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Blogging Beyond the Men's Club By / Newsweek — Permalink March 21 issue - At a recent Harvard conference on bloggers and the media, the most pungent statement came from cyberspace. Rebecca MacKinnon, writing about the conference as it happened, got a response on the "comments" space of her blog from someone... | |
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Captain Ed: Somehow that joke immediately came to mind when I read Steven Levy's truly clueless piece for tomorrow's Newsweek that... Chris Nolan: This post is in response, partly, to Steven Levy's musings onn Newsweek's site. Glenn Reynolds: STEVEN LEVY SAYS that the blogosphere needs more diversity: "Law professor Susan Estrich has been hammering Michael... |
La Shawn: More interesting is a link to a Newsweek article by Steven Levy, who asks, "[W]hy is the blogosphere dominated by white males?" Roger Ailes: An article from MSGOP.com asks why the blogosphere is dominated by white males: [snipped quote] Shouldn't this article be... |
Will the Mideast Bloom? By / WaPo — Permalink Listen to the conversations in the cafes on the edge of the creek that runs through this Persian Gulf city, and it is hard to believe that the George W. Bush being praised by Arab diners is the same George W. Bush who has been widely excoriated in these parts ever since he took office. | |
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Gene @HarrysPlace: Straw in the wind: a demure Qaradawi — Former New York Times Middle East correspondent Youssef M. Ibrahim, writing in... Pejman Yousefzadeh: AN UPDATE ON BANDWAGONING — Denizens of the Persian Gulf bandwagon: [snipped quote] Be sure to read the rest. Orrin Judd: Will the Mideast Bloom? (Youssef M. Ibrahim, March 13, 2005, Washington Post) [snipped quote] Mr. Ibrahim was one of the louder claimants that it was a war for oil. |
Gregory Djerejian: Be sure not to miss the estimable Youssef Ibrahim either: [quote] "His talk about democracy is good," an Egyptian-born woman...[end quote] Betsy Newmark: Youssef M. Ibrahim, a former Middle East journalist and now an employee for a Dubai energy group, details the faint... |
U.N. Faces More Accusations of Sexual Misconduct By / WaPo — Permalink UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations is facing new allegations of sexual misconduct by U.N. personnel in Burundi, Haiti, Liberia and elsewhere, which is complicating the organization's efforts to contain a sexual abuse scandal that has tarnished its Nobel Prize-winning peacekeepers in Congo. | |
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Captain Ed: UN Sexual Abuses Pandemic — The Washington Post reports that United Nations peacekeepers now face numerous and... Michelle Malkin: THE U.N. SEX SCANDAL: IT'S NOT JUST CONGO — The Washington Post reports on the broadening of the United Nations sex... |
Betsy Newmark: There is even more distressing evidence of widespread sexual abuse in UN peacekeeping operations. [snipped quote] One critic calls it a swamp. Pejman Yousefzadeh: STOP ME IF THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR . . . Anyone disgusted yet? |
Lindsey Graham's Good Idea By / WaPo — Permalink In 1994, when a 39-year-old state legislator was asked in Aiken, S.C., how he was enticing voters to make him the first Republican elected to Congress from that district since Reconstruction, he said: "I'm one less vote for an agenda that makes you want to throw up." | |
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Brad Plumer: Guest: Brad Plumer — WHERE SENIORS FEAR TO TREAD...In the Washington Post today, George Will suggests that President... Jonah Goldberg: MAYBE RAMESH & LARRY KUDLOW WON'T NOTICE... If I say this on a Sunday afternoon: I liked George Will's column. |
Matthew Yglesias: Old Folks — George Will, like many other conservatives, is positively irate that old people won't get behind the... |
Looting at Iraq Weapons Plants After Invasion: NYT Reuters — Permalink NEW YORK (Reuters) - Looters systematically removed tons of equipment from Iraqi weapons facilities, including some with components capable of making parts of nuclear arms, in the weeks after Baghdad fell in 2003, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions. | |
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Andrew Olmsted: Apparently some of the looting that took place in Iraq following the fall of Baghdad was quite deliberately directed:... |
Kiwi Bob: Without a hint of irony, the New York Times has run an article claiming that looters removed "tons of equipment from... |
The Calvinist Manifesto By / NYT — Permalink THIS year is the 100th anniversary of the most famous sociological tract ever written, ''The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism,'' by Max Weber. It was a book that stood Karl Marx on his head. | |
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Jan Haugland: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism — Francis Fukuyama in the NYT notes that one of the most important... Ann Althouse: Francis Fukuyama writes about Max Weber's "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism," written 100 years ago:... |
Steve M.: Francis Fukuyama in The New York Times Book Review: The past century was marked by what the German theorist Carl Schmitt... Ed Cone: Francis Fukuyama's essay in this morning's NYT book section suggests that my father had the right focus. |
