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Use of Dogs to Scare Prisoners Was Authorized WaPo — Permalink U.S. intelligence personnel ordered military dog handlers at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq to use unmuzzled dogs to frighten and intimidate detainees during interrogations late last year, a plan approved by the highest-ranking military intelligence officer at the facility, according to sworn statements the handlers provided to military investigators. | |
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Andrew Sullivan: THE DOGS WERE APPROVED: The use of unmuzzled dogs to terrify prisoners was approved military practice in Abu Ghraib Jan Haugland: The unmuzzled dogs of war — US personell at the Abu Ghraib prison were ordered to use unmuzzled dogs to "frighten and intimidate" prisoners during interrogations. Jeralyn Merritt: Military Authorized Use of Unmuzzled Dogs at Abu Ghraib — The Washington Post has statements from dog handlers at Abu Ghraib. |
Michael Froomkin: We're talking about scaring people with dogs, about contests to see how many detainees could be so terrified they peed on themselves. David Allan Pell: The responsibilty investigation regarding the behavior at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere has moved up the chain of command yet... Vanderleun: Who knew? And 'authorized' scary dogs at that: Use of Dogs to Scare Prisoners Was Authorized (washingtonpost.com). |
| Also: Steve M., Von @ObsidianWings, Phillip Carter, Cori Dauber, Josh Marshall, Ken Masugi, David Adesnik | |
Is U.S. like Germany of the '30s? By / Chicago Sun Times — Permalink BERLIN — I can understand, my German friend said, why Germans voted for Hitler in 1933 — though he did not receive a majority of the vote. The Weimar Republic was weak and incompetent. The Great Depression had ruined the nation's war-devastated economy. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: LOTS OF VIOLATIONS OF GODWIN'S LAW GOING AROUND — I just don't have any patience for this stuff anymore, and my hometown paper embarrasses itself by publishing such dreck. Edward Driscoll: GODWIN'S LAW* forces The Chicago Sun-Times to cease publication after this article. More here and here. Atrios: Greeley — Link: "Today many Americans celebrate a ''strong'' leader who, like Woodrow Wilson, never wavers, never... |
Steven Taylor: What a shockingly ridiculous piece of reasoning by someone one would think would know better: Is U.S. like Germany of the '30s? Jeff Goldstein: Greeley Notes — Go west, old man. And don't stop until the last few links of your entrails are being chewed through by a frenzy of Pacific Hammerhead sharks. **** h/t QandO |
Undecided Voter Is Becoming the Focus of Both Political Parties By / NYT — Permalink ARDMORE, Pa., June 10 — They are more likely to be white than black, female than male, married than single, and live in the suburbs rather than in large cities. They are not frequent churchgoers nor gun enthusiasts. They are clustered in swing states like Ohio, Michigan and here in Pennsylvania. | |
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Noam Scheiber: Adam Nagourney writes in today's Times that: "From a tactical point of view, undecided voters present a special... David Allan Pell: As Adam Nagourney writes: "They are more likely to be white than black, female than male, married than single, and live in the suburbs rather than in large cities. Cori Dauber: Well, if you didn't believe it before, check out today's front page headline — "Undecided Voter Is Becoming the Focus of Both Political Parties." |
Liz Cox Barrett: Hidden Angle — The Power of the Shock Jock's Flock Today, the New York Times' Adam Nagourney serves up a piece on the... Hugh Hewitt: The Times also has a silly piece that argues only 5% of the electorate is yet to decide between Bush and Kerry., and that the election turns on these 5%. Howard Kurtz: I may not be that far off, according to the New York Times: "They are more likely to be white than black, female than... |
| Also: James Joyner | |
Reagan Revisionism By / WaPo — Permalink The second-greatest president of the 20th century dies (with Theodore Roosevelt coming a close third), and the liberal establishment that alternately ridiculed and demonized Ronald Reagan throughout his presidency is in a quandary. | |
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Oliver @LiquidList: Politics/Media: Krauthammer Half Right — Charles Krauthammer argues in today's Post that Reagan's detractors made a mistake when they interpreted his sunny optimism as stupidity. David Allan Pell: Apparently, Charles Krauthammer (as per usual) didn't get the memo. Instead he uses this national day of tribute to blast Reagan's political opponents. Deacon: Ronald Reagan's non-trivial optimism — Charles Krauthammer on "Reagan Revisionism." |
Dale Franks: He wasn't just an "Optimist" — Charles Krauthammer skewers those who praise Reagans optimism now, but who, in the 1980s, had nothing but contempt for it. Tom Maguire: Now, in an attempt to restore the natural order - Charles Krauthammer takes Reagan's side; Andrew Sullivan mocks Reagan's opponents by quoting them. Hugh Hewitt: Charles Krauthammer gives President Reagan a great send-off in his Washington Post column today. |
| Also: James Joyner, Captain Ed, Greg Ransom, Stephen Green | |
AP: McCain Rejects Kerry's VP Overture By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. John McCain has personally rejected John Kerry 's overtures to join the Democratic presidential ticket and forge a bipartisan alliance against President Bush , The Associated Press has learned. | |
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Noam Scheiber: Mickey Kaus says this AP story undermines the suggestion in David Ignatius's Washington Post column that, under the... Captain Ed: No Means No, Even For Senators (Sometimes) John Kerry continues to embarrass himself by making passes at John McCain,... |
Taegan Goddard: McCain Rejects Veep Offer — Sen. John McCain "personally rejected John Kerry's overtures to join the Democratic... Blackfive: AP is reporting that Kerry did, in fact, ask John McCain to be his Vice Presidential running mate. Of course, McCain said "no". |
Ronald Reagan Started a War That Rages Today By / Opinion Journal — Permalink Next to Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan was perhaps the most divisive president in the nation's history. Lincoln ended a way of life for the American South. Reagan said that he was ending a way of life for American liberalism. | |
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Michael DeBow: Daniel Henninger contrasts the Great Society and the Reagan Revolution, on OpinionJournal today. Steve Bainbridge: Reagan's War on Liberalism — Daniel Henninger's Opinion Journal column on Reagan's crusade against liberalism concludes:Did Ronald Reagan succeed? Captain Ed: Daniel Henninger today writes more of an effective remembrance of the Reagan Era rather than of Reagan himself in... |
