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Not Much Left By / TNR — Permalink I think it was John Kenneth Galbraith, speaking in the early 1960s, the high point of post-New Deal liberalism, who pronounced conservatism dead. Conservatism, he said, was "bookless," a characteristic Galbraithian, which is to say Olympian, verdict. | |
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Barbara O'Brien: Martin Peretz writes, [snipped quote] Where to start? Let's start with Reinhold Niebuhr, so that we can shake his hand and let him sit down. Pejman Yousefzadeh: "LIBERALISM IS DYING" — That is what Martin Peretz argues—in a piece sure to incite outrage and fury among the adherents of a supposedly dead doctrine. Orrin Judd: THE bOOKLESS VS THE BOOKLESS (via Ed Driscoll): Not Much Left: LOSING OUR DELUSIONS (Martin Peretz, 02.18.05, New... |
Charles Johnson: Not Much Left — Martin Peretz has a very insightful piece in the New Republic on the failure of 60s-style liberalism: Not Much Left. Ed Driscoll: His essay is titled, "Not Much Left", and frankly (if you'll pardon the pun), he's right: the Class of '72 has run... Paul @Wizbang: Related: TNR say, liberalism is now bookless and dying, yup that about sums it up. |
| Also: Greg Ransom | |
Rove-Gannon Connection? CBS News — Permalink (CBS) Dotty Lynch is the Senior Political Editor for CBS News. E-mail your questions and comments to Political Points Karl Rove took a victory lap at an SRO lunch at the Conservative Political Action Committee meeting at the Ronald Reagan building in Washington on Thursday. | |
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Ezra Klein: If he received any special treatment from the WH or was used as a clearinghouse by the WH, as CBS implies tonight on... Susan Madrak: CBS News's political editor asks what seems to be the obvious question: What's the connection between Karl Rove and Jeff Gannon? |
Skippy: reporting well is the best revenge not that there's any bitterness involved, but cbs is speculating that karl rove is jeff "mandate" gannon's connection at the white house. |
Furor Lingers as Harvard Chief Gives Details of Talk on Women NYT — Permalink CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 17 - Bowing to pressure from his faculty, the president of Harvard University, Lawrence H. Summers, on Thursday released a month-old transcript of his contentious closed-door remarks about the shortage of women in the sciences and engineering. | |
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Jacob Sullum: Shirley Malcom, director of education for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, told The New York... Fontana Labs: Larry Summers has released a transcript of his remarks on women in the sciences, and the controversy isn't going away. Orin Kerr: Of course, if this change was in fact triggered by Summers' speech, it pales in comparison to other fallout from the speech. |
The Big Trunk: UPDATE 2: The New York Times also weighs in: "Furor lingers as Harvard chief gives details of talk on women." Paul @Wizbang: Furor Lingers as Harvard Chief Gives Details of Talk on Women CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 17 - Bowing to intense pressure... Greg Ransom: DAVID FRUM on Larry Summers and the shame of the University Presidents: [snipped quote] Also, the Larry Summers on women... |
| Also: Michelle Malkin | |
Putin: Iran Does Not Intend to Build Nuclear Arms Reuters — Permalink MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he was convinced Iran was not trying to build a nuclear weapon and that Russia would press ahead with nuclear cooperation with the Islamic Republic. | |
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Jan Haugland: Putin says Iran is not making nukes — One guy, at least, seems optimistic about Iran's nuclear ambitions: President... Captain Ed: Our Friends, The Russians — Russian president Vladimir Putin has declared that the Iranian mullahs don't want nuclear... Roger L. Simon: From the Files of Comrade Dzerzhinsky — At Cheka headquarters, comes this dispatch: President Vladimir Putin said on... |
Joe Gandelman: If Putin is an ally then perhaps we need a new definition of the word "ally." James Joyner: Putin: Iran Does Not Intend to Build Nuclear Arms — Putin: Iran Does Not Intend to Build Nuclear Arms (Reuters) [snipped quote] A rather stupid move by Putin, methinks. Smash: No Nukes? RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN says Iran isn't interested in nuclear weapons. [snipped quote] Oh. |
The Millionaire Next Door vs. the Politician in Washington By / TCS — Permalink "Usually the wealthy individual is a businessman who has lived in the same town for all of his life. This person owns a small factory, a chain of stores, or a service company. He has married once and remains married. He lives next door to people with a fraction of his wealth. | |
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Jesse Taylor: Everybody Makes A Million Bucks — Where, oh where, does the money to write crap like this come from? Ah, yes, PAWs. Greg Ransom: THE VALUES of the private economy vs. the values of academics and politicians — a "must read" from Arnold Kling. Glenn Reynolds: MILLIONAIRES AND POLITICIANS: Arnold Kling looks at a conflict in values. |
PGL: Arnold Kling on Prodigious Accumulators of Wealth — Via Jesse Taylor, comes the latest from Arnold Kling. Arnold Kling: Thrift vs. Paternalism — In this essay, I argue that [snipped quote] For Discussion. Is this a real conflict in values? |
Protester Throws Shoe at Richard Perle By / AP — Permalink PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Howard Dean, the newly minted leader of the Democratic Party, and former Pentagon adviser Richard Perle made clear their opposing views on the war in Iraq during a debate marred by a protester who tossed a shoe at Perle. | |
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Charles Johnson: Bike Path Screamer vs Neocon Machiavelli — Setting the tone for the debate between Richard Perle and Howard Dean, a protester threw a shoe at Perle and screamed obscenities. Paul @Wizbang: Protester Throws Shoe at Richard Perle PORTLAND, Ore. |
Jeff Goldstein: He's a Deaniac, Deaniac on the floor — From the AP (via Drudge): "Howard Dean, the newly minted leader of the... Steve Bainbridge: Was it Random Task? An anti-war protestor threw a shoe at Richard Perle during a debate between Perle and Howard Dean. |
Iran, Syria form 'united front' By / Christian Science Monitor — Permalink In the face of increasing US pressure on Syria following Monday's killing of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut, Iran and Syria declared Thursday that they would form a "common front to face threats." | |
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Jan Haugland: Reviving the cold war - Russia sees beyond the war on terror — Matthew Clark has a very interesting news roundup in the... Oldman @BOPNews: Russia moves to check America — First Russia announces that it will sell air-defense systems to Syria. |
Gene @HarrysPlace: I suspect that more than a few on the anti-imperialist Left are more pleased by the recently-formed Syrian-Iranian... |
