangely. |
Remarks by the President Upon the Death of President Ronald Reagan White House — Permalink THE PRESIDENT: This is a sad hour in the life of America. A great American life has come to an end. I have just spoken to Nancy Reagan. On behalf of our whole nation, Laura and I offered her and the Reagan family our prayers and our condolences. | |
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Steven Taylor: President Bush on President Reagan's Passing — President Bush's statement today regarding the passing of President Reagan was both eloquent and touching: [snipped quote] Indeed. |
Steve Dillard: You will be sorely missed. Update: Here are President George W. Bush's remarks on the passing of President Reagan. |
Statement from Senator John Kerry on the Death of Ronald Reagan Kerry for President Press Room — Permalink Senator John Kerry released the following statement today: "Ronald Reagan's love of country was infectious. Even when he was breaking Democrats hearts, he did so with a smile and in the spirit of honest and open debate. | |
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Oliver Willis: John Kerry: "Ronald Reagan's love of country was infectious. Even when he was breaking Democrats hearts, he did so with a smile and in the spirit of honest and open debate. |
Brian Linse: Other links: The Washington Post's Lou Cannon. [via: TPM] Daily Variety (subscription required) "Reagan's Liberal... |
Danforth Nominated For U.N. Ambassador By / WaPo — Permalink President Bush yesterday nominated John C. Danforth, the former Republican senator from Missouri who has most recently served as special envoy to Sudan, to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. | |
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Jonathan H. Adler: President Bush has chosen former Senator John Danforth as the new U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (replacing John Negroponte). Ken Masugi: St. Jack to the U.N. ; Guiliani for DCI? Clarence Thomas's mentor goes to the U.N. as our Ambassador. |
Steven Taylor: Danforth Named to Replace Negroponte at the UN — Danforth Nominated For U.N. Ambassador "President Bush yesterday... |
O.J. Simpson: 10 years later By / MSNBC — Permalink Couric: "Before we begin, OJ, I want to point out you are here with your attorney, Yale Galanter, who requested to be present during this interview. I want to start by asking you about your children because I know many people want to know how they're doing. | |
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Joe Gandelman: "Media Whores" Show Why They're Called "Media Whores" — Oliver Willis has it totally right...so The Moderate Voice will reproduce his comments then offer his own rant. |
Oliver Willis: OJ: The Media Set Me Up — So I was watching Dateline's ratings-whore of an interview with OJ "Knife" Simpson last night, and I could barely keep down my lunch. |
Mark Latham's secret weapon By / Sydney Morning Herald — Permalink Peter Garrett, touted as ALP candidate for Mr Brereton's seat. Peter Garrett is being touted as Labor's next celebrity federal MP and a possible replacing veteran Laurie Brereton in the NSW seat of Kingsford Smith. | |
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Tim Blair: NEWS BRIEFLETS — O.J. Simpson is so poor these days he can't even afford a mirror. Peter Garrett, Labor candidate? |
Tim Dunlop: Just don't. Speaking of the upcoming Australian election, John Quiggin has joined in the discussion initiated by the Election 2004 post below. |
Liberals, Conservatives in a dead heat, poll suggests By / Globe and Mail — Permalink The federal election is an intense two-horse race with the Liberals and Conservatives in a dead heat as the Liberal Party continues to stumble in the pivotal battleground of Ontario, a new poll suggests. | |
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Magpie @PacificViews: With three weeks to go until Canada's parliamentary elections, a new national poll shows that the Conservative party is in a statistical dead heat with the governing Liberals. |
Damian Penny: Dead Heat — The Globe and Mail says the Liberals are a statistically meaningless one point ahead of the Conservatives... |
TERRORISTS FOR KERRY By / New York Post — Permalink OSAMA bin Laden could have made a good living as a political consultant if he did not choose to kill babies in stead. The al Qaeda/Ba'ath Party strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan is, at core, a political one. They seek not just to pull Iraq into chaos, but to defeat President Bush as well. | |