Give the Arabs Credit By / WaPo — Permalink The invasion of Iraq was the equivalent of a bucket of freezing water thrown in the face of an Arab world in deep slumber. There, I've said it. Can we move on now? There is a way to talk about the effect of the Iraq war on the rest of the Arab world without actually supporting that war. | |
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Gregory Djerejian: The Iraq Effect — Mona Eltahawy: "The invasion of Iraq was the equivalent of a bucket of freezing water thrown in the face of an Arab world in deep slumber. |
Gary Farber: YA THINK? Mona Eltahawy says: [snipped quote] It's not as if there's a lack of other things to beat the administration and its allies over the head about, after all. |
Children of the Fallen Newsweek — Permalink Over 1,000 American kids have lost a parent in the Iraq war. Who they are, and how they're coping March 21 issue - They were prepared to die, even the truck drivers and supply clerks; any American who sets foot in Iraq must be. | |
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Oliver Willis: More Casualties of War — Iraq The Bush Legacy marches on. [snipped quote] Freedom's on the march. |
Jeralyn Merritt: 1,000 Kids Have Lost Parent in Iraq — Newsweek reports on the more than 1,000 American kids who have lost a parent in Iraq. |
Transcript for March 13 MSNBC — Permalink PLEASE CREDIT ANY QUOTES OR EXCERPTS FROM THIS NBC TELEVISION PROGRAM TO "NBC NEWS' MEET THE PRESS." This is a rush transcript provided for the information and convenience of the press. Accuracy is not guaranteed. | |
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Ann Althouse: On "Meet the Press," just now, Tim Russert confronted Condoleezza Rice with the question whether she would run for President. Joseph Alexander Norland: Today, as part of NBC NEWS' MEET THE PRESS, Condi issued the following explicit statement. |
Hindrocket: He pressed Rice on her intentions, and she repeated, about as definitively as possible, that she "will not run for president of the United States". |
Under Bush, a New Age of Prepackaged TV News NYT — Permalink It is the kind of TV news coverage every president covets. "Thank you, Bush. Thank you, U.S.A.," a jubilant Iraqi-American told a camera crew in Kansas City for a segment about reaction to the fall of Baghdad. | |
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Jo Fish: How to package a lie — Perhaps in another era, this story might have made it to press before a presidential election. Jeralyn Merritt: They are seeking an FCC investigation into President Bush's use of fake news. |
Oliver Willis: Fake News from A Fake White House — I have yet to see any rightie give an honest explanation for why the hell their... |
Social Security Reform By / San Francisco Chronicle — Permalink Gay men and lesbians took a serious hit in the 2004 election. Republicans drew strong support from conservatives and like-minded independents opposed to same-sex marriage. Voters in 11 states passed ballot initiatives to reject such unions. | |
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Robin Burk: A Different Perspective on Privatized Soc Sec Accounts — Andrew Lee has an op-ed up today on SF Gate: [snipped quote] As... |
Rickheller @Centerfield: Gays And Privatization — Here's a perspective on Social Security privatization which claims it would be beneficial to gay couples. |
Europeans Investigate CIA Role in Abductions By / WaPo — Permalink MILAN — A radical Egyptian cleric known as Abu Omar was walking to a Milan mosque for noon prayers in February 2003 when he was grabbed on the sidewalk by two men, sprayed in the face with chemicals and stuffed into a van. He hasn't been seen since. | |
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Scott Sala: US Torture Tactics Re-emerging — Europe seems to be growing weary of age-old CIA operations known as renditions - where... Matthew Yglesias: But if we're now really doing the same thing in Italy without local government permission, things have gone really, really, really awry. |
Gary Farber: ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH "RENDITIONS" is that if you're not willing to simply cut the throats of everyone after you're... |
Untimely Deaths in Ukraine By / LAT — Permalink KIEV, Ukraine — By all official accounts, Yuri Kravchenko died by his own hand. The former Ukrainian interior minister, scheduled to meet in just a few hours with prosecutors to give testimony in a high-profile case of political murder, aimed a gun at his chin and fired, sending a bullet ripping through his cheek and out his upper jaw. | |
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Gary Farber: Much as I'd like to selfishly say it's Americans without one, and much as I'd more logically have to say that it's the... |
Daniel Berczik: The LA Times has a good article on the many strange deaths that have shadowed the Orange Revolution. |
Zarqawi Planning U.S. Hit? Time — Permalink Two weeks after intelligence officials confirmed that Osama bin Laden had sent a message to Jordanian-born terrorist Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, urging him to plan attacks on U.S. soil, details are emerging from one of al-Zarqawi's lieutenants about what the man behind many of the terrorist attacks in Iraq could have in mind. | |
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Charles Johnson: Zarqawi's Plans to Attack US — In their March 14 issue, TIME Magazine reports new details of Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi's... PoliPundit: The Mexian Border — From a Time story about Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi's plans to attack the US: [snipped quote] How many... |