5 Days Later, Guckert's Tells E&P He'll Talk Again, Apparently on CNN By / Editor and Publisher — Permalink NEW YORK Five days after telling E&P that he was no longer speaking to the press because it was not helping him, former White House reporter James Guckert, a.k.a Jeff Gannon, said today that he had changed his mind and was seeking the right media outlet to tell his side of the story. | |
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Hunter @DailyKos: Note this from Editor and Publisher, which is doing a pretty bang-up job now that they've revved their engines:... |
Atrios: JimmyJeff on Anderson Cooper — At 7. E&P interviews here... |
Poll says Perry doing good job but vulnerable By / Houston Chronicle — Permalink AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry's job-approval rating has rebounded to its highest level in three years, according to a new poll, and he is well-positioned to face potential re-election challenges in next year's Republican primary from either U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison or Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn. | |
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Alexander K. McClure: In Texas, Governor Rick Perry seems to be coming out of a rough spot. For a while, it seemed like everything that could go wrong was going wrong for him. Byron LaMasters: Perry Approval at 51% Which is the best it's been in three years! |
Charles Kuffner: Perry polling — Governor Perry has achieved majority approval (barely), but is still the least liked statewide officeholder in Texas. Taegan Goddard: Perry Rebounds — Texas Gov. Rick Perry's (R) job-approval rating "has rebounded to its highest level in three years,"... |
Drudge Takes The Oscar For 'Clueless' By / WaPo — Permalink I never thought I'd say it, but Matt Drudge has made me feel better about America. As manufactured media "news" goes, the right-wing Internet curmudgeon's effort to scuttle Chris Rock's appearance as host of the Oscar telecast Feb. 27 hasn't gained much steam. | |
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Joe Gandelman: The You-Know-Who-Report Gets You-Know-Whatted By The You-Know-What Post — The Washington Post has an acid and... Frederick Maryland: In today's Washington Post, Donna Britt puts Drudge in his place: [snipped quote] Drudge has a hard enough time trying to portray himself as a journalist. |
Paul @Wizbang: The latest critic is Donna Britt in today's Washington Post: Drudge Takes The Oscar For 'Clueless' I never thought I'd... |
Ecstasy trials for combat stress Guardian — Permalink American soldiers traumatised by fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be offered the drug ecstasy to help free them of flashbacks and recurring nightmares. | |
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Mimus Pauly: so much for the war on drugs... according to david adam, science correspondent of the guardian, some american soldiers... Susan Madrak: ECSTASY AND PTSD — This is actually a good idea. |
Brian Doherty: Ecstasy for Troubled Soldiers — The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of MDMA (the drug more... |
Bush won't rule out military strike on Iran MSNBC — Permalink BRUSSELS - Military action against Iran's nuclear program is not the United States' first choice but can never be ruled out, President Bush said Friday. "First of all, you never want a president to say never, but military action is certainly not, is never... | |
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Tbogg: Bush today: Military action against Iran's nuclear program is not the United States' first choice but can never be ruled out, President Bush said Friday. |
Oldman @BOPNews: Then Russia now announces that it does not believe that Iran is developing a weapons program. |
'The Duty of the Opposition Is...' By / TCS — Permalink Some Democrats think that Howard Dean's ascension to the chairmanship of the party is a sign of bad tidings. Jonathan Chait is depressed over Dean's loose lips and poor organization skills. | |
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Ed Driscoll: 'The Duty of the Opposition Is...' Speaking of Pejman and the current state of the Democrats, he has an interesting... |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: MY TECH CENTRAL STATION COLUMN IS UP — On the duties of the opposition party. |
Three-Card Maestro By / NYT — Permalink Alan Greenspan just did it again. Four years ago, the Fed chairman lent crucial political support to the Bush tax cuts. He didn't specifically endorse the administration's plan, and if you read his testimony carefully, it contained caveats and cautions. | |
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Avedon Carol: Paul Krugman, Three-Card Maestro: On Wednesday Mr. Greenspan endorsed Social Security privatization. Matthew Yglesias: BEWARE THE GREENSPAN. Paul Krugman observes: [snipped quote] Indeed. Well he's not just another partisan hack. |
Rickheller @Centerfield: Update: Run Scared interprets a Paul Krugman column calling Greenspan a partisan hack. As usualy, I find Krugman off-base. Kash: Calling It Like It Is — Krugman leaves absolutely no room for doubt about what he thinks of Alan Greenspan:... |
Lead in Environment Causing Violent Crime - Study Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lead left in paint, water, soil and elsewhere may not only be affecting children's intelligence but may cause a significant proportion of violent crime, a U.S. researcher argued Friday. | |
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Dave Johnson: The following is based on an early start: Take a look at this from today's news, Lead in Environment Causing Violent... |
Clayton Cramer: Get The Lead Out — This article is about one of my pet peeves: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lead left in paint, water,... |
Dazed and confused American Thinker — Permalink I find myself stunned by the magnitude of the quick victory President Bush has won on tort reform, with the new bill, now awaiting his signature federalizing most class action lawsuits. | |
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Orrin Judd: Dazed and confused (Thomas Lifson, February 18th, 2005, American Thinker) [snipped quote] The stories today about... |
PoliPundit: Decline of the Democrats — Great piece today on the decline of the Democrats: "I find myself stunned by the magnitude... |
Neb. Supreme Court Spares Life of Dog AP — Permalink LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The state Supreme Court granted clemency Friday to a dog sentenced to death for fighting with a neighbor's pet. The high court ruled unanimously that Murphy, an Alaskan malamute-shepherd mix belonging to Doug and Lorele Dittoe, should... | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: High Court Spares Dog from Death Sentence Here's our feel good story of the day: The Nebraska Supreme Court has granted clemency to Murphy, an Alaskan malamute-shepherd. |
Orrin Judd: KILL TERRY SCHIAVO, BUT SPARE THE DOG: Neb. Supreme Court Spares Life of Dog (KEVIN O'HANLON, 2/18/05, Associated Press) "LINCOLN, Neb. |
Save and Save and Then Save Some More By / Slate — Permalink Is Social Security headed for bankruptcy? Sure. Should we care? Not a bit. Here's why: We pay lots of taxes. Some of those taxes are called "Social Security taxes." We get lots of government benefits. Some of those benefits are called "Social Security benefits." | |