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Betsy Newmark: Dick Morris looks at whom the terrorists are pulling for in this campaign. For historical parallels, see my post on politics in the Civil War. |
Tim Blair: TRIANGULATE THIS — Dick Morris — Mark Latham's hero — presents a political theory with which the Labor leader may... |
Spain and U.S. at Odds on Mistaken Terror Arrest By / NYT — Permalink PORTLAND, Ore. , June 3 — Two weeks after United States authorities cleared a Portland-area lawyer of any connection to the deadly terrorist bombing in Madrid, high-level Spanish law enforcement officials who were also involved in the investigation are... | |
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Kevin Drum: The details are pretty chilling: [snipped quote] On May 6 the FBI arrested Mayfield on a material witness warrant and kept him in jail for two weeks. Mark Kleiman: Just asking — Assume Brandon Mayfield had been under investigation in connection with a terrorist attack in the United... |
Jeralyn Merritt: The FBI has apologized to Mayfield, but Spanish forensic experts are still blaming the FBI for their insistence that... |
Bin Laden stars in Rumsfeld pillow talk BBC — Permalink The top target of the US war on terror isn't usually the subject of pillow talk - except for the defence secretary. Donald Rumsfeld has admitted that his wife often needles him about the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden - often just after they wake up. | |
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KJL: JOYCE RUMSFELD, MODEL POLITICAL WIFE |
Andrew Sullivan: QUOTE FOR THE DAY: "The only way we ever found [Saddam] is finally somebody put enough pressure on enough people to find... |
Italy protests greet Bush visit BBC — Permalink Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters have taken to the streets in Rome as US President George W Bush visits the Italian capital. Crowds of demonstrators shouting "No Bush, no war" marched through the city. | |
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Jan Haugland: The Pope: an upside down compass to morals — George Bush is enjoying a typical European welcome in Rome these days, and... |
Arthur Chrenkoff: Police estimate the crowd at 25,000, the organisers at 150,000, while some reports put the figure at 500,000. |
Saddam's very own party By / New Statesman — Permalink Just before the war against Iraq I began to receive strange calls from BBC journalists. Would I like information on how the leadership of the anti-war movement had been taken over by the Socialist Workers Party? Maybe, I replied. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: "SADDAM'S VERY OWN PARTY" — Boy, now this is a stunner, isn't it? "Just before the war against Iraq I began to receive strange calls from BBC journalists. Jeff Jarvis: Harry sends us this from the Observer's Nick Cohen in the New Statesman saying that the BBC wouldn't run stories... Harry @HarrysPlace: Our editors won't let us. The full article is on the New Statesman site as free to view at the moment. |
Smash: NICK COHEN observes the rise of Respect, a political party uniting elements of the radical left with the reactionary right in Britain. Glenn Reynolds: Say it ain't so! Here's the full story, from the New Statesman, and here's a key bit: [snipped quote] (Emphasis added.) |
Kerry: Many U.S. Military Back Him as Their Commander By / Reuters — Permalink MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Democrat John Kerry courted the traditionally Republican veterans' vote on Friday by suggesting that many in the U.S. military would prefer him as commander in chief over President Bush. | |
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Captain Ed: Open Thread: John Kerry Says US Military Backs Him — Earlier today, John Kerry told an audience in Minneapolis that he... |
Charles Johnson: Kerry: Many U.S. Military Back Him as Their Commander. (Hat tip: lazytart.) |
CBS Poll: Vets Favor Bush CBS News — Permalink Veterans give President Bush much higher marks than other Americans for his job performance in handling Iraq and the war on terror, as well as handling his job overall. | |
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Captain Ed: UPDATE: CBS says Kerry has his work cut out for him: "In the 2004 campaign, President Bush is touting his record as... Atrios: Kerry Over Bush, 49-41 — Though you have to read all the way down to the end to discover that. |