Deacon: The Reagan wars — Daniel Henninger provides a clear-headed, no-frills analysis on the meaning of the Reagan presidency. Jesse Taylor: Squash The Liberalism — I'm really not sure if this is intentional, but this Opinion Journal piece seems to break down... Betsy Newmark: Daniel Henninger reminds us again of how vicious politics was in Reagan's era, just in case you've been buying the... |
| Also: Greg Ransom | |
Full text: Thatcher eulogy to Reagan BBC — Permalink "We have lost a great president, a great American, and a great man. And I have lost a dear friend. "In his lifetime Ronald Reagan was such a cheerful and invigorating presence that it was easy to forget what daunting historic tasks he set himself. | |
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Iain Murray: The Anglosphere Remembers Ronnie — Lady Thatcher's moving and heartfelt tribute to President Reagan is here. Michael DeBow: A transcript of Lady Thatcher's eulogy is available via CNN and the BBC. |
Greg Ransom: Thatcher on Reagan — Transcript 6/11/04. "We have lost a great president, a great American, and a great man. KJL: BARONESS THATCHER'S EULOGY |
Ron and Mikhail's Excellent Adventure By / Slate — Permalink So, did Ronald Reagan bring on the end of the Cold War? Well, yes. Recently declassified documents leave no doubt about the matter. But how did he accomplish it? Through hostile rhetoric and a massive arms buildup, which the Soviets knew they couldn't match, as Reagan's conservative champions contend? | |
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Tom Maguire: Fred Kaplan cracks open some declassified records that do not jibe with Gorby's current assertions. Jan Haugland: Fred Kaplan suggests a compromise: the end of the cold war was made possible by a unique combination of at least three... |
Kevin Drum: Samuel Wells, Cold War historian at the Woodrow Wilson Center: "His staff, for all of the first term and most of the... Donald Sensing: Ron and Mikhail's Excellent Adventure: How Reagan won the Cold War, by Fred Kaplan. |
Iraq cleric 'calls for new start' BBC — Permalink Radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has reportedly backed for the first time US moves to gradually hand powers over to an interim Iraqi government. The change of heart came in a sermon at Friday prayers in the town of Kufa, two weeks after the government was formed. | |
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Captain Ed: Moqtada al-Sadr surprised followers and opponents alike today when he used his Friday sermon to endorse the American... H.D. Miller: Do Over! Looks like someone has finally realized he's been whupped. |
Josh Marshall: The BBC reports that Muqtada al-Sadr delivered a conciliatory sermon on Friday: "Mr Sadr called upon the interim... |
Text of Mulroney's Tribute to Reagan AP — Permalink A text of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's tribute to President Ronald Reagan: In the spring of 1987 President Reagan and I were driven into a large hangar at the Ottawa Airport, to await the arrival of Mrs. Reagan and my wife, Mila, prior to departure ceremonies for their return to Washington. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Text of Mulroney's tribute. —Text of President Bush's tribute. —Former President and former Vice President George Bush remembers Reagan. |
KJL: BRIAN MULRONEY'S TEXT |
Film and Election Politics Cross in 'Fahrenheit 9/11' By / LAT — Permalink There are movie campaigns and there are presidential campaigns, and usually you can tell the difference. One features a red carpet, the other a war room. But "Fahrenheit 9/11," Michael Moore's scathing new documentary about President Bush, has both. | |
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Jeff Goldstein: Puis je manger le reste de votre sandwich à boulette de viande? * Hugh Hewitt: UPDATE: Friday's Los Angeles Times carries a very amusing story of a blustering Jabba the propagandist threatening to... |
John Cole: You Lie Down With Dogs — Looks more and more like the Democrats have made their choice: [snipped quote] Who else did Chris Lehane work for? |
An Economic Legend By / NYT — Permalink In the movie "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," a reporter defends prettifying history: "This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." That principle has informed many of this week's Reagan retrospectives. | |
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Atrios: Wee Oversight — I don't know if Krugman bumped up against a "thou shalt not criticize the Times" rule, but his... James Joyner: Paul Krugman — An Economic Legend [RSS] [quote] In the movie "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," a reporter defends prettifying history: "This is the West, sir.[end quote] |
Hindrocket: Krugman continues his attack on the Reagan presidency in today's column. Kash: Fighting the Reagan Economic Myth — In today's NY Times, Paul Krugman makes an attempt at halting the avalanche of Reagan myth-building that we've had to endure this week. |
Not Many Jobs Are Sent Abroad, U.S. Report Says By / NYT — Permalink International outsourcing, politicians from both parties often say, has turned into a scourge of American workers, who are losing jobs on a large scale to competition from cheaper workers abroad. But according to the first government effort to actually measure the phenomenon, such fears may be overblown. | |
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Daniel Drezner: For other treatments of this story, check out Paul Blustein in the Washington Post, as well as the New York Times and Financial Times. James Joyner: Not Many Jobs Are Sent Abroad — NYT — Not Many Jobs Are Sent Abroad, U.S. Report Says [RSS] [snipped quote] If news of... |
Bill Hobbs: Here's another report on offshoring from the New York Times which says the trend, much demagogued by John Kerry and... |
Transcript: President Bush Eulogizes Ronald Reagan WaPo — Permalink Text of President Bush's euology for former President Ronald Reagan delivered at the funeral service at the National Cathedral: Mrs. Reagan, Patti, Michael and Ron, members of the Reagan family, distinguished guests, including our presidents and first... | |
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Bill Hobbs: May God bless Ronald Reagan and the country he loved. - George W. Bush, eulogy. |
James Joyner: Transcript: President Bush Eulogizes Ronald Reagan "Mrs. Reagan, Patti, Michael and Ron, members of the Reagan family,... |
Web Feeding Need for News About Reagan By / Reuters — Permalink LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw have wondered aloud whether the media has overdone its Ronald Reagan (news) coverage. They needn't worry, because if the Internet is an accurate guide for what's on the minds of Americans — and... | |
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Edward Driscoll: THEY ARE LARGE, THEY CONTAIN MULTITUDES: Stephen Green notes a self-contradictory article in The Hollywood Reporter on... |
Stephen Green: Mo' Press Bias — The Hollywood Reporter looks at all the Reagan coverage, and decides that Brokow and Jennings were... |