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DeLong: (Slate Has a Quality Control Problem Department) Outsourced to Matthew Yglesias: "TAPPED: February 2005 Archives:... |
Matthew Yglesias: Slate's always-interesting Steven Landsburg provides a new perspective on the Social Security debate, arguing it doesn't... |
Tsunami Uncovers Ancient City in India AP — Permalink MAHABALIPURAM, India - Archaeologists have begun underwater excavations of what is believed to be an ancient city and parts of a temple uncovered by the tsunami off the coast of a centuries-old pilgrimage town. | |
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Roger Ailes: What Kind Of Asshole Would Say This? "COOL[. ] The tsunami may have uncovered an ancient city." This kind. Jonah Goldberg: COOL — The tsunami may have uncovered an ancient city. Woops Original link was to something completely different. Fixed. |
Jack Fowler: RE: COOL — Jonah: "The tsunami may have uncovered an ancient city" is nothing compared to what the Weekly World News is... |
Greatest U.S. President? Public Names Reagan, Clinton, Lincoln By / Gallup — Permalink PRINCETON, NJ — Depending on where Americans live, on Monday they'll be celebrating the birthday of the nation's first president, George Washington, or Washington's birthday and President Abraham Lincoln's birthday. | |
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Greg @TheTalentShow: Presidential Greatness — Oliver's got a link to one of those embarrassing "greatest president ever" surveys. |
Oliver Willis: Greatest Presidents? America speaks: 1. Reagan 2. Clinton 3. Lincoln 4. FDR 5. JFK 6. GWB How the hell do Bill Clinton and Reagan outpoll Lincoln? |
GEFFEN UNLOADS ON HILLARY: 'SHE CAN'T WIN' Drudge Report — Permalink Sen. Hillary Clinton should not count on help from Hollywood mogul David Geffen in her possible run for the White House. Geffen, who was a generous supporter and pal of Bill Clinton when he was president, trashed Hillary's prospects last night during a Q&A at the 92nd St. Y in New York City. | |
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James Joyner: (Update: Drudge has the story on his site) Radley Balko, blogging this next to me, dubs her MoDoCon (the conservative Maureen Dowd). |
K. J. Lopez: THIS MORNING — David Geffen makes me smile. |
Priests Sign Up for Exorcism 101 By / LAT — Permalink ROME — The Roman Catholic Church is facing a shortage you may not have heard about: qualified exorcists. And so, on Thursday about 100 priests stood, prayed for protection, then sat down to begin an eight-week study of how to distinguish and fight demonic possession. | |
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Steve M.: In the United States, the shortage is even more acute.... —L.A. Times So what profound evils will these newly trained exorcists confront? |
Ezra Klein: The Power of Christ Compels You — The world is apparently facing a critical shortage of exorcists. Not even kidding you. |
Doubts About White House Reporter Recalled By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 - A former Bush administration official said Thursday that a reporter calling himself Jeff Gannon who presented questionable news credentials from an obscure Internet organization, Gopusa, aroused suspicions at the White House a few years ago. | |
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Tom Maguire: LASTLY: File under "Explaining Everything, and Nothing" - the Times brings us up to (their) speed on Gannon, fills us in... |
Kos @DailyKos: The Note on Gannon — ABC News' The Note hasn't been a friend of the Gannon investigation, being snarky about it from the beginning. |
Fact Finders By / TNR — Permalink Imagine that God were to appear on Earth for the unlikely purpose of settling, once and for all, our disputes over economic policy. And suppose that, to my enormous surprise, he announced that every empirical claim advanced by conservatives was correct. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: While contemplating Mark's rejoinder, what showed up in my inbox but an email from Jon Chait featuring a sneaky... |
Arnold Kling: Who are the Empiricists? Jonathan Chait devotes a long article to arguing that liberals are pragmatic and empirical. |
An Old Hand in New Terrain of Top Intelligence Job By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 - Few officials in the Bush administration better understand the damage that can be wreaked by faulty or politicized intelligence than John D. Negroponte. | |
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Jeanne D'Arc: But at least it's much better than the New York Times: In Central America, Mr. Negroponte was immersed in American... |
Steve M.: Another creepy sentence about John Negroponte, in this case from The New York Times: If his four decades in public... |
PBS Warns Stations of Risks From Profanity in War Film By / NYT — Permalink PBS has warned its member stations that it cannot protect them against federal indecency sanctions if they broadcast an unedited, profanity-laced version of a documentary about a United States Army regiment in Baghdad as it faced insurgent attacks leading up to the Iraqi elections, producers of the documentary said yesterday. | |
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Paul McLeary: As the New York Times notes: "PBS had taken the unusual step of offering only the edited version of the film for direct retransmission. |
Avedon Carol: PBS Warns Stations of Risks From Profanity in War Film: PBS has warned its member stations that it cannot protect them... |
Dems were lemmings, Greenspan the cliff Arizona Republic — Permalink Alan Greenspan's status and role as an economic oracle is unfortunate. The Federal Reserve System is supposed to be setting monetary policy to establish and maintain price stability. | |
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Dale Franks: Over the edge, willingly — Robert Robb writes that yesterday, when asking Alan Greenspan about Social Security privatization, the Democrats went over the cliff like lemmings. |
Orrin Judd: YOU JUST CAN'T GIVE THEM ENOUGH ROPE: Dems were lemmings, Greenspan the cliff (Robert Robb, Feb. 18, 2005, Arizona Republic) "[A]n oracle Greenspan has become. |
Grand Old Party NRO — Permalink Blacks might be surprised to compare Republican history with the Democrats'. Today marks the 90th anniversary of a very special White House ceremony. President Woodrow Wilson hosted his Cabinet and the entire U.S. Supreme Court for a screening of D. W. Griffith's racist masterpiece, Birth of a Nation. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: Hyperbolize Much — There's an awful lot of absurdity in this Deroy Murdoch article building to the absurd conlcusion... |
Orrin Judd: LIGHTNING DOLT: Grand Old Party: Blacks might be surprised to compare Republican history with the Democrats' (Deroy... |
Samuel Alderson, Crash-Test Dummy Inventor, Dies at 90 By / NYT — Permalink Samuel W. Alderson, a physicist and engineer who was a pioneer in developing the long-suffering, curiously beautiful human surrogates known as automotive crash-test dummies, died Feb. 11 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 90. | |
