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Congress Announces Deal in Schiavo Case By / AP — Permalink PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - As a deal in Congress was worked out to have federal courts decide Terri Schiavo's fate, emotions swelled outside the brain-damaged woman's hospice room Saturday, with protesters arrested after they symbolically tried to smuggle in bread and water on her second day without a feeding tube. | |
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Ezra Klein: And why they're allowing the GOP to pass legislation making a state court decision eligible for review by a federal... Tom @Corrente: The Demagoguery Continues — You'd think Republicans would get tired of violating the separation of powers in the Constitution, wouldn't you? James Joyner: Congress Announces Deal in Schiavo Case (AP) [snipped quote] Despite assertions to the contrary, this isn't technically a... |
Armando @DailyKos: From AP: [snipped quote] The law as described is unconstitutional as a bill of attainder against Michael Schiavo, the... Jeralyn Merritt: Congress Reaches Deal on Terry Schiavo Case — The House and Senate have reached a compromise on Terry Schiavo. |
A New Screen Test for Imax: It's the Bible vs. the Volcano By / NYT — Permalink The fight over evolution has reached the big, big screen. Several Imax theaters, including some in science museums, are refusing to show movies that mention the subject - or the Big Bang or the geology of the earth - fearing protests from people who object to films that contradict biblical descriptions of the origin of Earth and its creatures. | |
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Giblets: Giblets just returned from seeing the IMAX documentary "Volcanoes," hoping to calm his jangly nerves with the soothing... KWeberLit @DailyKos: Science Museums Refuse Imax Film About Evolution [From the diaries — Hunter] This story from the New York Times gives... Rickheller @Centerfield: Censoring Evolution — IMAX films which mention evolution are having some distribution problems [quote] "We have definitely a...[end quote] |
Cori Dauber: Really. But I just can't. I can't help mentioning that this is on the front page. Or that this is on the front page. Ellen Dana Nagler: How Is This Different From Blatant Racism? John Cole: The Coming Bible Wars — When I read articles like this, it becomes clear that there is going to be an ugly civil war in... |
| Also: Jack Balkin, Oliver Willis, Dave Johnson | |
Retirement Accounts Questioned By / WaPo — Permalink Nearly three-quarters of workers who opt for Social Security personal accounts under President Bush's "default" investment option are likely to earn less in benefits than those who stay with the traditional Social Security system, a prominent finance economist has concluded. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: Iron Triangle — As you read through this Washington Post account of how workers won't have very much money when they... Brad DeLong: Shiller's right: washingtonpost.com: Retirement Accounts Questioned: Nearly three-quarters of workers who opt for... Atrios: Privatization Sucks — This WaPo article is, as they say, a "must read." |
Kevin Drum: The results aren't pretty: [snipped quote] What's even more remarkable are the people who apparently agree with Shiller. Arnold Kling: The Three Percent Solution — The Washington Post had a story about a new paper by Robert Shiller, which can be found here. Max B. Sawicky: FREE TO LOSE — Yale prof Robert Shiller says, paraphrasing, Bush's three-percent solution stinks. |
Social Insecurity By / Newsweek — Permalink March 19 - Although President George W. Bush has been traveling the country touting a new plan to overhaul the Social Security system, campaigning in 15 states over six weeks, the majority of Americans remain unswayed, according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll. | |
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Tom @Corrente: This isn't all just shameless political grandstanding designed to distract the public from W's 45% approval rating, is it? Jeralyn Merritt: Poll: Most Americans Favor Keeping the Filibuster — The latest Newsweek poll shows almost 60% of Americans favor keeping the filibuster. |
Oliver Willis: From Newsweek: [snipped quote] (via talkleft) » link | Oliver Willis's blog | login or register to post comments Atrios: Red Alert 45% approval. |
Insurgency Is Fading Fast, Top Marine in Iraq Says By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, March 18 - The top Marine officer in Iraq said Friday that the number of attacks against American troops in Sunni-dominated western Iraq and death tolls had dropped sharply over the last four months, a development that he called evidence that the insurgency was weakening in one of the most violent areas of the country. | |
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Jan Haugland: Marines: Terrorist attacks down — This is definately good news: The top Marine officer in Iraq said Friday that the... Cori Dauber: (The online edition has the slightly different headline, "Insurgency Is Fading Fast, Top Marine in Iraq Says,") But the... Pejman Yousefzadeh: RESISTANCE IS FUTILE—THANK HEAVENS — Noting this story detailing the fading of the Iraqi insurgency, Captain Ed comments as follows: [snipped quote] Quite so. |
Gregory Djerejian: The Iraq Front — This strikes me as good news: [snipped quote] Yes, "(w)e still have a lot of work to do" as General Sattler put it. Captain Ed: Iraq Insurgency Fading, General Reports — The top-ranking Marine in Iraq tells the New York Times that the insurgency... Glenn Reynolds: GREG DJEREJIAN notes some positive developments in Iraq. And don't miss the P.S. |
DeLay Says He's Not Giving Up Schiavo Fight ABCNEWS — Permalink Mar. 19, 2005 - House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, said that he and other Republican members of Congress would continue to work through the weekend to come up with a bill to force doctors to reinsert Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. | |