Charles Johnson: A CBS poll shows the President leading by a wide margin among veterans nationwide, 54% to 40%: Vets Favor Bush. (Hat tip: NC.) Edward Driscoll: CBS POLL SHOWS VETS FAVOR BUSH: Given how veterans have rejected Kerry (not the least of which are those who served... |
Bush-Haters of the World, Unite! By / Weekly Standard — Permalink BILLIONAIRE AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIER George Soros, who is bankrolling the campaign against Bush, yesterday compared the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal to the attacks of September 11. | |
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Brian Montopoli: Media outlets associated with the right, for example, including the Washington Times, Fox News Channel, and the Weekly... |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: FROM THE MOST RECENT REPUBLICAN-BASHING CONFERENCE — Erin Montgomery has quite the amusing report. |
GOP HAS SOROS IN ITS SIGHTS By / New York Post — Permalink WASHINGTON — Republicans launched an attack on billionaire financier and anti-Bush fanatic George Soros, mocking him as the "Lord of the Democrats" and outlining a plan to rip his out-of-the-mainstream views. | |
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Daniel Drezner: Indeed, Vincent Morris of the New York Post reports that in a Republican National Comittee memo e-mailed to... Brian Montopoli: In a bit of preemptive spin control, Republicans had attacked Soros and Clinton in the New York Post that morning,... |
The Poor Man: He is a self-admitted atheist, he was a Jew who figured out a way to survive the Holocaust." Sort-of explanation here. |
An Icon, and Then He's Gone By / LAT — Permalink BEIJING — For many foreigners, he is Tiananmen Square's most recognizable figure, outshining even Chairman Mao Tse-tung — whose body still lies in state at a far end of the vast public space. | |
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Robert Garcia Tagorda: Tiananmen Square Anniversary — In a very good Column One feature, the Los Angeles Times describes the mysterious identity and fate of the iconic dissenter. |
Matt Welch: But who is he, and where is he now? The L.A. Times couldn't really find out, but the search is illuminating. |
U.S. Pays Egypt Compensation for 'Regional Unrest' Reuters — Permalink CAIRO (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday signed an agreement to give Egypt $300 million to compensate it for "regional unrest" stemming from last year's war in Iraq. | |
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Emperor Darth Misha I: According to this, our "fearless" Administration seems to have forgotten all about it while throwing taxpayers' money... Charles Johnson: The US government is throwing them another $300 million, to compensate them for "regional unrest:" U.S. Pays Egypt Compensation for 'Regional Unrest'. |
Rod Dreher: BAKSHEESH — The United States has agreed to pay Egypt $300 million for causing "regional unrest" by attacking Iraq. |
Too Much, Too Late By / Opinion Journal — Permalink My political credo is simple and many people share it: I am against phonies. A cultural establishment that (on the whole) doesn't give a damn about World War II or its veterans thinks it can undo a half-century of indifference verging on contempt by repeating... | |
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Donald Sensing: Remembering Torpedo Squadron 8 — Yale University Professor David Gelernter decries the fact that today America's great battles are not known to most children and many adults. |
Michael DeBow: Never miss a chance to read David Gelernter: He's on OpinionJournal today. As noted in his column, the Battle of Midway began this date, 1942. |
The New Defeatism NRO — Permalink Are we giving up, even as we're succeeding? Nothing has been quite as depressing as watching Washington and New York melt down during these past two months. History in D.C. is apparently measured by hours, not decades — and its lessons are gleaned from last night's reruns. | |
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Cori Dauber: But you'd never know that from listening to Washington and New York lumminaries. Michael DeBow: New VDH today on NRO: "These depressing times really are much like the late 1960s, when only a few dared to plead that... |
Matt Yglesias: Stab In The Back — Nobody's trying to perpetuate anything like that old saw: [snipped quote] Lowry also cautions us about the dangers of excessive worry regarding torture. Charles Johnson: The New Defeatism — Victor Davis Hanson continues to frame the issues with relentless intelligence. |