Stern rallies listeners to Kerry NY Daily News — Permalink Sen. John Kerry has an unlikely weapon in his bid to win the White House - shock jock Howard Stern. Stern has been rallying listeners to vote for Kerry as he routinely rails on his show against President Bush and the Federal Communications Commission's indecency crackdown. | |
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David Allan Pell: Well, since we're thinking outside the box anyway, why not consider Howard? Jeff Jarvis: The Daily Stern: Swinging the election : TOLD YA: Polls are showing the impact of the Howard Stern voter. |
Liz Cox Barrett: As the New York Daily News reports today (and Knight Ridder reported yesterday), a recent survey by the New Democrat... |
Putin Takes Bush's Side Against Democrats on Iraq Reuters — Permalink SEA ISLAND, Ga (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin stepped into the U.S. political campaign on Thursday, saying the Democrats had "no moral right" to criticize President Bush over Iraq . | |
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Steve Bainbridge: Putin on the Democrats on Iraq — Very interesting (via Drudge):Russian President Vladimir Putin stepped into the U.S... Captain Ed: Putin: I Scoff At Your Moral Outrage — Russian President Vladimir Putin dipped his toes into American politics... Oliver Willis: Friends Like These — Vladimir Putin is giving Bush campaign advice. |
Roger L. Simon: Matt Welch, Vladimir Putin and I Agree... ...that the Democrats are "doves of convenience" (my term) when it comes to the Iraq War. Betsy Newmark: I guess that Vladimir Putin is not one of the foreign leaders endorsing John Kerry. |
McCain rejects Kerry's veep overture AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain has personally rejected John Kerry's overtures to join the Democratic presidential ticket and forge a bipartisan alliance against President Bush, The Associated Press has learned. | |
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The Poor Man: McCain For VP Watch, Day 3,000 — The AP is reporting that John McCain has refused to consider being John Kerry's running mate. |
Steven Taylor: More on Kerry-McCain — CNN now has details from the AP—McCain rejects Kerry's veep overture: "Kerry has asked McCain... |
McCain Reportedly Rejected Kerry Offer of VP Spot By / AP — Permalink Republican Sen. John McCain has personally rejected Sen. John F. Kerry's overtures to join the Democratic presidential ticket and forge a bipartisan alliance against President Bush, The Associated Press has learned. | |
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David Allan Pell: OK. Maybe it's time to accept it. John McCain has once again reportedly said no to the idea of being Kerry's veep. |
Jeralyn Merritt: McCain Says 'No Thanks' to Kerry — The AP is reporting that John McCain has personally told John Kerry that he would... |
Text of George H.W. Bush's remarks Boston Herald — Permalink A text of former President George H.W. Bush's remarks at former President Ronald Reagan's funeral, as transcribed by eMediaMillWorks Inc.: When Franklin Roosevelt died in 1945, the New York Times wrote, ''Men will thank God 100 years from now that Franklin D. Roosevelt was in the White House.'' | |
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Andrew Sullivan: BUSH THE ELDER: I should have added yesterday that I thought the best performance of the Reagan funeral service was president George Herbert Walker Bush. |
KJL: GEORGE H.W. BUSH'S EULOGY |
What outsourcing? By / CNN — Permalink NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Only a small portion of jobs lost in the first quarter were due to outsourcing of work overseas, according to a government report Thursday that's already being questioned by critics of the Bush administration. | |
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Robert Garcia Tagorda: Dan notes the stark contrast between Dobbs and fellow CNN/Money reporter Chris Isidore, who provides balanced coverage. |
Daniel Drezner: Same network, different worlds — CNN's Chris Isidore provides the most in-depth coverage of the BLS report showing that... |
With 'All Necessary and Appropriate Force' LAT — Permalink Official Washington has been struck by a paroxysm of leaking. It involves classified memos analyzing how the Geneva Convention, the 1994 Torture Convention and a federal law banning torture apply to captured Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters. | |
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Michael Froomkin: John Yoo published an op-ed in the LA Times today entitled With 'All Necessary and Appropriate Force'. As Prof. |
Jack Balkin: John Yoo, who served in the Office of Legal Counsel from 2001 to 2003, tries, without much success, to defend the Bush Administration in this op-ed in the Los Angeles Times. |
Survey: Bush Gets Little Credit on Jobs AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy has gained about 1.2 million jobs in the last six months, but most voters haven't gotten the word. They're too focused on the war in Iraq and other news — and too busy trying to make ends meet — to notice the upbeat economic development. | |
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Oliver Willis: PollWatch — Survey: Bush Gets Little Credit on Jobs "I don't think he's created anything," said Lonnie Steele, 57, an undecided voter from East Flat Rock, N.C. |
Joe Drymala: This is reflected in a poll that just came out, taken when we were already two days into our Reagan love-fest. |
Poll: Voters Say Iraq Didn't Merit War AP — Permalink LOS ANGELES - A majority of American registered voters now say conditions in Iraq did not merit war, but most are reluctant to abandon efforts there, according to a new Los Angeles Times poll. | |
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Oliver Willis: Poll: Voters Say Iraq Didn't Merit War Fifty-three percent of respondents said the situation in Iraq did not merit war, while 43 percent said war was justified. |
Nick Gillespie: Americans on Iraq: Yes and No — A new LA Times poll has a mixed result that feels like an accurate read of public opinion to me: [snipped quote] Article here. |
Judge orders picket lines to clear way at FleetCenter Boston Globe — Permalink Page 2 of 2 — "You just can't be free like you have been," he told pickets. Police union president Thomas J. Nee summoned pickets to gather around him and told them the union would not quit and that the fight had not ended. | |
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Chris Bowers: DNC trying to break picket line? Ugh. |
McQ: Seems the Democrats may not have to face the labor unrest in Boston after all thanks to federal judge Joseph L. Tauro. |
Legacy of Reagan's Presidency Now Begins the Test of Time By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 10 — Franklin D. Roosevelt once defined great presidents as those who were "leaders of thought at times when certain ideas in the life of the nation had to be clarified." | |
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Tom Maguire: Reagan's Place In History — Johnny Apple of the NY Times ponders Reagan's place in history and delivers this howler: "Few will deny Mr. Reagan's trustworthiness..." Oh, boy. Jay Rosen: R.W. Apple in the New York Times (June 11): "It could be argued that Mr. Reagan's greatest triumphs came in his role as chief of state rather than as chief of government." |