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Ann Althouse: The brains behind the dummy. Here's the obit for the inventor of the crash-test dummy, Samuel W. Alderson. |
Orrin Judd: TODAY GOD GLANCES AROUND AT HIM: Samuel Alderson, Crash-Test Dummy Inventor, Dies at 90 (MARGALIT FOX, 2/18/05, NY... |
Conservatives Put Off by Bush's Talk of Tax Hike LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — President Bush's push to transform Social Security is in trouble, despite intense salesmanship designed to build support in Congress and with the public. Democrats are united against the president on the issue. | |
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Barbara O'Brien: Peter Wallsten and Warren Vieth in the Los Angeles Times provide some reactions to the cap suggestions: [quote] "It's exactly...[end quote] Joe Gandelman: The LA Times reports this: "President Bush's push to transform Social Security is in trouble, despite intense... Steve Bainbridge: Social Security: No New Taxes — If the price of President Bush's plan to reform Social Security by creating private... |
Ezra Klein: The Wheels on the Bus Go Flying Off, Flying, Off, Flying Off... With Bush publicly considering a payroll tax hike, we're... Kevin Drum: SOCIAL SECURITY BLUES...The LA Times reports today that Democrats are resolutely opposed to George Bush's Social... Josh Marshall: Trouble in Phase-Out — City, reports the LA Times: [snipped quote] Kevin Drum has some apt comments on what it means. |
Israel Halts Decades-Old Practice of Demolishing Militants' Homes By / NYT — Permalink JERUSALEM, Feb. 17 - Israel ordered a halt on Thursday to the policy of demolishing the homes of Palestinian militants, a step welcomed by Palestinian and human rights groups. | |
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Josh Chafetz: THIS STRIKES ME as excellent news, both morally and tactically. |
James Joyner: Israel Halts Practice of Demolishing Militants' Homes — Israel Halts Decades-Old Practice of Demolishing Militants' Homes (NYT rss) [snipped quote] This is a welcome move. |
Gannon: The early years By / Salon — Permalink Long before "Jeff Gannon" became a household pseudonym in the nation's capital, he had earned considerable recognition among the political elites of South Dakota. | |
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Oliver Willis: The Thune/Gannon (Guckert) Connection Redux — Joe Conason digs up some info related to previous speculation of mine... |
Susan Madrak: FOLLOWING THE TRAIL — Joe Conason with some very interesting scoop on Jeff Gannon. |
WB seeks revitalized cartoon franchise with new look for Bugs Bunny and friends By / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Permalink Talk about extreme makeovers. Take a look at what's happening to Daffy and Bugs. Hoping to breathe new life into its animated Looney Tunes franchise and prop up the WB television network's slumping Kids' WB line-up, Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. is... | |
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Michele Catalano: Kill the (New) Wabbit — A piece of me died when I read this: "The carrot-chomping smart aleck is making a comeback - as a futuristic, slimmed-down superhero. |
Greg @TheTalentShow: It's like somebody is s**tting on my eyes (via Tom) : "Hoping to breathe new life into its animated Looney Tunes... |
The Religious Face of Iraq By / WaPo — Permalink The Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the most revered Shiite leader in Iraq, seems through the prism of the Western media to be an elusive character. He has not met with coalition leaders directly, and he doesn't speak to reporters. | |
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Frederick Maryland: Sinners and Their Toothpicks — In today's Washington Post, Phil Kennicott gives us a little more insight on the... |
Juan Cole: Phillip Kennicott of the Washington Post does one of the best Western press profiles of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani yet. |
Schieffer Brothers' New Jobs Won't Strain Bonds, They Say NYT — Permalink Bob Schieffer likes to say that he is more than just a sibling to his younger brother, Tom. "Hell, I raised him," Mr. Schieffer said in a recent interview, his eyes watering as he recalled the years immediately after their father's sudden death, which left a 20-year-old Bob and his mother to care for a 10-year-old Tom. | |
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Susan Madrak: DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY — Again, I don't think these people get it. The Times has a story about Bob Schieffer, the new CBS anchor, and his ambassador brother. Orrin Judd: ONE'S AN AMBASSADOR, THE OTHER A TALKING HEAD, FOR GOODNESS SAKE: Schieffer Brothers' New Jobs Won't Strain Bonds, They... |
Brian Stelter: > New York Times: CBS anchor Bob Schieffer's brother has been named ambassador to Japan; here are all the conflict of interest Q's... Taegan Goddard: The Schieffer Brothers — The New York Times notes how "the bonds and bounds" of "familial intimacy" between two high profile brothers "are about to come into play as never before. |
Papers reveal Bagram abuse Guardian — Permalink New evidence has emerged that US forces in Afghanistan engaged in widespread Abu Ghraib-style abuse, taking "trophy photographs" of detainees and carrying out rape and sexual humiliation. | |
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Jeanne D'Arc: The latest documents to come out of the ACLU's FOIA request focus on prisoner abuse in Afghanistan — rape, beatings, "trophy photos" of corpses, mock executions. |
Jeralyn Merritt: Documents Describe Torture at Bagram in Afghanistan — Friday's Guardian reports on documents it has received that... |
Eason's Fable By / Weekly Standard — Permalink FOR TWO WEEKS Eason Jordan has been engulfed in a blogswarm. During remarks at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, the now-former CNN executive accused the U.S. military of deliberately targeting journalists in Iraq for murder. | |
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Kevin Drum: OF BLOGS AND MEN....Dan Drezner poses a good question today: why did CNN news chief Eason Jordan resign following his inflammatory remarks at the Davos conference? The Big Trunk: The Daily Standard has posted an excellent column by Ed Morrissey — Captain Ed — that meticulously reconstructs the... Captain Ed: Eason's Fable At The Weekly Standard — The Weekly Standard has published my column on the mass-media response to the... |
Daniel Drezner: I ask this after reading Ed Morrissey's timeline of Jordangate in the Weekly Standard. James R. Rummel: Watchdog — By now, everyone who is interested has heard the tale of CNN news chief Eason Jordan. Hugh Hewitt: Ed Morrissey of CaptainsQuarters has a terrific account of the Eason Jordan affair over at TheWeeklyStandard.com: Eason's Fable. |
| Also: Pejman Yousefzadeh, Glenn Reynolds, Greg Ransom | |
"Jeff Gannon's" incredible access By / Salon — Permalink James Guckert's mysterious career as a White House correspondent for Talon News just took another strange twist. And once again, the newest revelation raises the central question: Who broke the rules on Guckert's behalf to give him access to the White House? | |