Rep. Kennedy pans Michael Moore film editing Minneapolis Star Tribune — Permalink WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Mark Kennedy has unhappy memories of his filmed encounter with leftist moviemaker Michael Moore, an encounter featured Thursday in a trailer for the upcoming U.S. release of the film "Fahrenheit 9/11." | |
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John Cole: Michael Moore, Lying Again — What a surprise- Moore uses deceptive editing to decieve his audience: [snipped quote] As they might say in Cannes- Mon Dieu! Pejman Yousefzadeh: MORE OF THE SAME — Another day, another news story pointing out the fact that Michael Moore is a fabulist of... |
Stephen Green: Heh, He Said "Big Boned" — Michael Moore is a big, fat liar: [snipped quote] Maybe I went a little overboard with the lead-in. |
Rich Choices in November By / WaPo — Permalink The Bush-Cheney campaign this week stepped up its assault on Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) for being a rich guy. No, make that for being a really, really rich guy. | |
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Billmon: Game Time — If attacking Kerry because he "looks French" was silly, this is silliness turned into a form of political... |
David Allan Pell: Capitalistic Pig — Republicans are pushing a web-based game called Kerryopoly and trying to discredit the Senator for being really rich. |
SAN FRANCISCO By / San Francisco Chronicle — Permalink There's been an outpouring of support for North Beach merchant Lori Haigh, whose gallery was vandalized over a controversial war-related painting. But Haigh is uncomfortable with the latest show of solidarity — a proposal by San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin to display the polemic art at City Hall. | |
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Stefan Sharkansky: A member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is spending the people's time on a resolution to hang a painting of humiliated Abu Ghraib prisoners in City Hall. |
Tim Cavanaugh: Underdog paper the Examiner was faster and more extensive on this story, but the Chronicle has an interesting snapshot of the dispirited Haigh. |
Stem Cell Initiative Certified for Ballot LAT — Permalink SACRAMENTO — An initiative that would have state taxpayers underwrite $3 billion worth of research into using embryonic stem cells to develop cures for Alzheimer's and other debilitating diseases qualified for the Nov. 2 ballot Thursday, propelling California to the forefront of a national battle at the intersection of science and morality. | |
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David Allan Pell: Stemming the Tide in California — Californians will vote on an initiative that would provide $3 billion for stem cell research. |
Kevin Drum: STEM CELLS....Ah, I see that another initiative has qualified for the November ballot in California: [snipped quote] What a shame. |
Jobs Growth Unexpectedly Strong in May Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers added an unexpectedly large 248,000 jobs in May, according to a government report on Friday that confirmed a strengthening economy likely to soon bring higher interest rates. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: NEWS ON THE EMPLOYMENT FRONT — While the unemployment rate itself has remained steady, job growth continues. |
Stephen Green: Get'em While the Getting Is Good — Smokin': [snipped quote] Of course, this can't go on indefinitely: [snipped quote] Get that re-fi now, kids. |
"A Lout's Game" NRO — Permalink Intel problems way beyond Tenet. CIA Director George Tenet has resigned. Good. Can Congress and the media resign next? Tenet stacked up an impressive number of failures during his tenure, but pinning America's atrophied intelligence capabilities on him is a little like blaming Danish Defense Minister Soeren Gade for Denmark's weak defense. | |
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Matt Welch: What the White House Needs Is More Power — Rich Lowry does a nice job summarizing the right-of-center complaint du... |
Cori Dauber: Because, as Rich Lowry explains, if you don't want a risk averse intelligence community, then you shouldn't convince... |
HIDDEN POWER New York Post — Permalink June 4, 2004 — WE weren't totally accurate in predicting three months ago that Sen. John Kerry would dump Terry McAuliffe as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. McAuliffe continues to hold the title. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: RETURN OF A FAMILIAR NAME — This article notes the diminishing role of Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry... |
