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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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David Allan Pell: Actor, Governor, President, Icon — LinkTo or Email Post James Joyner: Lou Cannon — Actor, Governor, President, Icon "A movie actor who became one of the most popular presidents of the 20th... 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." |
The Poor Man: Brad DeLong gives Reagan mixed marks; some are kinder, some harsher. Smash: In Memoriam — Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1911-2004 From his final public speech, at the 1992 Republican Convention: [snipped quote] Goodnight, Gipper. Bill Hobbs: God Bless Ronald Reagan reagan.jpeg Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1911-2004. He saved America. |
| Also: Ramesh Ponnuru, Kevin Drum, Daniel Drezner, Josh Marshall, Phillip Carter, Stryker, Josh Chafetz, Jan Haugland, Tom Maguire, Brian Linse, Taegan Goddard, Jeralyn Merritt, Harley, Robert Garcia Tagorda | |
An Optimist's Legacy By / WaPo — Permalink One measure of a leader's greatness is this: By the time he dies the dangers that summoned him to greatness have been so thoroughly defeated, in no small measure by what he did, it is difficult to recall the magnitude of those dangers or of his achievements. | |
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Cori Dauber: And surely that's as important as the fact that he was an optimist who made people feel optimistic again. One final thought. Steven Taylor: Will on Reagan — George Will's column on Reagan in today's WaPo (An Optimist's Legacy) is worth a read: [snipped quote] Indeed and indeed. |
Deacon: The "undisputed leader in the free republic of our hearts" — Here is George Will's tribute to Ronald Reagan. James Joyner: George Will — An Optimist's Legacy "One measure of a leader's greatness is this: By the time he dies the dangers that... |
Shock over shooting of BBC crew BBC — Permalink The attack on BBC's Simon Cumbers and Frank Gardner near Riyadh has been condemned by their media colleagues as well as British and Saudi officials. Irishman Cumbers, 36, was killed and Briton Gardner, 42, was injured after coming under fire from gunmen. | |
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Tim Blair: BBC STAFFER KILLED — Cameraman Simon Cumbers has been shot dead and BBC Middle East correspondent Frank Gardner wounded... |
Arthur Chrenkoff: Question of the day — Now that a BBC cameraman has been killed and a BBC journalist wounded in a gun attack in Saudi... |
Right-Leaning Policy Won a Nickname: Reaganomics By / WaPo — Permalink Through the prism of the right, Ronald Reagan's economic policies in the 1980s were a rainbow, a vision that was largely responsible for the nation's remarkable economy in the 1990s. Through the prism of the left, Reaganomics was a storm that devastated the poor and left huge budget deficits in its wake. | |
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Brad DeLong: ": THIS IS YOUR JOURNALIST ON DRUGS: Possibly the most bizarre thing I will read today, by Glen Kessler in the Post:" |
Max B. Sawicky: THIS IS YOUR JOURNALIST ON DRUGS — Possibly the most bizarre thing I will read today, by Glen Kessler in the Post:... |
The Press: Too Far From the Story? By / WaPo — Permalink It's a curious vocation that calls you to risk your life for a story. This occurred to me over dinner last week during a visit to the shabby confines of The Post's Baghdad bureau. | |
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Gary Farber: REPORTING FROM IRAQ: it's not fun, it's not pretty, it's not easy, and sometimes it just can't be done. |
Cori Dauber: She concludes: It is worth asking whether these conditions make coverage overly negative, expressing journalists'... |
THEY KEPT GOING UP By / New York Post — Permalink BEHIND an exposed strip of sand, steep bluffs command Omaha Beach. Perfect for enemy artillery observ ers and machine-gun emplacements, the high ground grants only a few narrow passages into the French countryside. | |
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James Joyner: Ralph Peters captures the bravery of those who stormed the beaches quite nicely: "If courage is about fear overcome,... |
Stephen Green: Required Reading — Ralph Peters, on the men who fought 60 years ago at Normandy. |
Ronald Wilson Reagan WaPo — Permalink RONALD REAGAN'S was perhaps the most personal of all American presidencies, in the sense that it derived from the firsthand experiences — personal and tangible — of the president himself. This isn't to say that Mr. Reagan, who died yesterday at the age of 93, put his stamp on every aspect of his administration — far from it. | |
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Steve Antler: Principled leadership without unprincipled nuance... Via the Corner, a Washington Post Reagan obituary with ideas that... KJL: KUDOS TO THE WASHINGTON POST THOUGH — "Never mind that a number of respected and influential figures in the last... |
QD @SouthernAppeal: Probably just as well. The Washington Post does and does a pretty good job. |