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Steve Soto: GOP Leaders Planned To Politicize Schiavo Case — Following up on larre's excellent post below on the outright moral... Barbara O'Brien: Bill Frist comes to mind. And where does Tom DeLay stand on cutting Medicaid? |
Billmon: "ABC News DeLay Says He's Not Giving Up Schiavo Fight March 19, 2005" — "Late one evening in the summer, a sudden rumour ran round the farm that something had happened to Boxer . Steve M.: UPDATE: A commenter informs me that ABC has now posted this, which quotes the talking points and DeLay's response... |
Hospitals can end life support By / Houston Chronicle — Permalink A patient's inability to pay for medical care combined with a prognosis that renders further care futile are two reasons a hospital might suggest cutting off life support, the chief medical officer at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital said Monday. | |
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Atrios: Spiro Nikolouzos — George Bush signed the law which allows the hospitals to make this decision: A patient's inability... |
Armando @DailyKos: More Bush Hypocrisy: Signed Bill Allowing Deaths Of Vegetative Patients — Via atrios, the Hypocrisy never ends: [snipped quote] Yes, this is a a matter of principle for the GOP. |
The Medical Becomes Political for Congress By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, March 18 - The fevered Congressional intervention in a single individual's health crisis is being driven in significant part by powerful political forces that have converged at the bedside of Terri Schiavo. | |
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Ezra Klein: Were I a Republican, watching Tom DeLay desperately clinging to a brain-dead woman's leg in order to deflect attention... Hindrocket: The Politics of Death — The New York Times has an article about Terri Schiavo today, which focuses almost exclusively... |
Richard Reeb: In this New York Times article, readers are warned of "powerful political forces," "political motivations" and... Armando @DailyKos: What is their objective here politically? Here's the NYT on the politics: ". . . |
Agence France Presse Sues Over Google News Reuters — Permalink SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Agence France Presse has sued Google Inc. (GOOG), alleging the Web search leader includes AFP's photos, news headlines and stories on its news site without permission. | |
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Terry Heaton: Foolish suits over Google News — According to Reuters, Agence France Presse has sued Google Inc. in U.S. District Court... Jeff Jarvis: Dinosaur roars : Agence France Presse filed suit against Google News for "using" its content. Now old-media of them. |
In-Cog-Nito @ChicagoBoyz: Today Drudge has the following headline: [snipped quote] It's a shot across the bow, methinks. Pretty smart move. |
Thousands Protest Iraq War Across Europe AP — Permalink LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters demonstrated across Europe on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, with 45,000 Britons marching from London's Hyde Park past the American Embassy to Trafalgar Square. | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: In Europe, tens of thousands turned out to protest today on the second anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. |
Orrin Judd: Thousands Protest Iraq War Across Europe (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, 3/19/05) "Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters... |
Europeans Protest Iraq Invasion, Bush Defends It By / Reuters — Permalink LONDON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters against the war on Iraq marched through European capitals on Saturday, but President Bush said the invasion just two years ago had shielded the world from "grave danger." "George Bush ... Uncle Sam. | |
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Roger L. Simon: Some news services, like king fuddy-duddy Reuters, report "tens of thousands" in their lead, but further inspection... |
Harry @HarrysPlace: According to this report merely 10,000 people marched through the center of Rome. |
Congress Moves Again to Keep Fla. Woman Alive By / Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In an effort to intervene to keep alive a severely brain-damaged Florida woman, federal lawmakers agreed on Saturday on a compromise bill aimed at restoring her feeding tube and pushing the right-to-die case back into court. | |
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The Way: UPDATE: The evening news just said that Congress is trying to keep her alive to push this to the federal courts. |
Orrin Judd: THEY'LL HAVE TO TRY HARDER THAN THAT TO KILL HER: Senate, House Reach Compromise on Fla. Woman (Reuters, 3/19/05) |
Baby dies after hospital removes breathing tube By / Houston Chronicle — Permalink The baby wore a cute blue outfit with a teddy bear covering his bottom. The 17-pound, nearly 6-month-old boy wiggled with eyes open, his mother said, and smacked his lips. Then at 2 p.m. Tuesday, a medical staffer at Texas Children's Hospital gently removed the breathing tube that had kept Sun Hudson alive since his birth Sept. 25. | |
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Billmon: [quote]"Houston Chronicle Baby dies after hospital removes breathing tube March 16, 2005 [end quote] babysun.jpg Of course, being born in... |
Oliver Willis: As the Republican party continues to play the part of national ghouls over the Terry Schiavo case, I wonder where the... |
Two Years Later, Iraq War Drains Military By / WaPo — Permalink Two years after the United States launched a war in Iraq with a crushing display of power, a guerrilla conflict is grinding away at the resources of the U.S. military and casting uncertainty over the fitness of the all-volunteer force, according to senior military leaders, lawmakers and defense experts. | |