KJL: CLINTONS' MAN VS. KERRY'S MAN — It's no happy family over at the DNC. |
Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides By / Capitol Hill Blue — Permalink President George W. Bush's increasingly erratic behavior and wide mood swings has the halls of the West Wing buzzing lately as aides privately express growing concern over their leader's state of mind. | |
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Tbogg: Wait until he finds out that John Kerry ate the strawberries... If George Bush starts rolling ball-bearings in his hand... Jack Balkin: Capitol Hill Blue: Bush Feeling the Pressure — One must take this report from Capitol Hill Blue, suggesting that Bush... Dwight Meredith: I do not think so. Capital Hill Blue has another provocative piece in today's edition. |
Bo Cowgill: IF THIS REPORT FROM CAPITOL HILL BLUE is true, then it is the first real evidence I've seen that Bush is becoming erratic and Nixonian. Kevin Drum: JUST LIKE NIXON...I'm with Atrios on this: it might not be the most responsible thing to do, but this article in... Atrios: Porn for Democrats — As I said yesterday, one should not trust Capitol Hill Blue, but I thought this article nicely... |
Soros likens Iraqi prisoner abuse to 9/11 By / Washington Times — Permalink The Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal was "a moment of truth" for the United States as severe as the September 11 terrorist attacks, billionaire financier George Soros told a gathering of liberal activists yesterday. | |
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Max B. Sawicky: That excuse for a newspaper, Washington Times, similarly omitted the underlined words. Betsy Newmark: Now, he's comparing some suspected terrorists and Baathist terror masters from Saddam's reign being humiliated in Abu... |
Hugh Hewitt: The Washington Times has the most complete account, including an excerpt of Senator Clinton's effusive welcome of the slanderer of the American military and people. |
A Pentagon Plan Would Cut Back G.I.'s in Germany By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 3 — The Pentagon has proposed a plan to withdraw its two Army divisions from Germany and undertake an array of other changes in its European-based forces, in the most significant rearrangement of the American military around the world since the beginning of the cold war, according to American and allied officials. | |
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Tom Maguire: US Troop Redeployment — The NY Times has "A Pentagon Plan Would Cut Back G.I.'s in Germany" to coincide with Bush's European trip; Phil Carter has analysis. Nick Confessore: The New York Times's Michael Gordon reports: [snipped quote] This is something that really has been considered for some... Phillip Carter: Changing America's Global Footprint — Michael Gordon reports in Thursday's New York Times that the Pentagon has plans... |
James Joyner: Fewer Troops in Germany — Jacob Sullum: [snipped quote] Heh. I think I could live with that, too. Jacob Sullum: Rumsfeld Shuffle — The Pentagon is finally getting around to shifting troops from Germany and Korea to places where they might actually be of some use. |
Soros: Abu Ghraib = September 11 NRO — Permalink The billionaire shares his theories with liberal activists. Billionaire financier George Soros, the financial power behind a number of anti-Bush movements on the left, today directly compared the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal in Iraq with the terrorist attacks of September 11. | |
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Max B. Sawicky: Anyway, getting back to NRO and Soros, the NRO smear headline by the lying Byron York is "Soros: Abu Ghraib = September 11." |
Hugh Hewitt: Byron York of National Review broke the story, which was carried but buried in this morning's Boston Globe, but ignored... |
Did al-Qaida trainee warn FBI before 9/11? MSNBC — Permalink LONDON - More than a year before 9/11, a Pakistani-British man told the FBI an incredible tale: that he had been trained by bin Laden's followers to hijack airplanes and was now in America to carry out an attack. The FBI questioned him for weeks, but then let him go home, and never followed up. | |
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Stuart Buck: Khans — Compare the last names of the two Pakistani fellows in these two respective stories: "From MSNBC: More than a... Steve Antler: Via Glenn Reynolds we have this story, breaking this week but likely in preparation last week. Is there more? Involving the CIA? Tim Blair: SOMEBODY KNEW — NBC reports: [snipped quote] Associated Press and Reuters have follow-up articles. |