Robin Burk: More on al-Qaeda and the Border Problem — From today's Time magazine, more on the security issues associated with loss of control on our southern border. |
The Quality Cure? By / NYT — Permalink David Cutler hit what seemed to be the peak of his career at 28, when as a junior faculty member at Harvard he was whisked down to Washington to help draft a health-care bill under the tutelage of Ira Magaziner and, of course, Hillary Clinton. | |
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Arnold Kling: David Cutler and Health Care — A nice profile in the New York Times. |
Paul Glastris: Guest: Paul Glastris — Pay for performance medicine... Roger Lowenstein, who wrote a justly-praised analysis of Social... |
A Bankrupt 'Reform' By / WaPo — Permalink When it comes to blatant hypocrisy, nothing beats the Senate record on the just-passed bankruptcy bill. This "reform," which parades as an effort to stop folks from spending lavishly and then stiffing creditors by filing for bankruptcy protection, is a perfect illustration of how the political money system tilts the law against average Americans. | |
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Todd Zywicki: So I was pleased to see that Eaton understands this, unlike say, David Broder. As interesting as Eaton's column is, Broder's is weak. |
Josh Marshall: When the man makes a good point, the man makes a good point. |
U.S. 'Hallucinating' Over Nuclear Talks, Iran Says By / Reuters — Permalink TEHRAN (Reuters) - Washington is "hallucinating" if it thinks Iran will scrap its nuclear fuel production plans in return for economic incentives, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying Sunday. | |
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The Big Trunk: Reuters reports: "U.S. 'hallucinating' over nuclear talk, Iran says." |
Charles Johnson: Condi: "A Queen of War and Violence" — Iran will not agree to suspend making nuclear fuel, and they said so in that... |
The Deal to Disarm Kadafi LAT — Permalink LONDON — The senior British official paced his office as evening turned to night, every few minutes grabbing the telephone to dial Tripoli, the Libyan capital. "Have they broadcast it yet?" he asked Anthony Layden, the British ambassador. | |
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Gary Farber: WHEN LIBYA SAID BOMBS AWAY. One of the most detailed accounts so far: [snipped quote] It's quite a story. Orrin Judd: BLUEPRINT FOR HALF A STRUCTURE: The Deal to Disarm Kadafi: Libya's decision to hand over its banned weapons followed lengthy talks and an equipment seizure. |
Hugh Hewitt: It takes eleven graphs for the paper to note that "[t]he practice, which also occurred in the Clinton administration..."... |
Hezbollah Leader's New Fray: Lebanese Politics By / NYT — Permalink BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 12 - When Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah organization, addressed the hundreds of thousands of party faithful who gathered in the largest rally in Lebanon's modern history on Tuesday, his usual theme of liberating Jerusalem went unmentioned. | |
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Orrin Judd: JUST ANOTHER WARD HEELER: Hezbollah Leader's New Fray: Lebanese Politics (NEIL MacFARQUHAR, 3/13/05, NY Times) When... |
Charles Johnson: NYT Legimitizing Hizballah — The New York Times has been running a series of sanitization exercises on Hizballah,... |
These Irish eyes are smiling at White House snub of IRA By / Chicago Sun Times — Permalink Happy St. Patrick's Day to my fellow hyphenated Irishmen. And the good news about this St. Paddy's Day is that for the first time in a decade the official observances will not be disfigured by the presence at the White House of Gerry Adams. | |
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Hindrocket: UPDATE: Mark Steyn weighs in: "In hindsight, the '90s were the apogee of terrorist mainstreaming, with Yasser and Gerry... Betsy Newmark: Mark Steyn has a great column about Gerry Adams and the White House announcment that he will no longer be welcome there since he's, ahem, a terrorist. |
Peter Burnet: THE WAGES OF REALISM — These Irish eyes are smiling at White House snub of IRA (Mark Steyn, Chicago Sun-Times, March... |
'Ghosts' scare off Malawi leader BBC — Permalink Ghosts - some taking the form of rodents - have forced the president of Malawi to move out of his state mansion, officials have said. Bingu wa Mutharika has been sleeping away from the 300-room building in the capital, Lilongwe, and only comes there to work during the day, an aide said. | |
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Joe Gandelman: BOO!!! by Joe Gandelman Evil spirits have attacked a government: "Ghosts - some taking the form of rodents - have... |
Ann Althouse: Bingu wa Mutharika, the president of impoverished Malawi, can no longer sleep in the opulent 300-room presidential palace. |
Under Bush, a New Age of Prepackaged Television News NYT — Permalink It is the kind of TV news coverage every president covets. "Thank you, Bush. Thank you, U.S.A.," a jubilant Iraqi-American told a camera crew in Kansas City for a segment about reaction to the fall of Baghdad. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: The New York Times takes a cue from the left-wing blogs and writes that "[u]nder the Bush administration, the federal... Tom Tomorrow: That good old liberal media — [snipped quote] Much more. |