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Tom Burka: Guckart, who went by the name of Jeff Gannon in the Briefing Room, has been credentialed as a member of the press corps,... Jim Henley: Things that caught my eye today: Per Salon and elsewhere, it appears that Jeff Gannon/James Guckert was attending White... Steve Clemons: Who Let Gannon In? feb28gannon6ug.jpg (Feb. 28, 2003 WH press conference on C-SPAN) Eric Boehlert has this piece in... |
Howard Kurtz: Kos has a C-SPAN screen shot of Jeff Gannon in the White House briefing room two years ago, and Salon's Eric Boehlert... Atrios: Boehlert: Thanks to the continued digging by online sleuths, there's now documented evidence that Guckert attended White House briefings as early as February 2003. Barbara O'Brien: This afternoon either Eric Boehlert at Salon or Joe Strupp at Editor and Publisher — I'm not sure which got it online... |
| Also: Oliver Willis, Susan Madrak | |
Reporters as Citizens NRO — Permalink The things journalists learn on assignment. Guess what Mary Beth Sheridan, a reporter from the Washington Post, learned when she was embedded with our troops in Iraq? That they are not, in fact, "blood-thirsty maniacs." | |
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Greyhawk: That was reported by Myrna Blyth in NRO, but what I found more interesting was her description of the broader topic... Blackfive: Journalists and Soldiers — John G. sends this Myrna Blyth NRO piece about a Columbia Journalism School First Amendment breakfast (panel discussion). Betsy Newmark: Myrna Blyth has a look on what one journalist learned while she was embedded with the military. [snipped quote] They're decent and sweet. |
Cori Dauber: Yet again and again we find evidence that many reporters were so certain of their beliefs that they saw no need to even... Jason Van Steenwyk: Who woulda thunk it? [snipped quote] That's from Myrna Blyth, a former editor of Ladies Home Journal and founding editor of More. Stephen Green: After Action Report — Washington Post reporter Mary Beth Sheridan spent some time with the troops in Iraq, and came... |
The White House Stages Its 'Daily Show' By / NYT — Permalink THE prayers of those hoping that real television news might take its cues from Jon Stewart were finally answered on Feb. 9, 2005. A real newsman borrowed a technique from fake news to deliver real news about fake news in prime time. Let me explain. | |
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Tom Burka: Admitting Prostitutes To White House Part Of New Outreach Program, Officials Say — The Bush Administration today said... Howard Kurtz: Frank Rich weighs in on Gannongate with great fervor: "The 'Jeff Gannon' story got less attention than another media... Atrios: Frank Rich: "Jeff Gannon" had decided to give an exclusive TV interview to a sober practitioner of by-the-book real news, Wolf Blitzer. |
Avedon Carol: Stuff to read — From The New York Times: Frank Rich, The White House Stages Its 'Daily Show': THE prayers of those... Steve Soto: First, the Jeff Gannon/J. D. Guckert story begins to get traction. Steve Clemons: The story has moved from the Howard Kurtz column to new articles in the New York Times by Frank Rich and the Guardian by... |
| Also: Captain Ed, Jeanne D'Arc, Dave Johnson, Barbara O'Brien, Kos @DailyKos, Josh Marshall, Kevin Hayden, Chris Bowers, Oliver Willis, Brian Stelter, Ed Cone, Jeralyn Merritt, Jeff Alworth, Scott Rosenberg | |
Ari Fleischer Tells E&P He Spoke to Gannon/Guckert's Boss By / Editor and Publisher — Permalink NEW YORK Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer was so concerned about Talon News reporter James Guckert's potential ties to the Republican Party that he stopped calling on him at press briefings for about a week in 2003, Fleischer told E&P today. | |
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Kevin Aylward: Fact - Ari Fleischer, in an interview with Editor &Publisher, notes, "It is a slippery slope for any press secretary in... Jeralyn Merritt: Ari Fleisher on Jeff Gannon — Editor and Publisher spoke to Ari Fleisher about Jeff Gannon. |
Kos @DailyKos: Fleischer on Gannon — E&P talked to Fleischer: [snipped quote] It would be interesting to see if "Talon News" was created as a front to create "distance" between GOPUSA and Gannon. |
Alanis Morissette Becomes U.S. Citizen AP — Permalink LOS ANGELES - Canadian Alanis Morissette (news) is now an American citizen. The 30-year-old singer was among some 4,500 people who took the citizenship oath during a ceremony last week at the Los Angeles Convention Center. | |
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Greg Piper: I oughtta know, but... For some reason the AP is playing up the new American citizenship of some obscure Canadian with weird hair (that narrows it down!) Spoons: ALANIS MORISETTE BECOMES U.S. CITIZEN — She'll be retaining her Canadian citizenship, however. This has always outraged me. Mitch Berg: Isn't It Ironic? Sing along with me: [snipped quote] Alanis Morisette is now a US citizen. I need an excuse to spoof "Unsent", now... |
K. J. Lopez: HHHMMM — Alanis Morrisette is an American now. What was that Larry Schweikart was telling me? Chris Lawrence: Morissette ends own musical career — Brian J. Noggle points to news that Alanis Morissette has taken U.S. citizenship. |
That "we" again. My kingdom for a columnist. Brushes with Greatness. And more. NRO — Permalink I was reading an op-ed piece by Fareed Zakaria in the Washington Post, and he began by quoting Jon Stewart, the comedian, who said, "We did it! We had the election. And now we can say to Iraq, 'Goodbye! '" The words "We did it!" brought me up short. | |
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Greyhawk: Glenn Reynolds (and Jay Nordlinger) asks when Jon Stewart joined the winning team. Steve M.: With all due respect to Jonah Goldberg, I believe this little item by Jay Nordlinger may be the stupidest thing ever... Deacon: Jay Nordlinger put me in mind of the old Lone Ranger-Tonto joke with his Impromptus piece. |
Glenn Reynolds: PETER INGEMI EMAILS: [snipped quote] Heh. Success has a thousand fathers. With people coming forward to claim paternity, I guess we know we're succeeding. Judith Weiss: Fancy that. UPDATE: Jay Nordlinger: "I suppose I should say something about The Gates, too. Lorie Byrd: Don't Miss This One — Jay Nordlinger's latest Impromptus column is not to be missed. |
The Blogs Must Be Crazy By / Opinion Journal — Permalink "Salivating morons." "Scalp hunters." "Moon howlers." "Trophy hunters." "Sons of Sen. McCarthy." "Rabid." "Blogswarm." "These pseudo-journalist lynch mob people." This is excellent invective. It must come from bloggers. | |
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Brian Linse: Peggy Noonan's take on the influence and future of blogs, seen in the context of the current MSM frothing against our... Jay Rosen: Individual journalists have the chance... Peggy Noonan made the same point yesterday in her Wall Street Journal love letter to bloggers, which was also a shrewd piece of writing. Steven Taylor: Noonan on Blogs — Peggy Noonan writes one of the better pieces I have seen on blogs in today's WSJ: The Blogs Must Be... |