Jon Henke: Hints, allegations and things left unsaid — Well, this should put an end to the "Clinton wouldn't have ignored the... Edward _: Did al-Qaida trainee warn FBI before 9/11? Jeff Goldstein: The official post of Bartleby the scrivener and the Clinton Administration. I would prefer not to. * |
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A Scapegoat Is Not a Solution By / NYT — Permalink Some critics of America's intelligence services will mistakenly see George Tenet's resignation as director of central intelligence as a first reaction to the 9/11 commission and as an acknowledgement that the C.I.A. failed to anticipate the rise of radical Islamic terrorism. | |
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Hindrocket: In today's New York Times, he responds to the staff report of the Sept. 11 commission, which was released last month and... Cori Dauber: His piece this morning is an effort to intervene in the defining of the narrative frame around the resignation, to argue... |
James Joyner: Paul Pillar (author, former CIA counter-terror chief) "Far more is at stake here than repairing the reputation of the... |
Progressives, Preparing To Advance in One Direction By / WaPo — Permalink The progressives are in town, incredibly well behaved. They're focused and on message. They clap and cheer at appropriate moments during the speeches. There are no hecklers, no splinter groups, no eruptions of dissent over doctrinal impurities. | |
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Brian Montopoli: Note the following description of the participants: "They're the polite Left, the conference-attending Left, the... Tim Graham: CURBED KERRY ENTHUSIASM — The Washington Post today mildly notes that lefties are throwing their "Take Back America"... |
Adam Mordecai: The Washington Post reports: "There is an echo chamber quality to an event like this: At some point it's just a pep rally. |
Boys Will Be...Reprimanded NRO — Permalink "MacKenzie!" A hard female voice rings warningly across the playground. I look up from the bench where I am feeding pared strawberries to Phoebe and Violet to see who's in trouble. On the sandy surface near us, eight or nine small children are biffing about equably. | |
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SLZoll: "A hard female voice rings warningly across the playground" TBOGG's monitor died, thus delaying his report on America's Worst Mother™ (a trademark of TbogganymicsCo). |
Tbogg: RIP — Due to the untimely passing of a ViewSonic 19" inch monitor at Tbogg Central, there will be no America's Worst Mother™ until this weekend. |
Productivity revised higher in 1Q CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. businesses increased their productivity at a faster pace than first thought in the first quarter, the government said Thursday, but labor costs were also revised upward — both for the start of this year and the end of last. | |
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Bird Dog: From the Reuters "news" service: "Nonfarm business productivity increased at a revised 3.8 percent annual rate in the... |
Jon Henke: Productivity gains — Jeebus, but it's hard to recoup those lost jobs when you have productivity gains like this... |
Job growth heats up By / CNN — Permalink NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The job market is the hottest it's been in four years, a government report showed Friday, as the nation's employers added nearly a million jobs over the last three months. | |
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Greg Ransom: But CNN's Chris Isidore is worried that continued salary inflation will hurt corporate profits. |
Captain Ed: The Jobful Recovery — After much hew and cry regarding the so-called "jobless recovery" — as if job growth had ever... |
Iraq History Lesson By / WaPo — Permalink "Today the guns are silent. . . . The entire world is quietly at peace." So said Douglas MacArthur in September 1945. Last week, seeing that quotation, now inscribed in stone at the new National World War II Memorial in Washington, I was struck, touched, by its optimism. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: THE MEDIA AND IRAQ — In commenting on the transition to a new Iraqi government, Charles Krauthammer points out that the... |
James Joyner: Charles Krauthammer refers to a John Keegan op-ed that got wide play in the blogosphere, including OTB, earlier in the week: "Keegan's larger point was contemporary, however. |