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Phillip Carter: The Iraq War — 2 Years Later — Weighing the benefits and the costs of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Ann Scott Tyson... James Joyner: Two Years Later, Iraq War Drains Military — The Washington Post fronts shocking news that two years of war have left the U.S. military tired and with equipment in need of repair. |
Atrios: Jonah's Mission — Ah, finally Jonah Goldberg will be able to live out his dream of serving this fine nation, now that the age of eligibility has been lifted to 40. |
EU Constitution opposition surges By / Washington Times — Permalink PARIS — The political elites of France and the rest of Europe were shocked yesterday by an opinion poll that for the first time suggested a majority of French voters will reject the European Union Constitution in a referendum in 10 weeks. | |
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Deacon: Rejecting the dog food — Opposition to ratification of the EU constitution has surged in France, the Washington Times reports. |
Jayson @PoliPundit: Self-Parody — From AFP: [snipped quote] Ah, yeah, wouldn't that be a trip? Sacre bleu. |
My Bias for Mainstream News By / WaPo — Permalink To judge from the e-mails I received during the four years I spent on the White House beat, Post readers of all political ideologies agree: I am biased. But in which direction? A conservative magazine put me on its cover as "Dana 'Bias' Milbank." | |
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Kevin Drum: Dana Milbank explains why today: [snipped quote] Actually, media bashing is still primarily a right wing phenomenon, but... |
Cori Dauber: So, instead, I'm going to point the piece out to you, and hope to be able to get back to it, and particularly the PIPA... |
Statement from House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Supreme Court's Denial of Schiavo Appeal U.S. Newswire — Permalink WASHINGTON, March 19 /U.S. Newswire/ — House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) today criticized the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to explain its decision to deny an appeal that would allow Terri Schiavo to continue receiving food and water. | |
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Oliver Willis: Tom DeLay: The Madness Grows — From the most powerful (and corrupt) Republican in the House of Representatives [snipped quote] 1. |
K. J. Lopez: Here's DeLay's reax. |
Protesters at Hospice in Florida Push Showdown Over Schiavo By / NYT — Permalink PINELLAS PARK, Fla., March 19 - The morning after Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was removed, lawyers for her parents sought new avenues to keep her alive and protesters faced arrest for trying to deliver bread and water to the door of the hospice where Ms.... | |
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John Cole: This, however, is just too stupid to not comment on: [snipped quote] Terry Schiavo is a vegetable. |
Ellen Dana Nagler: (Operation Rescue is on top of it too. Charming company to be keeping.) |
Jay Rosen By / The Nation — Permalink [Elaborating on an essay, "Bloggers vs. Journalists Is Over" :] Even though it makes for good feature stories and blog posts, "bloggers vs. journalists" doesn't help us understand where the world of journalism is going, where the Internet is taking it and what this new revolution sometimes called "citizens' journalism" is about. | |
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Rebecca MacKinnon: The Nation has also published a transcript excerpt. |
Ed Cone: Rebecca MacKinnon in The Nation has an edited transcript of the Blogging, Journalism, and Credibility conference. |
Nothing 'New' in This War By / WaPo — Permalink "We are redefining war on our terms." So declared an exuberant George W. Bush just two years ago as the U.S. military completed its stunning demolition of Saddam Hussein's regime. The president seemingly had good reason to boast. | |
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Cori Dauber: Military History Matters — Andrew Bacevich's enormously pessimistic piece in today's Post reminds me of a point I've... |
Rich Lowry: "GRUELING, FILTHY, CONFUSING" — I don't agree with Andy Bacevich's fundamental take on the Iraq war, but this passage... |
In Land of Lexicons, Having the Last Word By / NYT — Permalink CHICAGO - Erin McKean answered the door to her brick apartment building in the Lincoln Square neighborhood here wearing a casual outfit accented by bright, pink-framed glasses and a pair of beat-up black-and-white Converse sneakers. | |
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Gary Farber: WORDS INTO TYPE. Pleasant little look at the lexicogophers. $DEITY bless 'em. |
Ann Althouse: Lexicographers are cool. What's the coolest thing in this article about editing dictionaries? 1. |
Teen Pledges Barely Cut STD Rates, Study Says By / WaPo — Permalink Teenagers who take virginity pledges — public declarations to abstain from sex — are almost as likely to be infected with a sexually transmitted disease as those who never made the pledge, an eight-year study released yesterday found. | |
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S.Z.: From a Wash Post article about how abstinence pledges don't really do much about reducing STDs, because the kids who... Rich Lowry: AWFUL STATISTIC...in this Washinton Post story on a study of teens, sex, and virginity pledges: "About one quarter... |
Oliver Willis: Abstinence Only Not Working — Not surprising. [snipped quote] » link | Oliver Willis's blog | login or register to post comments Tyler Cowen: Here is the story. Here is the pledge: [quote] "Believing that true love waits, I make a commitment to God, myself, my family,...[end quote] |
Article on blogs should've said more on political divide By / Minneapolis Star Tribune — Permalink Eric Black's March 9 article on blogging was interesting, but incomplete. For one thing, it focused on the local Republican bloggers, but didn't name any of the liberal blogs like DailyKos and Eschaton, which have been around a lot longer and which still,... | |
