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Federal Intervention in Schiavo Case Prompts Broad Public Disapproval By / ABCNEWS — Permalink Mar. 21, 2005 - Americans broadly and strongly disapprove of federal intervention in the Terri Schiavo case, with sizable majorities saying Congress is overstepping its bounds for political gain. Congress passed such legislation and President Bush signed it early today. | |
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Donald Sensing: But back to Peggy. Was she right? Today ABC News released its poll on the question. Tim Dunlop: Interestingly, an ABC (America) poll suggests there is widespread opposition to the current GOP tactics: "Americans... Stirling Newberry: Memo to Congress: "That's Bulls**t" — The debacle of the Schiavo case proves one thing: when Congress decides to act,... |
Captain Ed: ABC Conducts Push Poll For Euthanasia — ABC News conducted a poll over the weekend about the Terri Schiavo case which... Orin Kerr: Biased Questions in the ABC Schiavo Poll: The ABC poll I linked to earlier has been appearing in lots of news stories... Steve M.: UPDATE: Yeah, I've seen the ABC poll showing massive opposition to congressional intervention. I worry that it may not matter. |
| Also: Joe Gandelman, James Joyner, Chris Bowers, Edward _, Dan Froomkin, Micah L. Sifry, Chris Lawrence, Jeff Jarvis, Oliver Willis, Brian Keegan | |
Congress Passes and Bush Signs Legislation on Schiavo Case NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Monday, March 21 - The House early Monday gave final Congressional approval to legislation that would allow a federal court to intervene in the case of Terri Schiavo, and the measure was signed quickly at the White House by President Bush, who flew back to Washington from his Texas ranch on Sunday. | |
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Tom Maguire: Mar 17; Mar 18; Mar 19; Mar 20; Mar 20; Mar 20; Mar 21; Mar 21; Mar 21. Steve Bainbridge: Terry Schiavo, Congress, and First Principles — Now that Congress has approved the legislation to give federal courts... Tom Burka: Other 293 Million Americans Waiting For Congress To Pass Bills For Them — The success of Congress's record-breakingly... |
John Cole: You Couldn't Pay Me — You couldn't pay me to be this guy: "Hours after President Bush signed legislation early today... Chris Nolan: Movie of The Week — Is it me, or is there something made-for-TV-ish about the way politicians are, um, acting in this whole Terri Schiavo drama? Captain Ed: Unfortunately but predictably, this "news" report contains half-truths, loaded language, and a flat-out falsehood, all of which reveal the biases of the reporters. |
| Also: Joe Gandelman, Greg Piper, Jeff Jarvis, Matthew Yglesias, Steve Dillard, Orrin Judd | |
Activist Legislators By / Slate — Permalink Listen to this story on NPR's Day to Day. Whether Terri Schiavo will live or die in the coming days has come down to this: Can federal district judge James Whittemore set aside virtually every bedrock constitutional principle on which this nation was... | |
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Damian Penny: (See Dalia Lathwick's Slate article on the subject.) Daniel Drezner: UPDATE: Dahlia Lithwick goes medieval on the federal intervention in Slate: "You can put aside the doctrine of... Greg @TheTalentShow: Dahlia Lithwick has a devastating takedown of the Congressional cretins who stepped into the Terri Schiavo case :... |
Tom Maguire: In other legal news, Dahlia Lithwick seems to think that when Congress writes laws, that is "congressional activism". Oliver Willis: GOP vs. Constitution: An Attack on The Rule Of Law — From Slate: [snipped quote] Several years later, the rest of... |
'PLAYGIRL' EDITOR FIRED AFTER OUTING SELF AS REPUBLICAN Drudge Report — Permalink PLAYGIRL editor-in-chief Michele Zipp has been stripped of her duties after she revealed how she voted Republican in the 2004 election. Zipp, in an e-mail, claims she was fired after an onslaught of liberal backlash. | |
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Scott Sala: Playgirl Editor Fired For Being Republican — Playgirl fires Republican editor?! Well, I wish I could say I'm cancelling my subscription. Hindrocket: Drudge reports that Michele Zipp, managing editor of Playgirl Magazine, has lost her job after coming out as a Republican. Lorie Byrd: Was She Fired For Being A (Gasp) Republican? Drudge is reporting that Playgirl editor, Michele Zipp, has been fired. |
Kevin Aylward: Playgirl Editor Fired For Voting Republican michellezipp.jpg Playgirl editor Michelle Zipp claims in an e-mail to Matt... Nick Gillespie: He repros her email: [snipped quote] Little bit more here. Background here. Stephen Green: (Someone Else's) Mail Bag From Drudge: [snipped quote] Meanwhile, Ward Churchill — known liar and alleged plagiarist and... |