Ed Cone: NYT: "Under Bush, a New Age of Prepackaged Television News" — "Under the Bush administration, the federal government... Digby: Under Lenin's banner for the second Five Year Plan! [snipped quote] And Comrade Gonzales serves the Party once more. |
Bad advice to Bush blamed for Social Security struggle By / Washington Times — Permalink Conservatives in and out of Congress say President Bush has been taking bad advice on Social Security, hurting his chance to win private investment accounts for younger workers. | |
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Ezra Klein: Nuclear Disarmament — Matt Yglesias reports that the GOP is getting ready to go nuclear on judicial filibusters, thus... Dwight Meredith: Today, via Josh Marshall, I noted the following in the Washington Times: "The senior Republican senator said privately... Josh Marshall: From the — Washington Times, the second-guessing begins: [snipped quote] Also note this passage from the same article ... [snipped quote] Some dreams die hard. |
DemFromCT @DailyKos: WashTimes: Republican Strategeries on How To Lose On Social Security — Josh Marshall reads the Washington Times so you... Matthew Yglesias: Republican Fantasy Land — At the end of a Washington Times article on how the president is losing the Social Security... |
Looting at Iraqi Weapons Plants Was Systematic, Official Says NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 12 - In the weeks after Baghdad fell in April 2003, looters systematically dismantled and removed tons of machinery from Saddam Hussein's most important weapons installations, including some with high-precision equipment capable of making... | |
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Juan Cole: Although the US military was supposed to have gone to Iraq to protect us all from weapons of mass destruction, Donald... Judd @ThinkProgress: Byron York: Full of Al Qaqaa — Byron York, National Review, 2/28/05: [snipped quote] New York Times, 3/13/05: A1, Above the Fold |
Orrin Judd: WELL, IF THE TIMES SAYS HE HAD WMD...: Looting at Weapons Plants Was Systematic, Iraqi Says (JAMES GLANZ and WILLIAM J... |
Battle Splits Conservative Magazine By / NYT — Permalink FOR the decade since its founding by the neoconservative thinker Irving Kristol, The National Interest has been a central forum for the most influential conservative foreign policy thinkers of all stripes to hash out their differences. | |
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Ken Masugi: Neo-Cons Leave National Interest, Form American Interest Ten neo-conservatives split off from the realists at the old... |
Orrin Judd: PLEASE FORGIVE MY BRIEF SELF-DOUBT; HISTORY IS INDEED AT AN END: Battle Splits Conservative Magazine (DAVID D... |
Exclusive: McGwire juiced - sources NY Daily News — Permalink ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The recipe called for 1/2 cc of testosterone cypionate every three days; one cc of testosterone enanthate per week; equipoise and winstrol v, 1/4 cc every three days, injected into the buttocks, one in one cheek, one in the other. | |
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Vanderleun: Stories of McGwire using steroids are nothing new, but now it seems the stories have moved beyond rumor and speculation to verifiable facts (according to the NY Daily News). |
Orrin Judd: GOSH, THOSE MUSCLES LOOKED SO NATURAL: Exclusive: FBI sources say McGwire was juiced (MICHAEL O'KEEFFE, CHRISTIAN RED &... |
Montana Governor Sets Off Fight With Call to Bring Guard Home Reuters — Permalink SULA, Mont., March 12 (Reuters) - Gov. Brian Schweitzer has touched off a political fight with Montana Republicans after calling for the return of National Guard troops serving in Iraq to help out in what many fear will be a record-setting wildfire season. | |
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James Joyner: Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer Calls for Bringing Guard Home — Montana Governor Sets Off Fight With Call to Bring... Lambert @Corrente: Brian Schweitzer for President! OK, OK. Maybe Montana isn't the strongest base to launch a campaign from. |
Nathan Newman: Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana actually thinks Montana residents are more threatened by looming wilfires in the state... |
Under Bush, a New Age of Prepackaged News NYT — Permalink It is the kind of TV news coverage every president covets. "Thank you, Bush. Thank you, U.S.A.," a jubilant Iraqi-American told a camera crew in Kansas City for a segment about reaction to the fall of Baghdad. | |
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Dave Johnson: Government Spent $254 Million Promoting Bush's Re-Election — From this story, Under Bush, a New Age of Prepackaged TV... |
Avedon Carol: At least it's the right state for a change. The NYT has an article on Bush's propaganda machine. |
Revealed: Israel plans strike on Iranian nuclear plant Times of London — Permalink ISRAEL has drawn up secret plans for a combined air and ground attack on targets in Iran if diplomacy fails to halt the Iranian nuclear programme. The inner cabinet of Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, gave "initial authorisation" for an attack at a private meeting last month on his ranch in the Negev desert. | |