James Joyner: R.W. Apple, Jr. — Legacy of Reagan's Presidency Now Begins the Test of Time [RSS] "Clearly, Mr. Reagan died a... |
Text of Margaret Thatcher's Eulogy AP — Permalink A text of Baroness Margaret Thatcher's eulogy at the funeral of former President Ronald Ronald: We have lost a great president, a great American, and a great man. And I have lost a dear friend. | |
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Andrew Sullivan: THE SERVICE: Elegantly, simply done, I thought. Thatcher's eulogy was the finest - and most interesting. |
Nick Gillespie: A snippet (which reminds you of why Thatcher was called "the Iron Lady"): [snipped quote] Whole text here. |
State Dept. warned White House on torture By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department warned the White House two years ago that rejecting international standards against torture when dealing with detainees could put U.S. troops at risk. | |
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David Allan Pell: Meanwile, a memo from the State Department has surfaced that warns the White House and Pentagon against the use of... |
Kevin Raybould: More Torture Warnings — The State Department warned the White house in 2002 that ignoring torture treaties could put... |
Reagan's Funeral Begins AP — Permalink WASHINGTON — Ronald Reagan's casket arrived at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. , Friday as dignitaries from around the world joined others in preparing to say farewell to the nation's 40th president. | |
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Edward Driscoll: PROTEIN WISDOM HAS A TRANSCRIPT of today's episode of the ABC talk fest The View, starring Barbara Walters, Star Jones, Joy Behar and other women lower on the daytime TV foodchain. |
Jeff Goldstein: An exchange that might have taken place on ABC's "The View" today (had I bothered to watch the show, and had the show... |
For Reagan, All Life Was Sacred By / NYT — Permalink PASO ROBLES, Calif. Ronald Reagan had not passed from this life for 48 hours before proponents of human embryonic stem-cell research began to suggest that such ethically questionable scientific work should be promoted under his name. | |
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KJL: WILLIAM CLARKE ON RONALD REAGAN'S PRO-LIFE LEGACY |
Steve M.: REAGAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: NANCY REAGAN "ETHICALLY QUESTIONABLE" — Well, it doesn't say that literally, but how... |
D.C. School Vouchers Outnumber Applicants By / WaPo — Permalink The D.C. voucher program did not receive enough applicants from public schools to fill all the slots available, and some of the children who will receive the federally funded tuition grants already attend private school, officials said yesterday. | |
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Julian Sanchez: Unchosen School Choices — Looks as though D.C.'s voucher program is off to a rocky start: Despite infamously rotten... |
John J. Miller: That's not precisely the predicament of the new D.C. school-choice plan, but it's not far off: There are more spaces available than there are applicants, according to this story. |
Reagan was more than just an optimist By / Townhall.com — Permalink WASHINGTON — The second-greatest president of the 20th century dies (with Theodore Roosevelt coming a close third), and the liberal establishment that alternately ridiculed and demonized Ronald Reagan throughout his presidency is in a quandary. | |
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Steve Antler: Charles Krauthammer: Reagan was more than just an optimist — Charles Krauthammer: Reagan was more than just an... |
Betsy Newmark: Charles Krauthammer hits on the same theme about how some people are being dishonest about how they're remembering Reagan. |
Sacrifice In the In-Box By / WaPo — Permalink The death notices from Iraq come across my computer screen by e-mail and always follow the same format. Each states the name of the dead soldier and his or her rank, age and hometown, as in: "Pfc. Melissa J. Hobart, 22, of Ladson, S.C." | |
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Phillip Carter: Tom Ricks, who covers the military for the Washington Post and is regarded as one of the best reporters in the field,... |
Cori Dauber: And, the piece he writes for this morning's Post is compelling in its own right, simply because he's a great writer. |
Vanity Fair kicks Bloomberg's butt NY Daily News — Permalink Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter has burned Mayor Bloomberg in the latest round of their feud over New York's smoking ban. Two tirades aimed at the mayor appear in the magazine's February issue, on stands tomorrow. | |
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Mike Hendrix: Mother may I… Mike Totten says it all about my personal New York nemesis Mad Mike Bloomberg: [snipped quote] A big fat amen from here. |
Michael Totten: But Bloomberg is in charge more than anyone, and he's been "a picknose control freak," as Christopher Hitchens put it, ever since he took office. |
Common Collie or Uberpooch? By / WaPo — Permalink Rico, a border collie with what appears to be an uncanny talent for human language, may be a genius among dogs or just your average pooch. Either way, he has scientists wondering if man's best friend is smarter than they thought. | |
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Phillip Carter: So, I was somewhat heartened by this story on the front page of Friday's Washington Post, which talked about some new... David Adesnik: DOGS IN THE NEWS: The good news is that dogs are much smarter than we thought. |
Ken Masugi: The more interesting one is on a German border collie, Rico. |
Next Up, Iraq Elections Opinion Journal — Permalink With our friends at the U.N., it's always something. The Iraq resolution that passed the Security Council Tuesday dodges the limits on U.S. military action that some of us had feared. But the next challenge for Iraqis is to scrutinize with equal care the U.N.'s plans for elections. | |
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Judith Weiss: (While we're on the subject of nation-building, a UN official suggests that the poor Iraqis should suffer under the same... Ted Belman: Proportional vs Constituency — The WSJ has an interesting article entitled Next Up, Iraq Elections, The U.N. has some... Cori Dauber: THE UN STRIKES AGAIN — OpinionJournal reports that the UN "expert" in elections is proposing a system that virtually... |
Dale Franks: If, just once, you could invite the UN to help with something without having to worry that they'll screw it all up. Mitch Berg: A Government Only A Green Could Love — The UN's meddling in Iraq could still screw things up, says this OpinionJournal piece this morning. |
Gorbachev: 'We All Lost Cold War' By / WaPo — Permalink In the throngs of mourners passing through the Capitol yesterday afternoon, one stood out — a vigorous senior citizen with a distinctive birthmark on his bald pate, whose tight gestures and bright eyes brought back memories of some of Ronald Reagan's greatest moments. | |