| Also: Betsy Newmark | |
"Always to Care, Never to Kill" NRO — Permalink Terri Schiavo and the right to life. National Review Online recently had a chance to talk to Robert P. George, the McCormick professor of jurisprudence at Princeton University and a member of the President's Council on Bioethics, about the Terri Schiavo case and the broader issue of assisted suicide. | |
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Eugene Volokh: But I thought I'd pass along three items — (1) in favor of the Congressional action, an interview with Robert P... Steve Dillard: Robert P. George on the Schiavo legislation and federalism: From his excellent interview with NRO: "I don't see that... |
The Big Trunk: At National Review Online Andrew McCarthy registers the "Lingering questions" and Robert P. George provides philosophical instruction. |
Europe's Problem--and Ours By / Opinion Journal — Permalink Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, was recently in Washington to meet with President Bush and release his new book, "On the Road to Democracy." When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and the Velvet Revolution came to Czechoslovakia, Mr. Klaus became finance minister in the new democracy. | |
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Arthur Chrenkoff: Also check out Pete du Pont's piece in the "Opinion Journal": "Europe's Problem—and Ours: Will the EU choose collectivism over individualism? Deacon: Timely questions — Pete DuPont asks, "Will the EU choose collectivism over individualsm? Will we?" |
Orrin Judd: MARK MY FOOTSTEPS, MY GOOD PAGES (via Tom Corcoran): Europe's Problem—and Ours: Will the EU choose collectivism over individualism? Michael DeBow: "Will the EU choose collectivism over individualism? Will we?" Don't miss Pete duPont's Opinion Journal column today! |
Edwards? Clinton? Nah, 2008 could be Russ Feingold's year Chicago Tribune — Permalink The race for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination is already being handicapped and, according to one offshore gaming Web site, the front-runners are former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards at 3-2 and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton at 5-2. | |
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Captain Ed: Meet Russ Feingold, the Wisconsin progressive who teamed up with the maverick Arizona Republican John McCain and a... David Allan Pell: Leading with Your Left — Making a case for Candidate Feingold. |
Chris Bowers: Feingold Watch — The Chicago Tribune has an op-ed on the potential Democratic Presidential candidate who I find the... |
RUDY HOLDING SUMMIT TO PLOT HIS NEXT MOVE By / New York Post — Permalink FORMER Mayor Rudy Giuliani — weighing a run for president or governor — will hold a summit of top advisers within a month to "set the direction" for his political future, The Post has learned. | |
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Patrick Ruffini: I really don't think this is a good idea, and I'm hoping this is just tabloid speculation: [quote] "Anyone who thinks Rudy...[end quote] Alexander K. McClure: Rudy Giuliani is considering a bid for the state's top office next year. He will make a decision shortly. |
Larry Kudlow: Rudy For Gov — Today's Fred Dicker article in the New York Post suggests that Rudy Giuliani is considering a gubernatorial run if George Pataki decides not to run. Orrin Judd: AFRAID OF THE LADIES: RUDY HOLDING SUMMIT TO PLOT HIS NEXT MOVE (FREDRIC U. DICKER, March 21, 2005, NY Post)... |
Press Gaggle by Scott McClellan White House — Permalink MR. McCLELLAN: All right, here I am for your questions. We're returning to Washington. Q So tell us again — Joe went out there about 6:00 p.m. and talked to the President? MR. McCLELLAN: Joe Hagin went to the ranch and met with the President. | |
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Judd @ThinkProgress: McClellan: Twisting the Facts About 1999 Law — At the gaggle this morning, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan... Kos @DailyKos: McClellan lies about Bush's "pull the plug" law — Stealing from Think Progress: [snipped quote] McClellan's response was a flat out lie. |
Dan Froomkin: McClellan was asked about the death penalty parallel during yesterday's gaggle on Air Force One. "Q Can you talk to me — again, this comes up. |
Coke to launch new no-calorie soda AP — Permalink ATLANTA - The Coca-Cola Co. said Monday it will launch a no-calorie version of its trademark soft drink called Coca-Cola Zero in the United States in June. The drink will be sweetened partly with a blend of aspartame and acesulfame potassium. | |
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Chris Lawrence: C3 James Joyner links to an AP article about Coca-Cola's plans to launch a new product in June, called "Coca-Cola Zero." |