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Charles Johnson: Strib Attacks LGF with Lies — An idiot at the Minneapolis Star Tribune attacks Power Line and LGF today, in a blatantly... |
The Big Trunk: The column is "Article on blogs should have said more on political divide." |
How Will Terri Schiavo Die? By / ABCNEWS — Permalink Though the legal wrangling in the Terri Schiavo case has been loud and contentious, the brain-damaged woman's physical response to having her feeding tube removed is likely to be very serene. | |
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K. J. Lopez: SLEEP EASY, JOHN J. ABCNews says it's merciful: [snipped quote] Nothing barbaric about starving a woman whose family... |
Steve M.: "The heart will then stop and the patient will die," said Mirarchi. —ABC News |
Barbara Bush Aids in Social Security Fight By / AP — Permalink PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - President Bush, his sales pitch for Social Security reform in need of more converts, brought his mom to the front Friday. Wearing her trademark pearls, Barbara Bush took the stage with the president and another of her sons, Gov. Jeb Bush. | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: How about bringing your 80 year old mother along on your Socical Security Road Show to reassure seniors that their social security benefits are safe. |
Oliver Willis: "My Mommy Likes It" — George Bush's plan to privatize social security is crashing and burning so badly he brought out his mommy to sell it. |
'Don't Kick It' By / Opinion Journal — Permalink It appears we've reached the pivotal moment in the Terri Schiavo case, and it also appears our politicians, our senators and congressmen, might benefit from some observations. In America today all big stories have three dimensions: a legal angle, a public-relations angle and a political angle. | |
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Digby: Here's Peggy Nooner: "Here's both a political and a public-relations reality: The Republican Party controls the Senate, the House and the White House. Tbogg: Because as a feminist, you can separate yourself from your husband, but you will always belong to Mommy & Daddy...and... Jerome Armstrong: Reading through Peggy Noonan, the naked ambition to stay in power, at whatever cost, comes forth: [snipped quote] In... |
Barbara O'Brien: Maybe later.) Peggy Noonan, among others, argues that the question hinges simply on brain death. Joe Gandelman: Peggy Noonan has framed this issue as if it is now a show of GOP muscle — that the GOP MUST win this to show is... Vanderleun: Eliot, East Coker, Four Quartets AS CONGRESS MOVES INTO RECESS FOR THE HOLIDAY THAT CELEBRATES THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE... |
| Also: Michelle Malkin, Ace, Steve M., K. J. Lopez, Christopher Kanis | |
Judge Blocks Removal of Schiavo's Feeding Tube By / AP — Permalink PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — A state judge on Friday temporarily blocked the removal of the feeding tube for severely brain-damaged Terri Schiavo as legal wrangling continued over efforts by congressional Republicans to keep her alive. | |
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Jane Galt: I've read several things along the lines of this post from Kevin Drum: "I realize that Terri Schiavo has long been one... James Joyner: WaPo adds: "The judge's order came during a telephone conference call in which an attorney for Michael Schiavo —... Kevin Drum: TERRI SCHIAVO...I realize that Terri Schiavo has long been one of those weird obsessions that grips the Christian right... |
Joe Gandelman: On the other hand, this won't the first time a brain-damaged person has appeared before Congress... UPDATE: Now a... Kriston @BeggingToDiffer: DNR, THANKS — Let this serve as a reminder to have your DNR orders (or DR orders, if such exist) drawn now, lest you... Ezra Klein: So tell me how they can possibly justify following up their subpoenas to Major League Baseball with yet more subpoenas... |
Schiavo feeding tube reported removed MSNBC — Permalink PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - The feeding tube for Terry Schiavo, a seriously brain-damaged woman, was removed Friday, an attorney involved in the case told NBC News, despite an extraordinary, last-minute push by Republicans on Capitol Hill to use the subpoena powers of Congress to keep the woman alive. | |
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Barbara O'Brien: Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was removed yesterday. My understanding is that she will be dead of starvation in a few days. Tom @Corrente: Shameless Demagoguery — Showing they have no sense of decency, prominent Republicans in the U.S. Congress have insinuated themselves into the Schiavo case. Baldilocks: Aunt was never left alone.) What's being done to Terry Schiavo is barbaric, criminal and evil. Plain and simple. |
Joe Gandelman: Terri Schiavo Case: Questions Within Questions As Supreme Court Declines Case — The dramatic case of the legal and... Michelle Malkin: Meanwhile, Blogs for Terri is still pinning hopes on the Florida state legislature. Read more here. |
Lawmaker Seeks to End Sexy Cheerleading By / AP — Permalink AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Friday night lights in Texas could soon be without bumpin' and grindin' cheerleaders. Legislation filed by Rep. Al Edwards would put an end to "sexually suggestive" performances at athletic events and other extracurricular competitions. | |
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Jack Cluth: Another DUMB@$$ AWARD wiener — Lawmaker Seeks to End Sexy Cheerleading "It's just too sexually oriented, you know, the... Acidman: When I first read this story, I was all set to ride off on high horse and call that puritanical old fuddy-duddy a perverted little asswipe. Jackie D: Gimme an F...Gimme a U... If you were annoyed at the support being shown for state regulation of fashion modelling, check out what they want to do to cheerleading. |