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Jeff Goldstein: Which is perhaps why contingency plans seem to be the order of the day… Nobody wants war with Iran. Laura Rozen: Guest: Laura Rozen — Getting much attention this morning is a Times of London report that Israel has drawn up plans for an air and land assault on Iran's nuclear facilities. Roger L. Simon: What We Read in the Papers — What always interests me about stories like this one in the London Timesonline, detailing... |
Jan Haugland: Times: Israel will attack Iran if negotiations fail — The Times "reveals" that Israel has plans to destroy Iran's... Joe Gandelman: Does Israel Have 'Secret Plans' For Attack On Iranian Nuclear Plant? by Joe Gandelman The Times of London reports that... James Joyner: Israel Plans Strike on Iranian Nuclear Plant — Revealed: Israel plans strike on Iranian nuclear plant (Times of London)... |
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Dish It Out, Ladies By / NYT — Permalink When I need to work up my nerve to write a tough column, I try to think of myself as Emma Peel in a black leather catsuit, giving a kung fu kick to any diabolical mastermind who merits it. | |
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Chris Nolan: 10)Silly self-satisfied columns like Maureen Dowd's Sunday contribution to this debate. Ezra Klein: I know, you think I'm kidding, but the link's right here, you can read it yourself. Roger Ailes: In her Sunday column, MoDo spouts off on the underrepresentation of women writers on the nation's op-ed pages. |
Matthew Yglesias: Late To The Party — Maureen Dowd is strangely behind the curve in taking on the why so few women on the editorial page? question. Barbara O'Brien: Woman Talk — Just when I'm starting to read Stephen Ducat's new book, The Wimp Factor, Mo Dowd writes a serious opinion... Ann Althouse: Responding to "[t]he kerfuffle over female columnists started when Susan Estrich launched a crazed and nasty smear... |
Italy to stop paying ransoms Times of London — Permalink THE Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has promised President George W Bush that he will not pay more ransoms to free hostages in Iraq. The Italian government has denied newspaper reports that $6m (£3.1m) was paid for the release of Giuliana Sgrena, who worked for the Communist daily Il Manifesto. | |
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Cori Dauber: The Italians Reverse Course — Having said that no ransom was paid for the release of their journalist, the Italians now... Jan Haugland: Italy to stop paying terrorists — Italy's government has said that Italy did not pay a ransom for Giuliana Sgrena ... Orrin Judd: THEY'RE SO MAD AT US THEY'RE APOLOGIZING: Italy to stop paying ransoms (John Follain, 3/13/05, Times of London) [snipped quote] A quick surrender even for the Italians. |
Captain Ed: Italy Retreats Further On Sgrena — The Times of London reports in tomorrow's edition that the Italians have agreed to... Michelle Malkin: Check this out from The Sunday Times-World: "March 13, 2005 Italy to stop paying ransoms John Follain, Rome THE Italian... |
Looting at Weapons Plants Was Systematic, Iraqi Says NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 12 - In the weeks after Baghdad fell in April 2003, looters systematically dismantled and removed tons of machinery from Saddam Hussein's most important weapons installations, including some with high-precision equipment capable of making... | |
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James Frederick Dwight: SPANNING THE GLOBE 1) IN A REMARKABLY LENGHTY ARTICLE, the New York Times informs us this morning that the... Roger L. Simon: UPDATE: Here's another article filled with unnamed "officials" and "diplomats". Is it truth or fiction? Beats me. Stirling Newberry: He has hit the mark exactly. The return of the ellision of "potentially capable of making nuclear arms." accusations -... |
Steve M.: Until now: In the weeks after Baghdad fell in April 2003, looters systematically dismantled and removed tons of... Armando @DailyKos: Military Failed to Stop Looting of WMD Equipment in Iraq — More evidence of Rumsfeld's incompetence: [snipped quote] Rumsfeld should have resigned long ago. |
News or Public Relations? For Bush It's a Blur By / NYT — Permalink It is the kind of TV news coverage every president covets. "Thank you, Bush. Thank you, U.S.A.," a jubilant Iraqi-American told a camera crew in Kansas City for a segment about reaction to the fall of Baghdad. | |
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Radley Balko: 3) Jim Henley on the White House's penchant for using taxpayer money to make commercials for White House policy: [snipped quote] Wouldn't it be sweet if real life worked this way? Josh Marshall: NYT: "Under "the Bush administration, the federal government has aggressively used a well-established tool of public... Ellen Dana Nagler: Ah, So This is Journalism — [snipped quote] Gee, Mr. Gee. Just what are your journalistic standards? Do you have any? |
Bibble @DailyKos: The New York Times has just posted a very long, detailed expose of the pervasive use by the Bush administration of... Atrios: News, Produced By the Federal Government — Isn't it time to have another conference on blogger ethics or something. |