James Joyner: Coke to launch new no-calorie soda (AP) [snipped quote] Interesting. It's unclear why Coke Zero will be different from Diet Coke or Coke C2. |
FEC Considers Restricting Online Political Activities By / WaPo — Permalink The Federal Election Commission has begun considering whether to issue new rules on how political campaigns are waged on the Internet, a regulatory process that is expected to take months to complete but that is already generating considerable angst online. | |
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Captain Ed: FEC May Still Target Bloggers: WaPo — For those who worry about the possibility of the Federal Election Commission... Hugh Hewitt: The Washington Post has a long article on the FEC's move towards regulation of some aspects of internet/campaign connections. Taegan Goddard: FEC Considers Restricting Online Politics — The Federal Election Commission "has begun considering whether to issue new... |
McQ: Regulating the "internet" — The Washington Post reports, the plan by the FEC to implement just such regulation... Matt Welch: The Washington Post has a good table-setter, which A) includes the detail that one of the most zealous congressional... |
Letters from readers Minneapolis Star Tribune — Permalink In a March 19 counterpoint ("Article on blogs should have said more on political divide"), Tamara Baker made a bald-faced lie: "[Eric] Black's article also didn't mention "Little Green Footballs," a right-wing blog whose founder, Charles Johnson, claims that... | |
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Charles Johnson: My Letter to the Strib — Here's the letter (slightly edited) I sent to the Minneapolis Star Tribune about the dishonest... |
The Big Trunk: Charles Johnson to Strib: Apologize — Tomorrow's Minneapolis Star Tribune letters to the editor are led by Charles... |
The strange death of the liberal West By / Telegraph — Permalink I am, as Tony Blair might say, deeply passionately personally deeply personally opposed to abortion. But, unlike him, I think it ought to be an election issue. | |
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Arthur Chrenkoff: And Mark Steyn: "Almost every issue facing the EU - from immigration rates to crippling state pension liabilities - has... |
Vanderleun: LUCID AND CONCISE AS ALWAYS IN The strange death of the liberal West "In practice, a culture that thinks Terri... |
Postcards offend some Schiavo neighbors St. Petersburg Times — Permalink Some neighbors of Michael Schiavo's say they are offended by mailings accusing him of trying to kill his wife. "Your neighbor Michael Schiavo is trying to murder his wife," reads one anonymous postcard, mailed in early March from Wichita, Kan. | |
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Mary @LeftCoaster: As one bioethicist qustioned: [snipped quote] Could it be because they are the perfect "mates" as essentially the brainless stepford wives who do not cause any problems? Amanda Marcotte: Commenter aeonsomnia alerted me to this article with a quote from a bioethicist that says that these euthanasia battles... |
Magpie @PacificViews: As this bioethicist points out (scroll down), all of the major right-to-die cases in the US over the past three decades... |
The trustfunder left By / Townhall.com — Permalink Examining the political map of America, as I am obliged to do as I write the chapters of "The Almanac of American Politics 2006," reveals a previously unidentified segment of the American electorate, one which has been growing for some years now but has... | |
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Patrick Ruffini: The incomparable Michael Barone takes a crack at it in his latest, "The trustfunder left:" [snipped quote] I've actually written about Blaine County and its curious voting trends. Clayton Cramer: Democrats: Party of the Rich — Michael Barone has a column in which he discusses what I have long observed: contrary to... Greg Ransom: And a related story by Michael Barone: "The Trust Fund Left": "Examining the political map of America .. reveals a... |
Betsy Newmark: Michael Barone describes a new demographic for the Democrats - the rich or, as he calls them, the "trustfunder left." Steve Bainbridge: Michael Barone Coins a Good One — Michael Barone coins a new political term: "the trustfunder left." "Who are the trustfunders? PoliPundit: The Trustfunder Left — Michael Barone gives the limousine-liberal constituency a new name: the Trustfunder Left. |
There Are Signs the Tide May Be Turning on Iraq's Street of Fear By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq - Nearly two years after American troops captured Baghdad, Haifa Street is like an arrow at the city's heart. A little more than two miles long, it runs south through a canyon of mostly abandoned high-rises and majestic date palms almost to the... | |