Chris Lawrence: Dip it not-so-low — Those under the impression that limiting legislative sessions to 90 days every two years would... Charles Bird: And showing that idiocy is a bipartisan trait, a Texas legislator wants to regulate "sexually suggestive" cheerleading:... Joe Gandelman: In the Isn't There Any Area Of Modern Life In Which Some Politician Doesn't Want To Insert Government Control Department... |
| Also: James Joyner, Radley Balko | |
Poll shows French cooling on EU treaty Financial Times — Permalink France's political elite was stunned on Friday by an opinion poll that showed for the first time a majority of voters opposed the European Union constitutional treaty. Jacques Delors, former president of the European Commission, warned of a "political cataclysm" if France voted No to the constitution in a national referendum on May 29. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: HANGED SEPARATELY? Perhaps the title of this post is a remnant from having read my recent book. Jan Haugland: French poll: NON to EU constitution — A recent poll has shocked the europhile French elite: French President Jacques... |
Roger L. Simon: The French... of all people... seem to be rebelling against the EU, at least un petit peu: France's political elite was... Judith Weiss: . . . RELATED: Heh. |
The Lexicon of Political Clout By / LAT — Permalink I've been a pollster and wordsmith for senators and CEOs for more than a decade, and I have a particular interest in language. What words do people understand? What's the clear, common-sense way to say what you mean? And how can politicians best educate and express their ideas? | |
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Ezra Klein: His op-ed in the LA Times isn't even the sort of thing you can rebut, you can only point out the slime oozing off every word. Mipe @ThinkProgress: Painting himself as just a "pollster and wordsmith" who happens to "have a particular interest in language," Luntz... Taegan Goddard: Luntz Responds — In the Los Angeles Times, GOP strategist Frank Luntz responds to the leak of his strategic playbook... |
Tarek @LiquidList: Finally, staring into the eyes of pure evil, we return to the LA Times editorial page for some advice from chief demon Frank Luntz. EDM Staff: GOP Spin Doctor Defends Euphemisms — Connoisseurs of political spin are directed to "The Lexicon of Political Clout" by... Norbizness: Shorter Frank Luntz (The Lexicon of Political Clout): (a) Stop calling me Orwellian, or I'll go all Room 101 on your... |
| Also: Yuval Rubinstein, Kos @DailyKos | |
What's Left? Shame. By / WaPo — Permalink At his news conference on Wednesday, President Bush declined an invitation to claim vindication for his policy of spreading democracy in the Middle East. After two years of attacks on him as a historical illiterate pursuing the childish fantasy of Middle East democracy, he was entitled to claim a bit of credit. | |
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Mike Rappaport: Krauthammer on the International Left — Charles Krauthammer says: "The international left's concern for human rights... John Hawkins: Charles Krauthammer has the details: "...(G)oing back at least to the Spanish Civil War, the left has always prided... Glenn Reynolds: I'm not expecting that. But at least some people are marking the occasion in suitable fashion. |
Avedon Carol: Krauthammer has another grossly dishonest piece of junk at the WaPo, which for the most part is just too tiresome to... Roger L. Simon: Which Side Are You On - The Truth — Many people have linked today's piece by Charles Krauthammer — arguably the... Atrios: Projection Much? Jesse brings us Krauthammer's latest. |
| Also: The Big Trunk, Jeff Goldstein, Jesse Taylor | |
Trying to Extract a Drama From the Blog of an Iraqi By / NYT — Permalink "Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog From Iraq" is not a very good play, but it's worth your attention for two reasons. It's the only political drama in New York written from the point of view of an Iraqi who lived through the American invasion, and, for better or worse, it inaugurates an entirely new (and seemingly inevitable) theatrical genre - the blog play. | |
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Jeff Jarvis: Blog on stage : Riverbend, the Iraqi blog, is a play and The Times reviews it... lukewarmly. The problem isn't the opinions (of course). Arthur Chrenkoff: The coming of the blog play — [snipped quote] First Salam Pax go to write a regular column for the "Guardian", then publish a book, and have a film made about him; now this. |
Gary Farber: NEXT, AMYGDALA: THE MUSICAL. There's now a play of Riverbend's blog. Eugene Volokh: A Blog Play: The New York Times reports: [snipped quote] Thanks to reader Bill Harshaw for the pointer. |
No End to the Abortion Wars By / Newsweek — Permalink March 18 - Condeleezza Rice says she is "mildly pro-choice," a position that dooms her candidacy for president in the Republican Party. No matter how high her spike heels, it's too big a reach for her to get the Republican nomination without being strongly pro-life anymore than somebody who is not pro-choice getting the Democratic nod. | |
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Lorie Byrd: Patrick Ruffini makes the case that Rudy or Condi could conceivably win the Republican nomination in spite of their... Judith Weiss: [quote] Condeleezza Rice says she is "mildly pro-choice," a position that dooms her candidacy for president in the Republican Party.[end quote] |
Patrick Ruffini: Rudy or Condi Can Win — The idea that Condi and Rudy are automatically disqualified from the nomination because of... Kevin Drum: RICE FOR PRESIDENT?...Eleanor Clift finally says the obvious about the possibility of Condi Rice running for president... |
Two Years Later NYT — Permalink The invasion of Iraq, which began two years ago this weekend, was a world-changing event. We can see many of the consequences already. The good ones, so far, exist mainly as hopes and are fewer than the bad ones, some of which are all too concrete. | |