Tough By / TNR — Permalink This is wartime, which is no time to be soft. The terrorists are tough, and so we must be tough. I am feeling tough, and toughly I feel also that too many children are being killed by the right side in this war, by my side, by Americans and by Israelis, in whose actions I am differently and willingly implicated. | |
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Gary Farber: TOUGHNESS, MORAL EQUIVALENCY, AND JUSTICE. Leon Wieselier makes necessary points, as he so often does. |
Matt Yglesias: Conservatives, on the other hand, seem to have concluded that, via the mysterious quality of moral clarity (rightly... |
Soros Likens Sept. 11 to Abu Ghraib AP — Permalink This is a partial transcript from "HANNITY & COLMES", June 3, 2004, that has been edited for clarity. SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: This morning, George Soros (search), who is described by some as Daddy Warbucks of the Democratic Party was introduced by Senator... | |
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Steve Bainbridge: In my view, it is possible to think that Blankley said some very suspect things, while also thinking that Soros is a bad... Daniel Drezner: He said the following on the June 3rd Hannity & Colmes: [snipped quote] Mark Kleiman says this demonstrates "how much of... |
Max B. Sawicky: The Hannity and Colmes segment with Tony Blankly just oozes anti-semitism. Mark Kleiman: And I'm waiting to hear from Abe Foxman on this. Here's the Hannity and Colmes transcript. Here's Soros's speech. |
It Was Twenty Years Ago Today By / Opinion Journal — Permalink We're here to mark that day in history when the Allied armies joined in battle to reclaim this continent to liberty. For four long years, much of Europe had been under a terrible shadow. Free nations had fallen, Jews cried out in the camps, millions cried out for liberation. | |
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James Joyner: Update: Apparently, this is the enduring image of Reagan: An interesting retrospective: NYT — Reagan Story Archive AP... Josh Chafetz: PRESIDENT REAGAN'S SPEECH COMMEMORATING THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY, delivered twenty years ago today at Pointe du Hoc, France, is still well worth reading. |
QD @SouthernAppeal: Pont du Hoc: My favorite passage from the Pont du Hoc speech: The men of Normandy had faith that what they were doing... Michael DeBow: Two reprints just posted on OpinionJournal: Robert L. Bartley's 1989 assessment of the Reagan legacy, and the text of Reagan's 1984 speech at Pointe du Hoc. |
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. Damian Penny: Reagan is dead — He passed away today at age 93. I was terrified of Ronald Reagan when I was a child. 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. Baldilocks: It's a sad day, but he's been released from his purgatory of Alzheimer's disease. God rest your soul, Mister President. Susanna Cornett: Goodbye, Ron — President Ronald Reagan is dead. RIP. |
| Also: Jan Haugland, Joe Katzman, Edward Driscoll, Charles Johnson, Jon Henke | |
Rumsfeld Doesn't Request Bangladesh Forces for Iraq By / LAT — Permalink DHAKA, Bangladesh — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Saturday made the first visit here by an American defense chief in decades, but he stopped short of asking this Muslim nation that is one of the largest contributors of troops to the United Nations to send soldiers to Iraq. | |
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Gary Farber: SHADOW OF THE PAST. Someone with past experience with U.S. military involvement in his country has a view. |
Hugh Hewitt: So I am against those who call for the United States to [set] a time-table for U.S. forces and its allies to withdraw... |
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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Tom Tomorrow: Those were not good years...as Timothy Noah reminds us: "But the only hot war waged during the Reagan administration... Joe Gandelman: AP —A more critical look at Reagan's goals versus his policies in "Ronald Reagan: Party Animal." Slate. |
Roger Ailes: Here's a good first line of defense for the coming epidemic of St. Ronnie's Dance. 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. |
J-Lo dances down aisle Reuters — Permalink LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez has married her current boyfriend, salsa singer Marc Anthony, barely five months after breaking her much-publicized engagement to actor Ben Affleck, Us Weekly reported Saturday. | |
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James Joyner: J-Lo Marries, Again — Somehow, this event has been overshadowed by the celebration of the men of D-Day and the death of... KJL: WHAT WOULD BE IN THE NEWS... ...J-Lo & Marc Anthony got hitched. If for even a second you think I just married a dead Roman, ignore. |
Oliver Willis: Then Again... J-Lo got married again. Let the bashing commence. |
Effect on U.S. Politics Still Felt By / LAT — Permalink No one since Franklin D. Roosevelt reshaped American politics or restored the primacy of the presidency more than Ronald Reagan. Reagan redefined the message of the Republican Party, expanded its reach to working-class voters who had rejected it for... | |