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Tom Maguire: What Is The Opposite Of a 'Pyhrric Victory'? From the WaPo: Gorbachev: 'We All Lost Cold War'. |
Greg Ransom: We each lost $10 trillion .. We only won when the Cold War ended." MORE Gorbachev. |
REAGAN THE LEADER By / New York Post — Permalink I STILL remember vividly the feelings with which I learned of the president's election in 1980. We had met and dis cussed our political views some years before, when he was still governor of California, and I knew that we believed in so many of the same things. | |
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McQ: Maggie Thatcher: Reagan's Legacy — Today's NY Post carries a piece by Margret Thather first carried on Dec. 30, 1988... |
Greg Ransom: MARGARET THATCHER. From 1988 — Margaret Thatcher remembers. |
Bush says troops were told to follow the law in interrogations Knight Ridder — Permalink WASHINGTON - President Bush said Thursday that he ordered American troops to follow U.S. laws and international treaties banning torture, but he sidestepped a question about whether torture was ever justified. | |
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The Poor Man: A Few Bad Apples — [snipped quote] Well, goodie. I think I found something that pisses my off more than Plame. |
Katherine R: The fact that the Democrats on Judiciary are not sure they'll find one G.O.P. Senator to cross the aisle and officially... |
Diplomats: Iran Wanted Parts for Covert Nuke Program AP — Permalink VIENNA, Austria — Iran told a black market supplier it was interested in "tens of thousands" of parts for its covert nuclear program, diplomats said Thursday, as the U.N. atomic watchdog prepared to rebuke Tehran for hindering an agency probe of its activities. | |
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Jan Haugland: Iran wanted parts for nuke programme — According to IAEA officials, Iran told a European black market supplier it was... |
Captain Ed: UPDATE 10 PM CDT: Fox now has the same story, but I don't see anything on CNN or the AP. I wonder why? |
Musician Ray Charles Dies at 73 By / WaPo — Permalink BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Ray Charles, the blind singer and piano player who erased musical boundaries with classic hits such as "What'd I Say," "Hit the Road Jack" and the melancholy ballad "Georgia on My Mind," died Thursday. He was 73. | |
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Jeanne D'Arc: New York Times obituary Washington Post obituary Rolling Stone has a nice tribute by Van Morrison. |
Jim Henley: Consoling Thought of the Week - Ray Charles on our money. ALL our money. |
TIA now verifies flight of Saudis By / St. Petersburg Times — Permalink The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks, better known as the 9/11 Commission, sent a list of questions to Tampa International Airport. It appears concerned with the handling of the Tampa flight. | |
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Stuart Buck: Saudi Flights — An article from the St. Petersburg Times recounts how a plane carried three young Saudi men from Tampa... Tom Tomorrow: Well, looks like Snopes is due for another update: [snipped quote] ...a reader reminds me that Spinsanity has harped on this a time or two as well. Josh Marshall: From today's — Saint Petersburg Times ... [snipped quote] See the rest here. |
Michael Froomkin: The New York Times > International > Army Now Says G.I. Was Beaten in Role Tampa Bay Tribune—TIA now verifies... Steve Soto: After Denying It For Three Years, Bush Administration Quietly Admits Allowing Saudi Flight To Leave Country Post-9/11 —... |
Detroit 88, La Lakers 68 CNN — Permalink AUBURN HILLS, Michigan (Ticker) — After taking an untimely brief break at the end of Game Two, the defense of the Detroit Pistons returned with a record-setting vengeance. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: YES! Suffer, Lakers. Suffer. |
Kevin Drum: LAKERS THREAD....My basic prediction is Lakers in 6. I figure they're going to win tonight, lose the middle game in Detroit, and then win the next two. |
Pennies From Heaven By / American Prospect — Permalink My friend, I miss you and send you love. The week has been ... something. I watched it from where I am, in the place beyond. It's wonderful here. I'm working as a lifeguard again, and I love it. It's a little crowded, though, and an awful lot of people seem to want to talk to me, which I'll get to in a minute. | |
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Steve M.: Tom Burka has some fake news about Reagan renaming that sounds an awful lot like real news, and yes, as Atrios and... Mark Kleiman: Ronald Reagan speaks — Charles P. Pierce has a message from Ronald Reagan in Heaven to one of his worshippers on earth. |
Kevin Raybould: Pierce on Reagan — This is a remarkable piece of writing — funny and pointed, but in a gentle fashion, it captures... Atrios: Pierce — Channels the Nooner. |
Grammy-Winner Ray Charles Dies at 73 By / AP — Permalink BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Ray Charles, a transcendent talent who erased musical boundaries between the sacred and the secular with hits such as "What'd I Say,""Georgia on My Mind" and "I Can't Stop Loving You," died Thursday. He was 73. | |
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Stephen Green: As you know, Ray died yesterday. 20 years after the one time I heard him perform live, whenever I hear a recording of him singing that song, it all comes back. |
Jeralyn Merritt: R.I.P. Ray Charles — Sad news, music legend Ray Charles has died at 73. |
Arab Men Posing as TV Crew Arrested in Baghdad By / Reuters — Permalink BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Four Arab men posing as journalists were arrested this week when explosives residue was detected on them as they tried to enter the Baghdad headquarters of the U.S.-led administration, a senior U.S. army officer said. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: Reuters reporting that four men tried to pass themselves off as journalists in Baghdad were nabbed when security detected explosive residue on their clothes. |
Cori Dauber: It took me hours, I mean hours to track down this piece on a web site, and I never did hear it mentioned again on any of the broadcast nets. |
Bush says he never authorized illegal interrogations CNN — Permalink SEA ISLAND, Georgia (CNN) — President Bush said Thursday he never authorized the use of any interrogation techniques in the war on terrorism that would violate U.S. or international laws. | |
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Josh Marshall: When addressing this topic today Advertisement President Bush placed great emphasis on the fact that whatever may have... |
Mark Kleiman: In a move that can only be called Reaganesque, the President today said that he couldn't recall whether or not he'd read... |