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Jeff Jarvis: That is my view, two years on. : The New York Times editorial page had a quite different view, of course. Tom Maguire: After the elections in the US, Palestine, and Iraq, the NY Times editors seem to have emerged from their bunkers, and,... |
Steve @BeggingToDiffer: YOU DON'T SAY — The New York Times appears to have figured out something that was common knowledge (in certain circles) over two years ago. Glenn Reynolds: "DO TELL," indeed. |
Congress Moves to Halt Feeding Tube Removal in Florida By / NYT — Permalink MIAMI, March 18 - Washington lawmakers continued the struggle this morning to prevent doctors in Florida from removing a feeding tube this afternoon from a severely brain-damaged woman. | |
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Jack Balkin: The Schiavo controversy, the pro-life movement, judicial restraint, and federalism JB I've been following the... Orin Kerr: UPDATE: A story in the New York Times suggests that Congress is attempting to justify the subpoena under the... Oliver @LiquidList: Politics: End Run — Senator Cat Killer is a real ass. [snipped quote] Sounds like someone requested a legal memo from Alberto Gonzales. |
Kevin Aylward: Anyone who violates this law is subject to criminal fines and imprisonment.There's no indication that the removal of the... Venkat @BeggingToDiffer: According to this NYT article: [snipped quote] The Times probably got Ms. Schiavo and her parents mixed up and mistakenly paraphrased Mr. Frist's quote. |
Brain-Damaged Woman's Feeding Tube Removed By / AP — Permalink PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - Doctors removed Terri Schiavo's feeding tube Friday despite an extraordinary, last-minute push by Republicans on Capitol Hill to use the subpoena powers of Congress to save the severely brain-damaged woman. | |
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Clayton Cramer: This was Michael Schiavo's attorney, discussing the efforts of Congress to subpoena Terri Schiavo so that she doesn't starve to death. Christopher Kanis: SLOW MOTION MURDER IN FLORIDA — Something sickening is happening in Florida. |
Steve M.: Update: Doctors removed Terri Schiavo's feeding tube Friday despite an extraordinary, last-minute push by... |
Terri Schiavo's Feeding Tube Removed Fox News — Permalink The feeding tube that has kept a severely brain-damaged Florida woman alive for the past 15 years was removed Friday afternoon. An attorney for Terri Schiavo's (search) parents, who have led the fight for more than a decade to keep their daughter alive, told FOX News at around 3:20 p.m. EST that the tube had been removed. | |
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Captain Ed: Supreme Court Turns Congress, Schiavo Away — The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from Congress to restart Terri... La Shawn: Terri Schiavo Will Starve to Death — Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was removed today, despite her parents' efforts to keep her alive. |
Kevin Aylward: Greer determined that it should go forward about an hour after another judge issued a temporary delay blocking the... |
Castro angry over Forbes listing Reuters — Permalink HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) — Cuban President Fidel Castro has criticized Forbes magazine for the "infamy" of listing him among the world's richest people, with a net worth of $550 million. | |
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Brian Micklethwait: It being a CNN report about how Forbes has included Fidel Castro in its list of the world's richest people, and about how Fidel Castro is not amused. Roger L. Simon: If not, why did he go up from a 150 millionaire to a 550 millionaire in the latest Forbes listing of rich despots... scratch that... world leaders in one year? Glenn Reynolds: RUINING CASTRO'S STREET CRED: [snipped quote] Heh. But Cuba has free health care! (Via '08). More background here. |
Joe Gandelman: Fidel Castro is furious and an threatening to sue Forbes magazine (we would love to sit in the courtroom on that one) for ranking him among the world's richest people. Pejman Yousefzadeh: I find this story heartily amusing: [snipped quote] Amusing, but not surprising. Tyler Cowen: How to anger Fidel Castro — [snipped quote] Here is the full story. |
George F. Kennan Dies at 101; Leading Strategist of Cold War NYT — Permalink George F. Kennan, the American diplomat who did more than any other envoy of his generation to shape United States policy during the cold war, died on Thursday night in Princeton, N.J. He was 101. | |
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Gregory Djerejian: In Memoriam — God speed George Kennan. They don't make them like this anymore, alas. Matthew Yglesias: Kennan Dead — I've been so busy making sloppy blog errors, reading about Charles' sloppy house-burning erros, and... Orrin Judd: MORE: GEORGE F. KENNAN | 1904-2005: Diplomat Was Architect of U.S. Cold War Policy (Jon Thurber, March 18, 2005, LA... |
Daniel Drezner: The New York Times obit by Tim Weiner and Barbara Crossette has more detail and background, but the Washington Post obit... Gary Farber: He did more good than harm. There's worse epitaphs. Times obit here and WashPo here. James Joyner: Cold War Strategist George F. Kennan Dies at 101 — George F. Kennan, the American diplomat who authored the "Containment" policy that shaped U.S. Cold War policy, has died. |
| Also: Riggsveda @Corrente, The Big Trunk, Roger Ailes, Joe Gandelman, Stirling Newberry, Matt Welch, Michael Young, Orin Kerr, Jeff Quinton | |
A Haircut in Iraq Can Be the Death of the Barber By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 17 - It was almost closing time in Sadiq Abdul Hussein's barbershop when a man in a black mask walked in, pulled out a pistol, and began spinning it on his finger, cowboy style. The gunman was not after government officials or American collaborators. | |