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James Joyner: Ron Brownstein (LA Times) — Effect on U.S. Politics Still Felt "No one since Franklin D. Roosevelt reshaped American... |
Betsy Newmark: Ron Brownstein looks at Reagan's political legacy. "This may be the most telling measure of Reagan's impact. |
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: Robert Garcia Tagorda, Jeff A. Taylor, Moe Lane | |
Bush Ratings Show Historical Levels of Polarization By / Gallup — Permalink PRINCETON, NJ — An analysis of Gallup Poll data reveals extreme and unprecedented levels of polarization in George W. Bush's job approval ratings. Currently, Democrats and Republicans evaluate the president very differently, with Republicans overwhelmingly positive and Democrats decidedly negative. | |
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Billmon: But trying to tie Soros to John Kerry's coattails simply isn't going to work - except with the brain dead faithful, and they're already rock solid. |
Ruy Teixeira: Independent Voters and the Bush Presidency — Gallup has put out an interesting new analysis discussing the high levels of partisan polarization in views of Bush. |
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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Doug Allen: Former president Ronald Reagan died at 93. reaganrev.jpg June 05, 2004 Virtual Real Estate 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. |
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." |
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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James Joyner: WaPo — Ronald Reagan Dies: 40th President Reshaped American Politics [quote] "This is a sad hour in the life of America," Bush said after speaking with Nancy Reagan by telephone.[end quote] 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... |
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: Ronald Reagan R.I.P. President Ronald Reagan. He was 93, the longest-surviving President in United States history. |
Kerry Postpones Campaign to Honor Reagan AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry plans to take time off the campaign trail to observe Ronald Reagan 's death, saying Americans "bow their heads in prayer and gratitude that President Reagan left such an indelible stamp on the nation he loved." | |
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Captain Ed: Kerry, speaking about the opposition's greatest inspiration for generations, said this in a press release shortly after... |
Steve Soto: Update: Kerry, in suspending his campaign for a couple of days due to Reagan's passing, nails the differences between... |
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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James Joyner: AP— Bush Comments on Reagan Death "This is a sad hour in the life of America. A great American life has come to an end. 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. |
Josh Chafetz: President Bush's tribute to Reagan is here, and Senator Kerry's is here. And finally, two more pieces of suggested reading. |
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 Had Long Struggle With Alzheimer's Disease By / NYT — Permalink Ronald Wilson Reagan, a former film star who became America's 40th president, the oldest to enter the White House but imbued with a youthful optimism rooted in the traditional virtues of a bygone era, died yesterday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 93. | |
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James Joyner: NYT — Reagan Fought a Decade-Long Battle With Alzheimer's Disease "To a nation hungry for a hero, a nation battered by... Tacitus: Inscribed on it is a single sentence: We have every right to dream heroic dreams. The happy warrior is gone. |
Will Baude: UPDATE: As of now (11:23, 6/5/04) the New York Times front picture is of Ronald Reagan wearing a snazzy hat. |
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. |
Quotes: Associates React to Reagan's Death AP — Permalink Nancy Reagan: "My family and I would like the world to know that President Ronald Reagan has passed away after 10 years of Alzheimer's disease at 93 years of age. We appreciate everyone's prayers." President George W. Bush: "He always told us that for America the best is yet to come. | |
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Jonah Goldberg: REAGAN ACCOLADES — Here's a whole list of nice reactions and one classic from Danny Glover, who's probably not hanging... Jeralyn Merritt: Here's a quote from John Kerry: [snipped quote] Kerry's official statement is here. |
KJL: In a list of reactions to Ronald Reagan's death from "friends, family and fellow politicians" we find Danny Glover's:... |
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... |
Tom Maguire: Kind words from John Kerry, both in his statement and his High School commencement speech: ...We're a nation of optimists. |
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. |