The GOP's Lesson on Abortion By / WaPo — Permalink Why are George W. Bush and his party so skillful in dealing with the abortion issue, and why are Democrats so clumsy? It turns out that Democrats willing to grapple seriously with these questions risk getting seriously trashed. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: E.J. Dionne touts the Democrats' wisdom on nominating pro-life candidates, like Pennsylvania's Bobby Casey Jr., who is running against Senator Rick Santorum. Atrios: What the hell. E.J. Dionne writes about "Why are George W. Bush and his party so skillful in dealing with the abortion issue, and why are Democrats so clumsy?" |
Avedon Carol: Meanwhile, in The Washington Post, E.J. Dionne has had a Kool-Aid day, and claims the GOP has something to teach Democrats about abortion. Max B. Sawicky: WOMEN ON THE VERGE — E.J. Dionne ventilates a pet peeve of mine in re: liberal women's organizations and the Democratic Party. |
'I Have a Nightmare' By / NYT — Permalink When environmentalists are writing tracts like "The Death of Environmentalism," you know the movement is in deep trouble. That essay by two young environmentalists has been whirling around the Internet since last fall, provoking a civil war among... | |
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Roger Ailes: Nick Kristof Is Wrong Once Again — In his Saturday diatribe against "tree huggers," Little Nicky Pistof confesses he was "once an environmental groupie." Avedon Carol: Everybody's talkin' — Nicholas Kristof has a nightmare, and it's that the public is no longer interested in... |
Dave Johnson: Fighting Back: Narrow Issues vs Core Values — In 'I Have a Nightmare', Nicholas Kristoff writes about the essay "The... Juan Non-Volokh: Kristof's Nighmare: Nicholas Kristof believes the environmental movement is in "deep trouble." |
Hitler was great; I can't say more By / Times of London — Permalink "ADOLF HITLER was a great German statesman," the bête noire of the German Establishment said as he sat in a room darkened by bombproof shutters. "If you can call Churchill a great Briton, if you can make a hero out of Alexander the Great, then you... | |
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Captain Ed: Testing Free Speech, PC, And History In Germany — The Times of London publishes a report today on nascent Naziism in... Charles Johnson: Looks like Germany's getting itchy to take over the world again. "Hitler was great; I can't say more." |
Damian Penny: The mask slips — The leader of Germany's extreme-right NPD, which has a disturbingly large following in the former East... Joe Gandelman: "Hitler Was A Gas!" by Joe Gandelman In the It-Sounds-Like-They're-Do omed-To-Repeat-History Department we have this... |
Welcome to Canada By / Weekly Standard — Permalink If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia. WHENEVER I THINK OF CANADA . . . strike that. I'm an American, therefore I tend not to think of Canada. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: And you can find this very funny look at Canada from Matt Labash and the Americans who —sort of— love it. Orrin Judd: IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT FRANK WAS AMERICAN (via H. Koenig): Welcome to Canada: The Great White Waste of Time (Matt... |
Ed Driscoll: Matt Labash of The Weekly Standard vists our neighbor to the north and dubs it "The Great White Waste of Time". Jonah Goldberg: CANADA BASHING — As a close student — and sometime practitioner — of the genre, I must say Matt Labash has introduced a new standard of excellence. |
Prof accused of plagiarism By / Rocky Mountain News — Permalink University of Colorado officials investigating embattled professor Ward Churchill received documents this week purporting to show that he plagiarized another professor's work. Officials at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia sent CU an internal 1997 report detailing allegations about an article Churchill wrote. | |
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Michelle Malkin: "University regent Michael Carrigan declined to comment on the negotiations but said he had ''substantial concern'' about..." Glenn Reynolds: MORE TROUBLE FOR WARD CHURCHILL: "University of Colorado officials investigating embattled professor Ward Churchill... |
Joe Gandelman: Prof. Ward Churchill: On The Verge Of "Buh Bye!" by Joe Gandelman Did you ever get the feeling that University of... Dr. Steven Taylor: Churchill Accussed of Plagiarism — Via the Rocky Mountain News: Prof accused of plagiarism [snipped quote] I really... |
Police capture Atlanta slayings suspect By / AP — Permalink DULUTH, GA. - A rape suspect accused of shooting a judge and two others at a courthouse was captured Saturday after a day on the lam in which he allegedly killed an immigration agent, stole his truck and took a woman hostage, officials said. | |
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Jeff Quinton: Saturday Nichols Manhunt Updates nichols-capture.jpg 6:00: AJC.com reports Nichols was moved from City Hall East to the... Jeralyn Merritt: Atlanta's Brian Nichols Captured in Georgia — Update: How he was caught: [snipped quote] Original Post |
Acidman: they got him — This didn't take long, just as I predicted. But I was wrong about the cowardly sack 'o s**t being taken alive. |
Kopel: CU's academic culture ignored Rocky Mountain News — Permalink For all the ink devoted to the Ward Churchill case, the Denver dailies have done virtually nothing to investigate the dysfunctional campus academic culture which led to the Churchill fiasco. | |