Howard Kurtz: The blogosphere debate rages on, with this missive from the Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan"The MSM isn't over. Robin Burk: Now that the blogosphere is making news, lots of people want blogs. But not everyone gets it .... Peggy Noonan does. The Big Trunk: Today's OpinionJournal coincidentally carries Peggy Noonan's open-hearted embrace of the blogosphere: "The blogs must be crazy." |
| Also: Hugh Hewitt, Captain Ed, Betsy Newmark, Joe Katzman, Brian Montopoli, Jan Haugland, Lorie Byrd, Damian Penny, Terry Heaton, Roger Ailes, Jeff Jarvis, Charles Johnson, Glenn Reynolds, McQ, Greg Ransom, Ed Cone, K. J. Lopez, Cori Dauber, Michelle Malkin, Jeff Goldstein, Dave Winer, Stephen Green | |
Sen. Clinton pushes for voting holiday By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a possible White House candidate in 2008, joined 2004 nominee John Kerry and other Democrats Thursday in urging that Election Day be made a federal holiday to encourage voting. She also pushed for legislation that would allow all ex-felons to vote. | |
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McQ: No and No — To both of the ideas put forward by Hillary Clinton and John Kerry below, a resounding "no". Jesse Taylor: Faster, Voters! Vote, Vote! Who woulda thought - politicians making it easier for us to participate in democracy. |
Shawn @LiquidList: Politics: A Worthwhile Day Off — What a good, good idea. [snipped quote] Today, pretty much anyone with a job or a... Orrin Judd: OBTUSE TRIANGLE (via Michael Burns, [including title]): Sen. Clinton Pushes for Voting Holiday (DEVLIN BARRETT, 2/17/05,... |
Bush's Barberini Faun By / NYT — Permalink I am very impressed with James Guckert, a k a Jeff Gannon. How often does an enterprising young man, heralded in press reports as both a reporter and a contributor to such sites as Hotmilitarystud.com, Workingboys.net, Militaryescorts.com, MilitaryescortsM4M.com and Meetlocalmen.com, get to question the president of the United States? | |
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Brian Linse: Also see Joe Conason, MoDo, Digby, and please don't miss The Poor Man: [snipped quote] Jim Henley warns of the coming... Jeff Jarvis: Fake reporters : In her column yesterday, Maureen Dowd said that even Nixon didn't do what Bush is doing with fake news:... Dave Johnson: I don't usually read Maureen Dowd anymore, but this was recommended, and it's good:Bush's Barberini Faun: "I know the F.B.I. computers don't work, but this is ridiculous. |
Howard Kurtz: Quick, how many female newspaper columnists can you name other than Maureen Dowd? They're out there, but not in great enough numbers. Kevin Aylward: While goofy Maureen Dowd complains that her pass was rejected, she most certainly was writing about a hard pass or a Standing Committee pass, which Gannon too was denied. Jeanne D'Arc: Sidney Blumenthal, Frank Rich, and Maureen Dowd all have a go at explaining why it's important, and I don't disagree with any of the points they make. |
| Also: Steve Soto, Tom Maguire, Captain Ed, Barbara O'Brien, Tom Tomorrow, Kos @DailyKos, Avedon Carol, Jeff Alworth, Laura Rozen, Digby, Atrios | |
AP: Iraqi Died While Hung From Wrists By / AP — Permalink SAN DIEGO - An Iraqi whose corpse was photographed with grinning U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib died under CIA interrogation while in a position condemned by human rights groups as torture — suspended by his wrists, with his hands cuffed behind his back, according to reports reviewed by The Associated Press. | |
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Jason Van Steenwyk: Now that the disclaimer is over with, I have some serious problems with the way this AP piece is reported. 1.) Andrew Sullivan: CRUCIFIXION: Isn't that what this particular interrogation technique amounts to? Sebastian Holsclaw: This is Torture, This Cannot be Tolerated — This is why there shouldn't be ghost prisoners that interrogators think they can do anything they want with. |
Michael Froomkin: News - AP: Iraqi Died While Hung From Wrists (impermanent link, sorry about that) [alternate lnk). Jeralyn Merritt: Let's not get so myopic over Jeff Gannon that we lose sight of the forest...The Associated Press has obtained documents... |
Term of Use By / TNR — Permalink Two senior Egyptian officials are visiting Washington this week amid heightened American pressure on their boss, Hosni Mubarak, to permit free elections—which he would probably lose. Mubarak has ruled Egypt under emergency laws and nixed political activity for nearly 24 years. | |
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Donald Sensing: Joseph Braude emailed me the link yesterday of his new piece in The New Republic on whether real democracy is likely in Egypt in the foreseeable future. Jude Nagurney Camwell: Where Egypt is concerned, Joseph Braude causes us to ponder this question with his latest article at TNR Online. James Joyner: Joseph Braude argues in the New Republic that the U.S. should not pressure Egypt's Hosni Mubarak to hold free and open... |
Max B. Sawicky: A guy can dream, can't he? Joseph Braude raises this question in regard to Egypt. Pejman Yousefzadeh: IT TAKES A THIEF TO CATCH A THIEF — And according to Joseph Braude, it may take an autocrat to help bring about democracy. Rickheller @Centerfield: In The New Republic Online, Joseph Braude urges us not be become too intoxicated with the success of the Iraqi elections... |
| Also: Skippy, Jeff Quinton | |
Bush, FDR and Social Security By / TCS — Permalink Shortly after President Bush's State of the Union address New York Times columnist Paul Krugman accused President Bush of trying to "destroy" the America created by FDR by introducing private accounts into the Social Security system. | |
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Jesse Taylor: FDR: The Xtreme Deal — Nick Schulz attempts to pick up the shards of the "FDR proposed privatizing Social Security"... Ed Driscoll: Note To Self — Don't make Nick Schulz (my editor at Tech Central Station) angry, as Al Franken recently did—unlike... |
Glenn Reynolds: UPDATE: Kevin Drum says no. ANOTHER UPDATE: Nick Schulz weighs in: [snipped quote] Of course, none of this would be an issue with my proposal for Social Security reform. Jonah Goldberg: FDR, PRIVATE ACCOUNTS, ETC — Al Franken drags Nick Schulz into this. |
Bush Nominates Negroponte As Intel Chief By / AP — Permalink (02-17) 07:27 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) — President Bush on Thursday named John Negroponte, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and currently the administration's top representative in Iraq, to be America's first national intelligence director. | |
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Jeanne D'Arc: Carl Levin: Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, questioned the decision to pull Negroponte out of Iraq. James Joyner: Bush Nominates Negroponte for Director of National Intelligence — Bush names Negroponte intelligence chief (CNN)... Smash: Intelligence Chief — PRESIDENT BUSH nominates John Negroponte to be the first National Intelligence Director. |