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Bill Roggio: John Burns of the New York Times reports on the improving security and economic situation on Haifa Street in Baghdad, once one of the most dangerous streets in Iraq. McQ: A good example can be found in the John Burns NYTimes piece today. Cori Dauber: John Burns, writing in today's Times, gives that context, when he explains that the area was so dangerous over the first... |
Daniel Drezner: John F. Burns reports in the New York Times that the transfer of duties from the U.S. military to Iraqi security forces... Jan Haugland: Tide is turning in Iraq John F. Burns in the NYT reports clear signs that the tide is turning in Iraq: In the first 18... Robert Tagorda: Today, John Burns confirms the progress: There Are Signs the Tide May Be Turning on Iraq's Street of Fear (NYT | RSS) |
| Also: Damian Penny, James Joyner, Gregory Djerejian, Pejman Yousefzadeh, Matthew Yglesias, Glenn Reynolds, Dr. Steven Taylor, Jonah Goldberg, PoliPundit | |
The Domestic Bolton By / American Prospect — Permalink The first wave of protest against President Bush's nomination of John Bolton to be his ambassador to the United Nations centered, plausibly enough, on Bolton's international track record, and specifically on his long history of bellicose commentary about the world body. | |
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Steve Clemons: I will have more to say about Bolton's "Asian Money" problems tomorrow — but I must share a big chunk of Tomasky's next article that appeared late today. |
Laura Rozen: Michael Tomasky has an interesting story on the role of UN ambassador nominee John Bolton in a 1994 outfit that... |
Minority Rules By / NYT — Permalink AS Republicans in the United States decide whether to do away with filibusters by changing Senate rules - the so-called nuclear option - they would do well to cast their eyes at their Conservative cousins across the Atlantic. | |
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Steve Bainbridge: Avoiding the Nuclear Option — As Republicans continue to try to figure out ways of dealing with continuing Democrat... Ezra Klein: It's far and away the most convincing broadside I've read against the nuclear option, take a look. |
Gary Farber: Thanks, guys! Read The Rest Scale: 2 out of 5. Iain Duncan Smith also has sound advice. |
Federal Judge Weighs Florida Right-To-Die Case Reuters — Permalink TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - A federal judge weighed the fate of a brain-damaged Florida woman on Monday, acting hours after the U.S. Congress and President Bush intervened to push the highly charged right-to-die case back into court. | |
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James Joyner: ABC News: Federal Judge Weighs Florida Right-To-Die Case (Reuters) "A federal judge weighed the fate of a brain-damaged... |
Greg @TheTalentShow: Which is especially relevant given this news : [snipped quote] No quorum when the law was "passed" means the law isn't constitutional. |
Astroturf Politics Opinion Journal — Permalink If a political gaffe consists of inadvertently revealing the truth, then Sean Treglia, a former program officer for the Philadelphia-based Pew Charitable Trusts, has just ripped the curtain off of the "good government" groups that foisted the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill on the country in 2002. | |
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Richard Reeb: John Fund's excellent piece today tells the story of how liberal foundations managed to slide under anemic media radar... Dean Esmay: Not only are they a naked assault on the first amendment, but now it turns out that they were foisted off on the public... Betsy Newmark: John Fund has more on this. "In a tape obtained by the New York Post, Mr. Treglia tells his USC audience they are going... |
Glenn Reynolds: ASTROTURFING CAMPAIGN FINANCE "REFORM:" John Fund observes: [snipped quote] Ironic, isn't it, that a movement supposedly... The Big Trunk: Our friends at RCP also direct our attention to John Fund's OpinionJournal column following up on Ryan Sager's New York Post report of last week: "Astroturf politics." |
The Midnight Coup LAT — Permalink Republican leaders, eyeing an opportunity to appease their radical right-wing constituents, convened Congress over the weekend to shamelessly interject the federal government into the wrenching Schiavo family dispute. | |
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Ken Masugi: In an editorial, "The Midnight Coup," the LA Times blasts away: "this case once again shows that some social... |
Joe Gandelman: In a stinging editorial the Los Angeles Times says the action is "what amounts to a constitutional coup d'etat." |