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Greg Ransom: ACADEMIC FREEDOM — they haven't had that for years at the U. of Colorado: [snipped quote] Bet on choice #2. Glenn Reynolds: ANOTHER UPDATE: Dave Kopel writes: "For all the ink devoted to the Ward Churchill case, the Denver dailies have done... |
David Kopel: CU's Academic Culture Ignored: That's the title of my latest mediacolumn for the Rocky Mountain News. |
Saturday Night Lite By / NYT — Permalink Let me tell you a story to illustrate that we are living in a pusillanimous age. I was in New Orleans last Saturday night, dining with a wonderful group of people at a culinary landmark called Antoine's. Our host had arranged for a remorseless avalanche of delicious food, served in prodigious 19th-century style. | |
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Ezra Klein: David Brooks, for his part, chimed in with a column about decaf coffee. Peter Burnet: FROM THE "WE'RE ALL GOING INSANE" FILES — Saturday Night Lite (David Brooks, New York Times, March 12th, 2005) "Let me... |
Brad Plumer: Guest: Brad Plumer — HAVE WE ALL BECOME BIG PANSIES?...Apparently fresh out of ideas for a column, David Brooks... |
Regents balk at Churchill deal Denver Post — Permalink Settlement negotiations between the University of Colorado and professor Ward Churchill stalled Friday because of renewed opposition by groups that want to see him fired even if it takes a court fight to make him go away. | |
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Ken Masugi: Churchilleans Versus Ward Churchill — John Andrews, head of the new Claremont Institute Colorado office, wants to run... |
Glenn Reynolds: There's much more in the article. And there's more coverage in the Denver Post. (Via Cliopatria.) |
Italian Was Killed at Iraq Checkpoint Set Up for U.S. Ambassador's Trip By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 11 - A storm forced Ambassador John D. Negroponte to travel in a convoy instead of flying to a dinner appointment with the top American commander in Iraq last week, leading to the creation of a temporary security checkpoint involved in the shooting death of an Italian intelligence officer, an embassy official said Friday. | |
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Roger Ailes: On The Road To Victory — Seems that shooting of an Italian journalist in Iraq resulted from additional checkpoints that... Roger L. Simon: Let's be glad he's lost his job. Meanwhile, more facts of the Sgrena case continue to emerge. |
Cori Dauber: Yesterday's Hidden Paragraph; Today's Stand Alone Story — With more details, the fact that the checkpoint where the Italians were shot at was set up for the protection of Amb. |
North Korea Denounces US Pro-Democracy Act By / KoreaTimes — Permalink North Korea on Monday criticized the United States' ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2005 for its ''illegal'' and ''immoral'' attempt to interfere in the North's domestic affairs. | |
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Jeff Jarvis: I hope no one can argue with that notion. Or to put it another way: If North Korea doesn't like it, it must be good. |
Orrin Judd: AT LEAST THEY KNOW WHAT THE DISPUTE IS OVER: North Korea Denounces US Pro-Democracy Act (Park Song-wu, 3/07/05, Korea Times) [snipped quote] Quick on the uptake, eh? |
Giving Wolfowitz His Due By / NYT — Permalink Let us now praise Paul Wolfowitz. Let us now take another look at the man who has pursued - longer and more forcefully than almost anyone else - the supposedly utopian notion that people across the Muslim world might actually hunger for freedom. | |
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Judith Weiss: Since everyone is talking about this op-ed, can I mention I have a total crush on Paul Wolfowitz? |
Avedon Carol: The other article Phil recommends is a good take-down of yet another abysmal mistake from The Cabbage. |
L.A. re-inked votes L.A. Daily News — Permalink Without informing mayoral challengers, Los Angeles City Clerk Frank Martinez ordered election workers Tuesday night to use blue highlighter pens to re-ink thousands of voters' ballots that had "bubbles" partially or faintly filled in, the Daily News learned Friday. | |
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Kevin Roderick: Los Angeles City Clerk Frank Martinez, a recent Hahn appointee, had election workers use blue ink to color in ballot... |
Michelle Malkin: BALLOT COUNTING, L.A. STYLE — Creative art meets ballot counting in Los Angeles: "Without informing mayoral... |
Senator Sarbanes, Maryland Democrat, Will Retire in '06 By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, March 11 - Senator Paul S. Sarbanes, Democrat of Maryland, said on Friday that he would not seek re-election in 2006, becoming the second Democratic senator to announce his retirement after this term. | |
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Avedon Carol: I'm too tired to say anything about the impending retirement of my Senator, except that I couldn't help thinking, "Hey, maybe Alan Keyes will run for his seat!" Orrin Judd: THEY RETIRE BECAUSE—WHY STAY? (via Robert Schwartz): Senator Sarbanes, Maryland Democrat, Will Retire in '06 (DAVID D... |
Dr. Steven Taylor: Sarbanes to Retire — Via the NYT: Senator Sarbanes, Maryland Democrat, Will Retire in '06 [snipped quote] Intriguing. |
Mall bunnies hunt for neutral names AP — Permalink The Easter Bunny is a vanishing breed. Not that there's a shortage of 6-foot white rabbits carrying baskets of colored eggs. It's just that Mr. Shopping Mall Bunny is becoming more politically correct. | |