McQ: Negroponte to be Intel Czar — Admittedly I don't know a heck of a lot about John Negroponte, but I do know that without... Jeralyn Merritt: Bush Appoints Negroponte — Eric Alterman devotes today's Altercation column to John Negroponte, Bush's newly announced choice for Intelligence Chief. Pejman Yousefzadeh: CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHN NEGROPONTE — He has been appointed to the government's most meaningless job. |
Bush Picks Envoy to Iraq to Be New Overseer of Spy Agencies By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 - President Bush nominated John D. Negroponte, the ambassador to Iraq and a diplomat with worldwide experience, to be the director of national intelligence today, a new post intended to protect the United States from 21st century terrorist threats. | |
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Howard Kurtz: Not to mention the managing editor and editorial page editor of the New York Times. But the op-ed pages of the major papers are mostly testosterone-laden. Jeanne D'Arc: Today's: Meet the director of national intelligence — John Negroponte, the man who brought you...well, speaking of leaving death in his wake. |
Matthew Yglesias: What to say about the choice of John Negroponte for the new job as National Intelligence Director? Kevin Drum: The fact that George Bush's choice for the job is John Negroponte therefore inspires in me mostly a yawn. |
Clashes with Churchill found By / Denver Post — Permalink University of Colorado officials received repeated complaints about Ward Churchill's demeanor and temper, beginning two years before he was granted a tenured faculty position despite never going through the normal review. | |
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Steven Taylor: It is bad enough that someone sans a terminal degree was given a tenure-track position (and a chairmanship) at a major... McQ: Ward Churchill: A Peach of a Guy — According to the Denver Post, Ward Churchill is a real sweetheart when it comes to... |
Ace: And to top it all off, he's a di** Retired university administrator and journalism professor Joanne Easley Arnold said... |
Gentleman Jockeys Win the Derby By / Weekly Standard — Permalink EAGER TO DIVERT ATTENTION from the incredible incompetence displayed in the handling of Eason Jordan's remarks before the Davos audience (and Jordan's November 2004 accusation that the U.S. military was torturing journalists), a number of voices within the... | |
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The Big Trunk: Gentlemen jockeys must be crazy — In his Daily Standard column, Hugh Hewitt responds to the Wall Street Journal's... Betsy Newmark: Hugh Hewitt looks at the credentials of the bloggers at Easongate and Powerline. Glenn Reynolds: UPDATE: Related thoughts from Hugh Hewitt — who seems determined to instruct the Wall Street Journal folks in the error... |
Captain Ed: Note: See also Hugh Hewitt's new column in the Weekly Standard on the WSJ/blogosphere debate. Hugh Hewitt: My WeeklyStandard.com column takes a closer look at the credentials of some of the bloggers the Wall Street Journal disdains: "Gentlemen Jockeys Win the Derby." Michelle Malkin: Bill Quick likes the Noonan piece. Commenter Lastango asks: "Is this in part a WSJ climbdown?" Hugh Hewitt follows up. |
War Helps Recruit Terrorists, Hill Told WaPo — Permalink The insurgency in Iraq continues to baffle the U.S. military and intelligence communities, and the U.S. occupation has become a potent recruiting tool for al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, top U.S. national security officials told Congress yesterday. | |
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Belle Waring: From the Washington Post, "Blinding Flash of the Obvious" Department: The insurgency in Iraq continues to baffle the... Steve M.: ... —Washington Post, 2/17/05 Hugh Hewitt: "War Helps Recruit Terrorists, Hill Told," is a front-pager in the Washington Post that needs close reading. |
Steve Soto: It turns out he was right: after these supplemental requests, we will in fact have ripped off American taxpayers for... Cori Dauber: To the Washington Post, this is all about "the unintended consequences of the war in Iraq." Jim Henley: Lazy Warblogger Night - Matthew Yglesias has the hopeful sign; Spencer Ackerman the disquieting portent; Porter Goss the... |
American Conversation - Estrich v. Kinsley Washington Examiner — Permalink A feminist blast attacking a liberal icon travels cross country in a night - It is with great regret that I send you this message, asking you to help me in fighting blatant sex discrimination at The Los Angeles Times. -Susan Estrich to Michael Kinsley | |
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Howard Kurtz: The new paper in D.C., the Examiner, reprints a blast e-mail that Estrich sent out to a bunch of gal pals on Valentine's... John J. Miller: The editorial pages publish a brutal exchange between Susan Estrich and Michael Kinsley, as well as some withering commentary from Charlotte Allen. Betsy Newmark: The DC Examiner has Michael Kinsley's and Charlotte Allen's response to Susan Estrich's rant about there not being enough women writing editorial columns for the LA Times. |
Ace: (Hoke) Estrich accuses Kinsley of gender discrimination; Kinsley accuses Estrich of being mental The article last Sunday... Jayson @PoliPundit: No. The White House? Nope. Wal-Mart? No. It's regarding the "sophisticated" and "enlightened" Los Angeles Times. Merde. Glenn Reynolds: IT'S SUSAN ESTRICH VS. MICHAEL KINSLEY in the Washington Examiner. And both Cathy Seipp and Charlotte Allen have related thoughts. |
Soros Funded Stewart Defense NRO — Permalink The anti-Bush billionaire supported lawyer who aided terrorists. Billionaire financier George Soros, whose opposition to President Bush's conduct of the war on terror caused him to pour millions of dollars into the effort to defeat the president, made a... | |
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Captain Ed: However, National Review's Byron York reveals today that the main money man for the Democrats in last year's election... Charles Bird: The George Soros-Lynne Stewart Connection — Byron York reports on the financial ties between George Soros' Open Society... Orrin Judd: WITH OR AGAINST: Soros Funded Stewart Defense (Byron York, 2/17/05, National Review) [snipped quote] So Stephen Minarik knew whereof he spoke. |
Charles Johnson: Birds of a Feather — Anti-American "progressive" billionaire George Soros donated money to the defense of radical... Jayson @PoliPundit: As "Surprising" as Dead People Voting For Democrats in Chicago and Philly — Byron York reports that George ("what, no refunds available?") |
Ralph Reed to Seek Georgia Post in 2006 AP — Permalink ATLANTA — Ralph Reed, former Christian Coalition director, announced Thursday he will run for lieutenant governor in 2006. Reed, 43, filed the necessary paperwork earlier this month to begin raising money for the race. | |
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Steve Dillard: Update: Oh, and here is Ralph's campaign blog. Update II: Here is the AP report. K. J. Lopez: RALPH REED is running for Lt. Gov. of Georgia. |
Betsy Newmark: Ralph Reed is going to run for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. I predict this is the beginning of a major political career. |