Making Our Best Days Possible By / NRO — Permalink Shortly after Ronald Reagan's landslide election to the presidency in 1980, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company produced a study of the effect of the presidency on life expectancy, finding that being president shortens a person's life expectancy nearly as much as cigarette smoking. | |
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Edward Driscoll: I from 2002. UPDATE: Speaking of Steve Hayward, here are his thoughts on Ronald Reagan's successful legacy. |
The Big Trunk: Making our best days possible — NRO has posted the commentary of our friend Steve Hayward on President Reagan: "Making our best days possible." |
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. |
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. |
Ronald Reagan dies at 93 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, a family friend said. | |
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Tbogg: Ronnie's Gone or J-Lo Weds. You have to ask yourself: which one will sell more papers? Journalisming is hard.... |
Oliver Willis: Reagan — CBS is reporting that President Reagan has died... Ronald Reagan dies at 93 He died at his home in California,... |
Rampage in Granby Rocky Mountain News — Permalink GRANBY — A 52-year-old welder nursing a grudge against the town fathers and driving a bulldozer converted into a war machine ripped the heart of this high-country ranching town from its foundations Friday. | |
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Moe Lane: I am referring, of course, to the armor-plated bulldozer (complete with .50 caliber machine gun) that tore up a Colorado... |
Jim Henley: Gaudy Night: The Continuing Series - Me, a few months ago: [snipped quote] The Rocky Mountain News, yesterday:... |
Time for some serious art about war By / Chicago Sun Times — Permalink I bought a Glenn Miller CD the other day. Impulse purchase. I'd careered off the highway and into the mall to grab a big geopolitical analysis book I suddenly needed and, as I dashed in the store, I ran straight into a new best-of-Miller compilation they had on display. | |
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Arthur Chrenkoff: Mark Steyn has written a piece for "Chicago Sun Times", contrasting the patriotism of the popular culture at the time of the D-Day with the moral vacuity of the present times. |
Tim Blair: There are too many great lines in this Mark Steyn column to extract any samples. Just read. Andrew Bolt salutes crusading Christine Nixon. |
Prisoner abuse could be war crime, says UN By / Financial Times — Permalink The United Nations' top human rights watchdog warned yesterday that prisoner abuses committed by US forces in Iraq could constitute war crimes and called for "full accountability" of those responsible. | |
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Randall McElroy: "'The United Nations' top human rights watchdog warned yesterday that prisoner abuses committed by US forces in Iraq... |
Jeralyn Merritt: UN Watchdog: Abu Ghraib Abuses may be War Crimes — Did our soldiers, intelligence officers or American contractors commit war crimes at Abu Ghraib? |
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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Andrew Sullivan: Michael Feingold, in the Village Voice. 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,... |
Tom Smith: The nazi left — It's rather troubling that you can publish something in a large circulation US paper favoring the extermination of Republicans. 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. |
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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Will Baude: Perfectly rational — The latest from David Brooks: [snipped quote] The rest of Brooks' article makes some interesting... 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? 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. |
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. |
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. |
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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Jesse Taylor: Not Quite The Great Communicator — Dick Morris pens a column with the understated title "Terrorists for Kerry". 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. |
Roger Ailes: If Bush is elected, the toe-sucking, newspaper-piddling johns have won. (Thanks to a reader for the link) Tim Blair: TRIANGULATE THIS — Dick Morris — Mark Latham's hero — presents a political theory with which the Labor leader may... |
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... |
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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Belle Waring: From the NYT today: …the F.B.I. at one point told federal prosecutors that Spanish officials were "satisfied" with their conclusion. Jeralyn Merritt: The FBI has apologized to Mayfield, but Spanish forensic experts are still blaming the FBI for their insistence that... |
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... |
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. |