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S.Z.: The rest of the story is lifted from this Palm Beach Post story about how, in an effort to be more religiously... Michelle Malkin: THE EASTER BUNNY: AN ENDANGERED SPECIES? With the War on Christmas behind us, it's time for the War on Easter to begin. |
Betsy Newmark: Now, they've gone after the Easter Bunny. I just don't know of anyone who regarded the Bunny as a religious symbol despite its name. |
Suspect's car found in downtown Atlanta CNN — Permalink ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — Investigators expect photos taken by security cameras inside a parking garage will give them their next break in the search from a man wanted for killing a judge, a court reporter and a deputy as he fled his rape trial Friday morning. | |
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Michele Catalano: ATF has confirmed it. As far as I can tell, that hostage situation was with Nichols. More here. Jeff Quinton has updates. Joe Gandelman: Atlanta Courthouse Shooter Is Captured by Joe Gandelman After a massive manhunt, police captured Brian Nichols, the... |
Scott Boone: Manhunt Update — From CNN: "...The manhunt for the suspect in Friday's courthouse shooting in Atlanta shifted focus... Ellen Dana Nagler: The Brian Nichols story has dominated since the Atlanta shootings yesterday morning, even to the suspension of commercial breaks. |
Social Security in Your Mailbox NRO — Permalink Companies considering new product launches often try out different beta versions of their products on focus groups. The practice is a sound one. No matter how attractive a concept may be, there is no telling whether you have a winner until it takes the form that the customer will see. | |
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Betsy Newmark: Kevin Hassett (my daughter's boss) and Maya MacGuineas look at what the Social Security statement that we all receive annually might look if we had personal savings accounts. |
Lorie Byrd: Share This With Everyone You Know Who Isn't Currently In Favor Of Private Savings Accounts — Who wouldn't want to receive a statement like this one in the mail? |
2008 run, abortion engage her politically By / Washington Times — Permalink Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday pointedly declined to rule out running for president in 2008, and gave her most detailed explanation of a "mildly pro-choice" stance on abortion. | |
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Ace: Condi Rice: "Mildly" Pro-Choice — Sheesh, I'm getting sick to death of always being right. Joe Gandelman: President Condoleezza Rice by Joe Gandelman Egads, the day has come when we have to write about one of Dick Morris's... Captain Ed: However, the Republican base may have second thoughts about Rice at the top of a ticket after hearing her center-right... |
Steve M.: 2008 GOP PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST: CONDI RICE DROPS OUT — That's not what this story says, but that's what it really says:... Jan Haugland: Religious Rice says she is mildly pro-choice — Anticipating Cindi Rice to run for the presidency in '08, the press is starting to ask her questions about domestic issues. James Joyner: Bill Sammon has a feature on Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice in today's Washington Times indicating that she "pointedly declined to rule out running for president in 2008." |
| Also: Orrin Judd, Greg Ransom | |
Saddam's $2m offer to WMD inspector By / Telegraph — Permalink Saddam Hussein's regime offered a $2 million (£1.4 million) bribe to the United Nations' chief weapons inspector to doctor his reports on the search for weapons of mass destruction. | |
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Captain Ed: Saddam's Bribery — The London Telegraph reports that former UN weapons inspector Rolf Ekeus received and turned down a $2 million bribe offer from Saddam Hussein in the mid-1990s. McQ: And you wonder why we thought there were WMDs in Iraq — Interesting news surfacing about a little attempted bribery by... Betsy Newmark: So Saddam offered one weapons inspector two million dollars to give him a clean report on WMD. |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: "THE GUY I'M REALLY LOOKING FOR *WINK* IS MR. BRIBE *WINK, WINK*" I know that the issue of weapons of mass destruction... James Joyner: Saddam's $2m offer to WMD inspector [snipped quote] And not everyone involved was from Sweden. Lorie Byrd: Syria May Indeed Hold The Answer — Betsy Newmark asks a very good question about why Saddam would find it necessary to bribe a weapons inspector if he had nothing to hide. |
| Also: Orrin Judd | |
Apple Wins Trade Secrets Legal Dispute By / AP — Permalink (03-11) 18:32 PST San Jose, Calif. (AP) — A California judge on Friday ruled that three independent online reporters may have to divulge confidential sources in a lawsuit brought by Apple Computer Inc., ruling that there are no legal protections for those who publish a company's trade secrets. | |
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Michelle Malkin: APPLE WINS — Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge James Kleinberg ruled that three bloggers have to divulge... |
Paul @Wizbang: California Court Upholds Property Rights — A California court has ruled that if someone receives stolen property they must tell the owner of the property who they got it from. |