Reagan and Hamilton By / Weekly Standard — Permalink "WE THINK it's premature at this point to discuss any changes to currency," Anne Womack Kolton told the New York Times on Tuesday. Like most Americans, she was reacting to the death of Ronald Reagan, albeit in her own particular way. Kolton is a spokeswoman for the Treasury Department. | |
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Matt Yglesias: The Fifty — Matthew Continetti of The Weekly Standard subtly suggests that replacing Alexander Hamilton with the Gipper might not be such a good idea. Betsy Newmark: Matthew Continetti looks at how Reagan himself felt about Alexander Hamilton. |
Howard Kurtz: . . Alexander Hamilton, who could get bumped off the ten-spot, as Matthew Continetti observes in the Weekly Standard. |
Gorby had the lead role, not Gipper By / Globe and Mail — Permalink Fiction has its place — especially at the time of one's passing. And so, the American airwaves glisten these days with tales about how it was Ronald Reagan who engineered the defeat of communism and the end of the Cold War. | |
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James Joyner: Lawrence Martin — Gorby had the lead role, not Gipper "It was Mikhail Gorbachev, who with a sweeping democratic... Pejman Yousefzadeh: STOP THAT HISTORY REWRITE — Kudos to Tim Cavanaugh for pointing out just how fatuous this article is. Jeff Goldstein: Hockey and elk, remember? Leave the punditry to us. Hahahahahahahahahahaha! Ha! Hahaha! Canadian journalists. Such a scream. |
Oliver @LiquidList: Politics: How The Cold War Was Thawed — The wingers are already howling over this piece by Lawrence Martin, but let them howl. C. D. Harris: It also goes without saying that this guy doesn't like any of these notions. Tim Cavanaugh: I could never figure out how to make the conspiracy work, and it turns out I should have just turned to Lawrence Martin... |
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Outsourcing Causes 9 Pct. of U.S. Layoffs - Govt. By / Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The bulk of outsourced jobs never leave U.S. shores, the government said on Thursday in a new report suggesting concerns over American workers losing jobs to cheaper foreign labor may be exaggerated. | |
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Steve Antler: The spin starts here... The story: [snipped quote] The Reuters headline: Outsourcing Causes 9 Pct. of U.S. Layoffs - Govt. |
Daniel Drezner: UPDATE: Here's how Reuters plays the story: "The bulk of outsourced jobs never leave U.S. shores, the government said... |
Grammy winner Ray Charles dies AP — Permalink BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Ray Charles, the Grammy-winning crooner who blended gospel and blues in such crowd-pleasers as What'd I Say and ballads like Georgia on My Mind, died Thursday, a spokesman said. He was 73. | |
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Michael DeBow: Ray Charles, R.I.P. Here's the USA Today obit. (Via The Corner.) Update: The American Spectator has this very nice tribute. Dale Franks: Ray Charles has passed away. [snipped quote] Requiescat in Pace. |
KJL: RAY CHARLES HAS DIED |
Heir Pollution By / TNR — Permalink Despite his decades on the national and global stage, it is impossible to think of Ronald Reagan or of his legacy without considering California. The two—the young man from a small town in Illinois and the state he adopted—grew up together. | |
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Matt Yglesias: Social Conservatism — Joel Kotkin argues that the Arnold is the Gipper's real heir, not George W. Bush. Dale Franks: Neolibertarianism Redux — Think-Tank denizen Joel Kotkin argues in The New Republic that Arnold Schwarzenegger, not George W. Bush, is the heir to Regan's political legacy. |
Gregory Djerejian: Reagan's Heir... ...is in Sacremento not Washington, says Joel Kotkin. Ramesh Ponnuru: Joel Kotkin defends the Schwarzenegger as the new Reagan thesis—to my mind unpersuasively, but you can judge for yourselves. |
Both Great and Right By / Weekly Standard — Permalink "RONALD REAGAN was great because Ronald Reagan was right." So declared Gipper speechwriter Peter Robinson, author of How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life, on my radio program Monday. Robinson's right, too, of course. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: My WeeklyStandard.com column from today:"Both Great and Right." |
Jesse Taylor: You Sunk My Battleship... Hugh Hewitt: Democrats are attacking John Ashcroft over the Bush Administration's "Torture's... |
Saudi Cleared of Terror Charges in Idaho By / AP — Permalink BOISE, Idaho - Handing the government a stinging defeat in its war on terror, a jury acquitted a Saudi graduate student Thursday of charges he used his computer expertise to help Muslim terrorists raise money and recruit followers. | |
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Roger Ailes: The Associated Press needs to get some better writers. [snipped quote] That should be "war on civil liberties." Not war on terror. TChris: Hussayen Acquitted — In a resounding rejection of the government's ambitious use of the Patriot Act against a computer... |
Charles Johnson: Court Lets One Go — Criminal courts are failing us in the war against radical Islam, with help from (who else?) the ACLU: Saudi Cleared of Terror Charges in Idaho. |
Poll: Bush, Kerry Still Closely Matched By / AP — Permalink President Bush is seen as the candidate best suited to handle terrorism and national crises, while Democrat John Kerry (search) tops Bush on handling domestic issues such as health care and Social Security (search). | |
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Taegan Goddard: Poll Shows Very Tight Presidential Race — According to a new Fox News poll, Sen. John Kerry leads President Bush 45% to 43% in a one-on-one race. |
Clayton Cramer: Fox News is reporting that in a two-way race, Kerry gets 45%, and Bush gets 43%. |
Simi Tough By / American Spectator — Permalink According to a John Kerry campaign staffer, the candidate, who made much of his visit to the Reagan Library in Simi, California, on Tuesday afternoon, had to ask aides what behavior they felt would look appropriate. "It was like, 'Should I kneel? | |
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Edward Driscoll: IMAGINE IF THE GIPPER OR GWB DID THIS: Betsy Newmark looks at how John Kerry asked his aides what behavior they thought... Betsy Newmark: Some people have an innate grace and savoir faire. And some have to ask their aides for help. |
Hugh Hewitt: The American Spectator is reporting an unbelievable story: That the Democratic National Committee will purchase a... John Cole: Except that they don't. Or is that changing? [snipped quote] If this rumor is true, what is to be made of it? |
GOP says N.Y. would be swell with Zell The Hill — Permalink Some Republicans are hoping that sharp-tongued Democratic Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia will appear at the GOP's national political convention this summer. "It would be great if he could be there," said Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.). "Zell Miller is a Harry Truman kind of Democrat. | |