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Paul @Wizbang: New York Times a Month Behind — There was a shocking story on the front page of the NY Times today: A Haircut in Iraq... Ann Althouse: Murdered for the "spiky" and the "carr." Terrorists in Iraq are murdering barbers for giving Western-style haircuts. |
James Joyner: A Haircut in Iraq Can Be the Death of the Barber (NYT p. 1 rss) [snipped quote] What's astounding is that they are... |
Judge: Keep Schiavo Feeding Tube in Place By / AP — Permalink PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - A state judge on Friday temporarily blocked the removal of the feeding tube for severely brain-damaged Terri Schiavo as legal wrangling continued over efforts by congressional Republicans to keep her alive. | |
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Steve M.: And see the last sentence of this AP story. Steve Bainbridge: Terri Schiavo — A judge has refused to stay the removal of Terri Schiavo's breathing tube despite the Congressional efforts on her behalf. |
Norbizness: In light of this week's Congressional expeditions into the silliest of national minutiae... — an 11-hour... |
Anatomy of Give and Take By / LAT — Permalink HOUSTON — The two women had money in mind. Phuong Tang, 25, wriggled into a $2.5-million brain scanner at Baylor College of Medicine. Across the hall, a technician loaded Tang's trading partner for the day — Kavita Belur, 26 — into the bore of a similar machine, like a fresh artillery shell. | |
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Greg Ransom: MORE ON the neuroscience of economic behavior "In virtually every area of markets, human behavior has economists stumped. |
Ann Althouse: The L.A. Times reports: [quote] "Economics has hit the wall," said Andrew Lo, director of MIT's laboratory for financial engineering.[end quote] |
Republicans call for change in tactics on Social Security reform By / The Hill — Permalink To pass Social Security reform this year, top Republican strategists say, President Bush and the GOP-led Congress must redirect the debate by stressing that their plan includes a crucial safety-net protection. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: The Hill reports that some conservatives have devised a plan to revive the ailing cause of privatization . . . magic! |
PGL: GOP Social Security Proposal: Upside Gain and Downside Protection — Republican strategists call for this change in... |
House Panel Seeks to Keep Schiavo Alive By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Working against the clock, House lawmakers tried to prevent doctors in Florida from removing the feeding tube Friday from a severely brain-damaged woman. | |
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Clayton Cramer: Clever Use of Subpoena Power — Congress is ordering Terri Schiavo to appear as a witness! K. J. Lopez: THE HOUSE has not given up yet on Terri Schiavo. Jeff Quinton: Congress subpoenas Terri Schiavo — Drudge [snipped quote] UPDATE: More from ABC News. |
Ace: Maybe More Promising: Sounds like it will be hard to rule against the request for a stay of judgment Laura Rozen: As a tactic to prevent doctors from removing her feeding tube, Congressmen have subpoenaed Terri Schiavo in her hospital bed. |
Outsider Forged Cold War Strategy By / WaPo — Permalink George F. Kennan, a diplomat and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian who formulated the basic foreign policy followed by the United States in the Cold War, died last night at his home in Princeton, N.J. He was 101. | |
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Scott Wickstein: His archaic philosophy of life explains why he never went on to bigger and better things; JY Smith, writing the... Orrin Judd: Outsider Forged Cold War Strategy (J.Y. Smith, March 18, 2005, The Washington Post) "His confidence in his own... Cori Dauber: An Era Passes — George Kennan, author of the Long Telegram, passes. |
James Joyner: Other coverage: Outsider Forged Cold War Strategy (WaPo) George Kennan, Leading Cold War Diplomat, Dies (Reuters)... Pejman Yousefzadeh: IN MEMORIAM: GEORGE KENNAN — A very good remembrance can be found here. Daniel Drezner has a very good commentary as well. |
The Ugly American Bank By / NYT — Permalink You can say this about Paul Wolfowitz's qualifications to lead the World Bank: He has been closely associated with America's largest foreign aid and economic development project since the Marshall Plan. I'm talking, of course, about reconstruction in Iraq. | |
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Avedon Carol: In the press — Krugman says the appointment of Paul "the Iraq war will pay for itself" Wolfowitz to head the World Bank will turn it into The Ugly American Bank. Rickheller @Centerfield: Wolfowitz At The World Bank — Paul Krugman is highly biased against the Bush Administration, but his current piece... Mary @LeftCoaster: Free Market Freefall — Paul Krugman notes that the Bush administration has succeeded in guaranteeing that much of the... |
Steve Antler: I think this is an important editorial. Jon Henke: Sadly, given a choice between standing up for free markets, and taking a shot at a Bush administration official, I... |
The time has come to let Terri Schiavo die By / MSNBC — Permalink We have now reached the endgame in the case of Terri Schiavo. Her husband, Michael, remains unwavering in his view that she would not want to live in the state she is in. Despite the fact that he has been made the target of an incredible organized campaign of vilification, slander and just plain nastiness, he remains unmoved. | |
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Byron LaMasters: I will simply say an Amen to this column. I would urge you all to read it. |
K. J. Lopez: I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE POSTING ANYMORE TODAY but this is laughable—I've only read the first graph so far, but...if... |
Texas Lawmaker Says Cheerleaders Shouldn't Be Shaking Their Behinds By / AP — Permalink AUSTIN, Texas Mar 18, 2005 — The Friday night lights in Texas could soon be without bumpin' and grindin' cheerleaders. Legislation filed by Rep. Al Edwards would put an end to "sexually suggestive" performances at athletic events and other extracurricular competitions. | |