Bush's Re-election Lifts Circulation at Liberal Magazines By / NYT — Permalink Sheepish though they may be about profiting from George Bush's re-election, some liberal magazines have seen subscriptions rise during the recent political season. "We had a huge spike in orders beginning the day after the election," said Art Stupar, vice president for circulation at The Nation, which comes out weekly. | |
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Jim Romenesko: More from NYT: > Nation circ veep: Mag has "benefited from the follies" of Bush admin > Gannon dreams of getting back... Taegan Goddard: Profiting From Bush — "Sheepish though they may be about profiting from George Bush's re-election, some liberal... |
Charles Paul Freund: According to this NYT biz piece, The Nation enjoyed "a huge spike in orders beginning the day after the election," according to the mag's circulation VP. |
Hard-charging high schools urge students to do less By / Christian Science Monitor — Permalink WINNETKA, ILL. - Sprawling across two huge campuses in Chicago's affluent northern suburbs, the venerable New Trier High School is usually cited as the epitome of public-school excellence. Nearly 95 percent of its graduates go on to four-year colleges. | |
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Betsy Newmark: Joanne Jacobs links to this story about one of my four alma mater high schools, New Trier. |
Joanne Jacobs: Stress is intense. In the Chicago suburbs, New Trier High is trying to get students to chill out. |
THE STENCH FROM PEW New York Post — Permalink Reports in The Post last week con cerning the political activities of the supposedly above-the-fray Pew Charitable Trusts were, in a word, shocking. A former program officer for Pew, Sean Treglia, was caught on videotape bragging about how the foundation... | |
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Juan Non-Volokh: The Post also editorializes here, and Glenn Reynolds adds some thoughts here. Related Posts (on one page): Were NPR and TAP Bought? Betsy Newmark: The New York Post highlights how the supposedly nonpartisan Pew Foundation funneled money to support campaign finance reform. |
The Big Trunk: The Post itself weighs in with a related editorial: "The stench from Pew." Greg Ransom: HEADLINE of the day: "The Stench from Pew". |
Arabs Reject Normalization With Israel By / AP — Permalink ALGIERS, Algeria Mar 21, 2005 — This week's gathering of Arab leaders won't open the doors to establishing ties with Israel because of opposition from Syria and other hard-line countries. Still, some Arab nations are moving forward with a more welcoming stance on peace. | |
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Roger L. Simon: According to the AP, their latest meeting in Algeria ended up more or less status quo ante: During preparatory talks,... |
Stephen Green: Wrong: "ALGIERS, Algeria Mar 21, 2005 — This week's gathering of Arab leaders won't open the doors to establishing ties... |
Outlook: From Both Sides By / WaPo — Permalink In political journalism, complaints from ideologically driven readers come with the territory, as Post reporter Dana Milbank learned during his four years as a White House correspondent. Partisans from both ends of the political spectrum found his work wanting: A conservative magazine put him on its cover as "Dana 'Bias' Milbank." | |
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Garrett M. Graff: Milbank and the Mainstream — We mentioned Dana Milbank's excellent argument yesterday for the mainstream media, and he... |
Taegan Goddard: A follow-up reader discussion on the Washington Post website included this interesting admission: [snipped quote] It's a... |
Facility takes in man on ventilator By / Houston Chronicle — Permalink A Friendswood man in a persistent vegetative state was transferred to a nursing home in San Antonio on Sunday, ending a battle between St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital and his family over whether to take him off life support. | |
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Tom Maguire: Briefly, in one case, Sun Hudson was an infant with a rare genetic disorder who was kept alive on a respirator for six... |
Atrios: Journalisming — I'd love to know who (cough bugman cough) twisted arms to get this to happen: A Friendswood man in a... |
Bush Approves Schiavo Review in U.S. Court LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — Capping a day and night of political, legal and emotional drama, Congress passed and President Bush signed legislation early this morning permitting the parents of a brain-damaged Florida woman to ask a federal judge to order her feeding tube reconnected. | |
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Timothy Wheeler: The Los Angeles Times reports today on the utterly improper involvement of the U.S. government in the Schiavo case. Orrin Judd: MORE: Bush Approves Schiavo Review in U.S. Court: President signs a bill sent by Congress early this morning. |