Bush names Negroponte intelligence chief CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush on Thursday nominated John Negroponte, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, as the nation's first director of national intelligence. "The director's responsibility is straightforward and demanding," Bush said in his announcement. | |
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Max B. Sawicky: INFORMATION RETRIEVAL — Excerpt from testimony by witness opposing the John Negroponte appointment to National Intelligence Director |
Deacon: It's Negroponte — CNN reports that President Bush has nominated John Negroponte, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, to be the first director of national intelligence. |
Negroponte Selected As Intelligence Chief By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - President Bush named John Negroponte, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq , as the government's first national intelligence director Thursday, turning to a veteran diplomat to revive a spy community besieged by criticism after the Sept. 11 attacks. | |
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Charles Johnson: Negroponte Will Head National Intelligence — The United States' first national intelligence director will be ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte. |
Orrin Judd: Negroponte Selected As Intelligence Chief (KATHERINE SHRADER, 2/17/05, Associated Press) [snipped quote] Imagine having... |
Times Company to Buy About.com for $410 Million NYT — Permalink The New York Times Company announced this afternoon that it had agreed to acquire the online consumer information provider About.com from Primedia Inc., a magazine publisher, for $410 million in cash. | |
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Tom Biro: The full press release can be found here via BusinessWire. Check here for the Times' coverage. |
Jeff Jarvis: About About : PaidContent is all over The New York Times' $410 million acquisition of About.com. |
Blog awards: Like blogs, they're diverse, global and freewheeling By / Online Journalism Review — Permalink As Weblogs mature, we look at the plethora of awards and the controversial nature of judging. And we've compiled a list of contests so you can go for the gold. In 2001, a Seattle woman named Zannah won the "Weblog of the Year" Bloggie award for her blog titled, "#!/usr/bin/girl." | |
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Kevin Aylward: Blog Awards: Like Blogs, They're Diverse, Global and Freewheeling |
Scott Sala: Blog Awards and Recognition — Here's a great article rounding up a pretty concise history of blog awards as well as some speculation on future recognition possibilities. |
Conservatives and Rivals Press a Struggling PBS NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 - It was no accident that PBS found itself turning to Elmo, the popular "Sesame Street" character, to lobby on Capitol Hill this week. There were not many options. | |
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Captain Ed: The New York Times and Los Angeles Times both note the question of relevance for PBS and how difficulties in getting... Betsy Newmark: The New York Times says that PBS is having a hard time getting funding from Congress because conservatives are critical of it. |
Hugh Hewitt: Here's a sad piece on the slow collapse of PBS in the New York Times. Jeff Jarvis: What should PBS be : : What should PBS be now that it has all this competition from cable (and pressure from Washington)? |
D.A. won't press charges vs. Cosby MSNBC — Permalink NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor has just said he will not pursue charges against Bill Cosby, after a woman claimed the entertainer groped her at his house. | |
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Jeff Jarvis: I just got bumped because of the Cosby story (the story: authorities will not prosecute on the allegations a woman made against him). |
Jeralyn Merritt: No Charges for Bill Cosby — No charges will be filed against Bill Cosby , according to the Montgomery County, PA District Attorney. |
Masked Players By / American Spectator — Permalink To me, Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby is just routine Hollywood product but with a much higher-than-usual schmaltz content. It's not even worth a review. Quite obviously, Hilary Swank's character never had a chance. | |
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Ramesh Ponnuru: Anyway, James Bowman has an excellent column on the liberal denial that Million Dollar Baby has any political content. |
Ed Driscoll: Masked Players — Following on Michael Medved's piece in the Wall Street Journal today, James Bowman makes a great point... |
CBS Plans Prime-Time Tribute to Rather By / AP — Permalink NEW YORK - CBS will televise a one-hour prime-time tribute to Dan Rather the night he leaves the evening news anchor chair, and its producer says it won't avoid the story that has clouded his final days on the job. | |
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Charles Johnson: The Emperor's New Parade — Can CBS really be this tone-deaf? CBS Plans Prime-Time Tribute to Rather. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) |
Jonah Goldberg: RATHER RETROSPECTIVE — From the AP: "NEW YORK (AP) - CBS will televise a one-hour prime-time tribute to Dan Rather the... |
Bush Criticizes Syria, Iran As Instable By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - President Bush criticized Syria and Iran on Thursday as destabilizing forces in the Middle East but stopped short of threatening new U.S. action against either. Expressing sympathy with Israeli worries about a nuclear-armed Iran, the president said America would protect its ally. | |
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Orrin Judd: "OUT OF STEP": Bush criticizes Syria, Iran as instable (JENNIFER LOVEN, February 17, 2005, Associated Press)... |
Sadly, No!: President Bush says: "Bush Criticizes Syria, Iran As Instable" This was followed by Bush criticizes water as wet along... |
Don't Fear the Blog and the Fury By / Business Week — Permalink Into the Penalty Box — Permanently! Where Did All the Long Bonds Go? Consulting Beyond the Grave? | |
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JD @SouthernAppeal: I couldn't resist fisking a few of his comments. Still worth the read, though. |
Jeff Jarvis: Peggy Noonan has a wonderful column today telling her colleagues why blogs are good: [snipped quote] And here's Stephen... |
Hill Dems get into Demzilla By / The Hill — Permalink Outgoing Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Terry McAuliffe has given the House and Senate political committees access to "Demzilla," the massive computer voter database that has brought the DNC closer to information parity with the Republicans. | |
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Garance Franke-Ruta: If you've been following the problems with the Democratic Party, this short article in The Hill today will come as huge and welcome news. |
Ezra Klein: Finally — My opinion on this is the same as my reaction to finding that Reid was creating a Democratic War Room: Great, but we didn't do that before!? |