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Shawn @LiquidList: The Hill reports that our wonderful neo-con buddy in the Democratic party might attend the Republican convention in New York. Jesse Taylor: Zell Watch — Republicans want Zell Miller to speak at the Republican National Convention. |
Robert Garcia Tagorda: DINOs and Pitfalls — According to this Hill article, many Republican leaders think that a Zell Miller appearance in the party's national convention would help George W. Bush. |
Stem Cells An Unlikely Therapy for Alzheimer's By / WaPo — Permalink Ronald Reagan's death from Alzheimer's disease Saturday has triggered an outpouring of support for human embryonic stem cell research. Building on comments made by Nancy Reagan last month, scores of senators on Monday called upon President Bush to loosen his restrictions on the controversial research, which requires the destruction of human embryos. | |
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Robert Garcia Tagorda: He cites the Washington Post, which highlights the political motivation (emphasis added): "Ronald Reagan's death from... David Adesnik: According to this WaPo article — published the day before the WaPo editorial — the relationship between stem cell research and fighting Alzheimer's is tenuous at best. Tacitus: Toss in the truth unstated by those agitating in Reagan's name — that stem cell research is almost entirely irrelevant to Alzheimer's — and the case collapses. |
Steve M.: This op-ed, following closely on the Washington Post story "Stem Cells An Unlikely Therapy for Alzheimer's," suggests... Tom Maguire: Reagan, Alzheimer's Disease, And The Marketing of Science — The WaPo suggests that the proposed use of stem cells to... KJL: ALZHEIMER'S STEM-CELL HOPE HYPED — From the Washington Post this morning: "[T]he infrequently voiced reality, stem cell... |
| Also: Betsy Newmark, John J. Miller, Pejman Yousefzadeh | |
Once a rival, Edwards staying close to Kerry By / Boston Globe — Permalink WASHINGTON — He lost his presidential bid and decided against seeking reelection this fall, so the energetic operation that Senator John Edwards has set up in an office just five blocks from the White House is not, technically, a political campaign. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: Which is why the Boston Globe's article on John Edwards "pick me, pick me" operation is so interesting. Kos: Edwards working hard for the veep — Edwards is the hardest working veep hopeful. Liz Cox Barrett: Today, the Boston Globe's Glen Johnson puts Sen. John Edwards on the couch and renders a diagnosis. |
Harley: John Edwards has set up an office five blocks from the White House to, well, cut down on moving costs. David Allan Pell: It's looking more and more like Edwards is angling to be the vice president of both of them. Taegan Goddard: Edwards Stays Close To Kerry — The "energetic operation that Sen, John Edwards has set up in an office just five blocks... |
Two Are Said to Tell of Libyan Plot to Kill Saudi Ruler By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 9 — While the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, was renouncing terrorism and negotiating the lifting of sanctions last year, his intelligence chiefs ordered a covert operation to assassinate the ruler of Saudi Arabia and destabilize the oil-rich kingdom, according to statements by two participants in the conspiracy. | |
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H.D. Miller: Look's like Mighty Mo Qaddafi has been up to old tricks: [snipped quote] Time to send Qaddafi a video tape of Lindsey... Jan Haugland: Alleged Libyan plot to kill Saudi ruler — Libya's attempt to rejoin the world is endangered by the disclosure of an... Charles Johnson: Today the New York Times reports that Alamoudi was a very busy moderate Islamic leader indeed; in plea negotiations he... |
Steve M.: Those participants, Abdurahman Alamoudi, an American Muslim leader now in jail in Alexandria, Va., and Col. Mohamed... Jesse Taylor: Except that Qaddafi's government was coming up with a plan to assassinate the ruler of Saudi Arabia and destabilize the country even as he was negotiating with us. Tom Tomorrow: Well... "While the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, was renouncing terrorism and negotiating the lifting of... |
| Also: Aaron @LiquidList, Captain Ed, Cori Dauber, David Allan Pell, David Adesnik | |
Economy Provides No Boost For Bush By / WaPo — Permalink The nation's economy is growing smartly, wages have begun to rise, and employers have added more than 1.4 million jobs to their payrolls in the past nine months. Yet voters continue to give President Bush poor ratings on his handling of the economy. | |
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Ruy Teixeira: But I couldn't resist calling attention to this well-researched front-page article, "Economy Provides No Boost to Bush", in The Washington Post. Oliver @LiquidList: Politics/Media: Weisman Wonders — Jonathan Weisman wonders, in today's Post, why the kick-ass economy is not helping... Oliver Willis: Economy Provides No Boost for Bush "It all goes back to Iraq," said Steven Valerga, 50, a Republican in Martinez,... |
Brad DeLong: The Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman writes: "Jonathan Weisman Strikes Again: [George W. David Allan Pell: It has become clear (contrary to what things may have looked like during the primaries) that Iraq will be the major issue of the campaign. Hindrocket: Here's a Puzzle — Jonathan Weisman, in today's Washington Post, wonders why President Bush can't get any credit for the current strong economy. |
| Also: Aaron @LiquidList, Steve Soto, Hugh Hewitt | |
Voters Shift in Favor of Kerry By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — Widespread unease over the country's direction and doubts about President Bush's policies on Iraq and the economy helped propel Sen. John F. Kerry to a solid lead among voters nationwide, according to a new Times poll. | |
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Captain Ed: Consider The Source — Yes, I read all about how the Los Angeles Times shows Kerry leading by seven points in the national race. Robert Garcia Tagorda: For one thing, even though Bush could definitely use additional support from those outside his traditional base, he has... Howard Kurtz: As for the current presidential campaign, the Los Angeles Times has good news for Kerry, sort of: "Widespread unease... |
Chris Bowers: Strange New LA Times Poll — The LA Times released a strange new poll today. Kos: LA Times polls MO, OH, WI, Los Angeles Times poll. 6/5-8. MoE 4%. (No trend lines). Steve Soto: These results are courtesy of PollFan and the great 2.004k.com website, where they report that the latest Los Angeles... |
Research Shows Dogs Understand Language By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - As many a dog owner will attest, our furry friends are listening. Now, for the doubters, there is scientific proof they understand much of what they hear. German researchers have found a border collie named Rico who understands more than 200 words and can learn new ones as quickly as many children. | |