Chris Nolan: The Palm Sunday Compromise? Coming back from what's supposed to be a week-long recess away from Washington? |
That Scalia Charm NYT — Permalink Some court-watchers say Justice Antonin Scalia is on a "charm offensive" to become the next chief justice. Then he must have been taking the day off when he gave a speech last week and lashed out at the Supreme Court's recent ruling striking down the death penalty for juveniles, and at the idea of a "living Constitution." | |
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Tom Maguire: The Times Goes To Law School — The NY Times editors have been thinking about Justice Scalia, strict constructionism,... Vanderleun: That Scalia Charm" I don't think many would argue that a right to a lawyer is a "central principle," but I have a... |
Sims @SouthernAppeal: One would be hard pressed to find a more striking contrast between red and blue state views on the role of the judiciary... |
Michael Jackson Arrives Late to Court By / AP — Permalink SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) - An ill-looking and sometimes trembling Michael Jackson arrived late to his child molestation trial again Monday, walking hesitantly into court along with a doctor in surgical scrubs, but after a 45-minute delay the judge ordered testimony to resume with no explanation to the jury. | |
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Acidman: That question is for a jury to decide, but he ain't helping his case much with this s**t. |
Jeralyn Merritt: Michael Jackson: In Tears, Late, Doctor Present — Trial Update March 21 Why isn't this trial being delayed? |
The Orwellian Left By / Front Page Magazine — Permalink A semiotically confused website called Whiskey Bar which is evidently the work of a historically challenged individual with the nom de net of "Billmon" has attempted a heavy-handed satire of the academic freedom for students movement, caricaturing it as an... | |
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Tom Tomorrow: Ha ha — Horowitz: [snipped quote] Actually the only campus I spent any time on during the 1960's was that of Roosevelt... |
Billmon: An Answer — [snipped quote] Lenin.jpg |
Must Joe Go? By / American Prospect — Permalink Joe Lieberman has a secret: He's a pretty orthodox Democrat. In the spring of 2001, when 12 of the party's senators — almost one-quarter of the caucus — voted for the first round of Bush tax cuts, Lieberman voted against them. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: Self-Promotion — My new print Prospect piece about the movement to dump Joe Lieberman is available online for subscribers and already. |
John Cole: Excellent Piece — An excellent piece on Joe Lieberman by Big Media Matt. The notion that the fringe liberals think he is a traitor is just absurd. |
Bush signs Schiavo bill into law CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush has signed legislation transferring jurisdiction of the Terri Schiavo case to a U.S. court. His signature followed a 203-58 vote in the U.S. House early Monday morning approving the bill. | |
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James Joyner: Bush signs Schiavo bill into law (CNN) "President Bush has signed legislation transferring jurisdiction of the Terri Schiavo case to a U.S. court. Susan Madrak: TRAITORS — WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush has signed legislation transferring jurisdiction of the Terri Schiavo case to a U.S. court. |
Jack Cluth: Mama, don't let your babies grow up to be Social Conservatives — Congress trumps Florida on Schiavo (Mpls. Orin Kerr: Sign that America Is Healthy and Strong: Here are the two lead stories up on CNN.com right now: [snipped quote] All... |
Accounts Added On to Social Security May Not Be Viable Sum By / LAT — Permalink The window already may be closing on the most likely compromise that could trigger an agreement between President Bush and Congress to restructure Social Security. And that narrowing opportunity increases the odds that the parties will carry this fight into the 2006 election and probably beyond. | |
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Ed Kilgore: But today the LA Times' Ron Brownstein rains pretty hard on add-ons as any sort of "face-saving" compromise. |
Dan Froomkin: Ronald Brownstein writes in the Los Angeles Times: "Bush's top goal in the debate is to divert part of the payroll tax into private investment accounts. |
High court rejects Moussaoui case By / CNN — Permalink (CNN) — The Supreme Court Monday rejected the appeal of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person publicly charged in the United States in connection with the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The justices announced their decision Monday after meeting privately Friday to discuss the case. | |