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John Hawkins: I Will Texas Democrat Al Edwards — and you can tell he's a Democrat because he's proposing something embarrassing and... |
Joanne Jacobs: Don't shake that booty — A Texas legislator wants to ban "sexually suggestive" cheerleading routines. |
Wolfowitz Loves Chicken Farmers By / Slate — Permalink A convention in modern journalism dictates that when reporters and editors grant news sources anonymity, the story should explain why the person couldn't be named. | |
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Dan Froomkin: There's more in his Slate articles yesterday and today. Garrett M. Graff: Jack Shafer continues his crusade with a look at some of the anonymous sources used in yesterday's major papers and... |
Tarek @LiquidList: I quoted Jack Shafer's amusing anecdotes and tough jabs at the Times. It would appear I scooped Shafer at his own game. |
Congress Seeks Order to Keep Schiavo Alive Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers said on Friday they plan to issue a congressional subpoena to keep alive Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman at the heart of a heated debate over the right to die. | |
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Tim Cavanaugh: The three House Republicans are now asserting their constitutional authority to keep Terri Schiavo eating. Acidman: What in the hell is the US Congress doing getting involved in this matter? Don't they have anything better to do with their time? |
Abel Harding: Congress; however, has now indicated that they will intervene by issuing a subpeona for Ms. Schiavo to appear before a Congressional hearing. |
Judge Says Schiavo Tube Can Be Removed By / AP — Permalink PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - The presiding judge in the case of Terri Schiavo ruled Friday that the feeding tube keeping the brain-damaged woman alive can be removed despite efforts by congressional Republicans to have her appear at congressional hearings. | |
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John Hawkins: And So It Goes With Terri Schiavo By Ace — And Greer said take the tube out. And they did. |
Ace: And So It Goes — And Greer said take the tube out. And they did. Responding to Bill from InDC: Bill didn't like the accusatory tone I took regarding the "husband," Michael. |
Afghan Crime Wave Breeds Nostalgia for Taliban By / WaPo — Permalink KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — "We are savage, cruel people," the kidnappers warned in a note sent to Abdul Qader, demanding $15,000 to spare the life of his son Mohammed, 11. The construction contractor quickly borrowed the money and left it at the agreed spot. | |
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Barbara O'Brien: Why Bushies Are Losers — [snipped quote] If you owe a balance on your federal income tax this year, why don't you just... Nick Gillespie: Meanwhile, Back in Kandahar... The Wash Post reports on trouble brewing in Afghanistan, a country whose place names have... |
Cori Dauber: This Story Is Not the Problem — The Post reports that although there's no question that things are better for people... Tim Graham: GOLDEN DAYS OF DICTATORSHIP — From the same liberal media folks who gave you syrupy tales of people wishing for the... |
Andre Norton Dies at 93; a Master of Science Fiction By / NYT — Permalink Andre Norton, a prolific and popular science-fiction and fantasy writer whose central theme was the rite of passage to self-realization undertaken by misfits or displaced outsiders, died yesterday at her home in Murfreesboro, Tenn. She was 93. | |
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Dean Esmay: More On Andre Norton by Dean The New York Times today has a much better summary of Andre Norton's life and work than what I linked yesterday. |
Gary Farber: ANDRE NORTON MADE IT INTO THE TIMES, which is nice, with this Christopher Lehmann-Haught obit. Read The Rest Scale: 3 out of 5. |
A coup looms - maybe -- in Bolivia American Thinker — Permalink Bolivia, to which democracy returned in 1982, used to be called Latin America's youngest democracy; but if things continue to spiral out of control here in the next few days, it may very well shed its twenty-three year history of democracy and return, once again, to rule by a de facto military government. | |
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A.M. Mora y Leon: Americas — Bolivia — COUP D'ETAT IN BOLIVIA LOOMS An informative and disturbing essay from Bolivia here. |
Glenn Reynolds: A REPORT FROM BOLIVIA: Things sound rather bad. |
North Korea: 'Human scum' Bolton is 'worst' UN envoy World Tribune.com — Permalink North Korea blasted President Bush's appointment of Undersecretary of State John Bolton, one of the toughest critics of Pyongyang, as new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, saying he would only raise tensions in the international community. | |
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Jeff Goldstein: The [snipped quote] post — From the World Tribune (via Drudge): [snipped quote] Hmm. Not too far removed from the reaction of some Democrats, actually. |
Scott Sala: International Insults — When North Korea calls John Bolton "human scum" and a "bloodsucker," I can't help wishing I knew insults in Korean. |
Congress to Call Schiavo as Witness Reuters — Permalink Mar. 18, 2005 - Shortly before a feeding tube was to be removed from a brain-damaged Florida woman, U.S. lawmakers on Friday called on Terri Schiavo to appear before congressional committees in an attempt to keep her alive. | |
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Steve M.: The latest in the Terri Schiavo case is that a Florida judge has delayed removal of her feeding tube — shortly after this cheap little stunt took place in D.C. |
John Cole: Much to my shock and disbelief, certain elements within my party have decided that this is a case that they need to... |