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Jeff Goldstein: Anniversary interlude — Knew it. * Vanderleun: Mondo Bizarro — YaWoof! Cosmo: THIS IS NEWS? Dogs understand language. We also understand ham, by the way. |
Cori Dauber: But it's propaganda I tell you! Propaganda! If you suck up enough, people will believe anything. James Joyner: Dogs Understand Language — AP — Research Shows Dogs Understand Language [snipped quote] So, now we know that dogs can understand simple commands but aren't as smart as children. |
Higher-Ranking Officer Is Sought to Lead the Abu Ghraib Inquiry By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 9 — The commander of American forces in the Middle East asked Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld this week to replace the general investigating suspected abuses by military intelligence soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison with a more senior... | |
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Kevin Drum: John Abizaid, the CENTCOM commander, is planning to appoint a 4-star general to head up the Army's investigation Cori Dauber: But I'm sure it's pure coincidence that on the day this story is published, we also get not one, not two, but three oped pieces on the scandal. |
Mark Kleiman: Two huge developments today: The New York Times reports that the two-star general in charge of the investigation,... |
REAGAN-LIKE LANDSLIDE EYED By / New York Post — Permalink NOW is a good time to look back at the landslide win that sent Ronald Reagan to the White House in 1980, because lots of analysts think 2004 could turn out the same way — close for a long time and then suddenly breaking wide open. | |
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Jesse Taylor: Case in point, Deborah Orin's piece predicting a Bush landslide (that's one we haven't heard since Dean's ascendancy). |
Hugh Hewitt: As noted below, Deborah Orin in the New York Post is keeping her eye on the Iowa Political Futures market. You should as well. |
The Berkeley Intifada? By / TCS — Permalink Over the past two and a half years Berkeley, California has added radical Middle Eastern politics to its chic campus culture. The result isn't pretty. A city that prides itself on tolerance and diversity is fast-becoming an epicenter of hate. | |
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Charles Johnson: The Berkeley Intifada — Here's a great piece by Michael J. Totten, on a frequent LGF theme—the importation of... Edward Driscoll: THE BERKELEY INTIFADA: Michael J. Totten writes that "A city that prides itself on tolerance and diversity is fast-becoming an epicenter of hate". Roger L. Simon: Michael Totten Writes the Epitaph for Political Correctness — Everyone should read it. |
David Allan Pell: Michael Totten has written an interesting piece called The Berkeley Intifada? that tracks the rise in politically correct anti-semitism. Pejman Yousefzadeh: "THE BERKELEY INTIFADA" — Michael Totten's latest essay is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the culture and legacy of the PC movement. Michael Totten: New Column — My new Tech Central Station column is up: The Berkeley Intifada? |
A Tough Time for 'Neocons' By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — As U.S. tanks surrounded Baghdad 14 months ago, an ardent group of war supporters in Washington toasted the success of an invasion they had done much to inspire, as commentators spoke of their virtual takeover of the Bush administration's foreign policy. | |
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Jesse Taylor: No Elevators — Neoconservatives (they exist!) are going through some tough times, the L.A. Times reports. Robert Garcia Tagorda: Another answer involves cold, hard politics and is described in this Los Angeles Times report: the worse the war gets,... Juan Cole: Political Obituary for the Neocons — Paul Richter of the Los Angeles Times has done another political obituary of the neoconservative movement, which has fallen on hard times. |
James Joyner: Paul Richter has proclaimed this A Tough Time for 'Neocons,' noting that the group is on its heels in the wake of setbacks in Iraq. Kevin Drum: HARD TIMES AT THE NEOCON CORRAL....Paul Richter writes in the LA Times about tough times for neocons: [snipped quote] The worst president since Jimmy Carter? |
Keep Reagan's Record in Balance By / WaPo — Permalink The good that Ronald Reagan did is not being buried with his bones tomorrow, as Shakespeare's Mark Antony predicted of Caesar. Reagan's good is being disinterred and magnified. It is being raised to new and unrealistic heights that will live on, and hang heavily over his successors, in public expectations. | |
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Ramesh Ponnuru: He's trying to say that Reagan's record had its blemishes, as of course it did. Kevin Raybould: "Let Reagan Be Reagan" — A nice and timely column from Hoagland, reminding us of something important. David Adesnik: UPDATE II: Jim Hoagland is also trying to correct a lot of the misperceptions that are out there. |
Dale Franks: Let Reagan be Reagan — The Washington Post's Jim Hoagland seems a bit miffed that the coverage of Ronald Reagan's presidency is so elegiac. TChris: Reagan v. Bush — As Republicans attempt to cast George Bush as a clone of their great departed hero, Ronald Reagan, it... |
Army Now Says G.I. Was Beaten in Role AP — Permalink LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 8 — Reversing itself, the Army said Tuesday that a G.I. was discharged partly because of a head injury he suffered while posing as an uncooperative detainee during a training exercise at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. | |
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Digby: Despite the fact that virtually eveyone (except for General Ripper) admits that there has been almost no good... Cori Dauber: But there's a breaking story that an American soldier is claiming that he was permanently disabled in a training exercise when he was playing the role of an uncooperative detainee. Josh Marshall: From the — Associated Press ... [snipped quote] What can you say about this stuff? |
TChris: Now the Army admits that the discharge was "partly" related to that injury. Mark Kleiman: Since the story broke in the press the Army has reversed itself. I don't want to downplay how hard this problem looked from the Army's viewpoint. |
Showdown With The Linux Gang By / WaPo — Permalink LINDON, Utah — For a small but fervent cadre of computer enthusiasts, the most popular Internet parlor activity over the past year hasn't involved animated dungeons, dragons or warlords. | |
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Mary @PacificViews: Linux Wars — Brad DeLong points to an article about SCO vs the Open Source world (and the big guys who back Linux). Dan Gillmor: SCO Versus the Linux World — Washington Post: Showdown With The Linux Gang. |
Brad DeLong: Shoot Out at the SCO Corral — The Washington Post's Jonathan Krim writes about the bizarre story of the Santa Cruz... |