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Stephen Green: Fair Trial, Then Hang Him — You know it's a big case when the accused hasn't even been on trial, and already his... |
Jeff Goldstein: Supreme Court to Moussaoui: "You, sir, are s**t out of luck." From CNN: [snipped quote] Good. Shame we can't kill the bastard all four times. |
Liberals for death and oppression! American Thinker — Permalink Before the University of Colorado took a hard left turn, its faculty included some of the most brilliant minds in academia. Among them was Donald Baker, who taught at UC for 22 years as a Professor of English. | |
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Ed Driscoll: I think that this piece by Herb Meyer in The American Thinker has the right take: in many ways, the Schiavo case is the... |
Jonah Goldberg: TERRI AND ELIAN — An interesting comparison at the American Thinker. |
Congress OKs Schiavo bill By / Washington Times — Permalink Congress last night passed legislation aimed at saving the life of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman whose feeding tube was removed Friday, and President Bush was expected to immediately sign the measure. | |
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Ezra Klein: Over at the Stakeholder, Jesse Lee notes that, unlike Ginny Brown-Waite, a Republican who "burned up" the phones talking... |
Nick Gillespie: Wash Times account here. Reason's own Tim Cavanaugh weighed in on the reality of starving the incapacitated Schiavo to death here and Ron Bailey here. |
Bush Signs Bill That May Let Schiavo Live By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON — Terri Schiavo's parents won the chance to plea for their daughter's life in federal court with an extraordinary law passed in an emergency session of Congress that saw lawmakers choosing sides in an emotional family battle. | |
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Kriston @GrammarPolice: What President Bush said about the case as he signed an 11th hour legislative stay in the execution of Schiavo's... Michelle Malkin: THE LATEST ON TERRI SCHIAVO — President Bush signed emergency legislation that will allow Terri Schiavo's parents to... Baldilocks: One of these fine gentlemen is off-message; I wonder which one. (Thanks to The Anchoress) UPDATE: Terry gets to live. |
Daniel Drezner: I was paying zero attention to this until I read the AP story this morning. Captain Ed: UPDATE V: Bush signed the bill early this morning, and the Schindlers filed a lawsuit in federal court with a request for an emergency order restoring Terri's feeding tube. |
Congo's Desperate 'One-Dollar U.N. Girls' By / WaPo — Permalink BUNIA, Congo — She's known in the community as a "one-dollar U.N. girl." At night, she sleeps on the cracked pavement outside a storefront. In the mornings, she sashays through the dusty streets, clutching a frayed parasol against the blinding sun. | |
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Betsy Newmark: Emily Wax in the Washington Post has a powerful article about the sad fate of poor girls in the Congo. First they were raped by militias. Cori Dauber: And that's a shame because while it's a good thing to see this issue taken up by the Post, their story focuses almost... |
Captain Ed: Kofi's Dollar Girls — Today's Washington Post reviews the Congolese sex scandal that demonstrates the utter collapse of... |
USA Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow By / WaPo — Permalink Ken Paulson, the editor of USA Today, wanted to gauge reaction to a front-page feature on six heavyweights who will shape the future of Social Security. "Anybody hit us on the fact that there were six men and no gender diversity?" he asked. | |
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Garrett M. Graff: More Gridiron Follies — Howard Kurtz's column this morning has several worthwhile items, but the one that jumped out at... |
Brian Stelter: The show's ratings are "at its highest point in a decade..." > Former 'Capital Report' co-host Gloria Borger is... |
First, put aside GOP plan By / USA Today — Permalink In the current Social Security debate, only one political party is saying "no" and refusing to come to the table to address the long-term challenges facing Social Security: the Republican Party. | |
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Dale Franks: It's an interesting article, but I wasn't really gonna mention it today, until I saw Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's op/ed in today's USA Today. |
Betsy Newmark: Harry Reid has such a dishonest and disingenuous column in USA Today. |
24 Insurgents Die in Attack Near Baghdad By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 20 - Iraqi insurgents ambushed an American military convoy in daylight outside Baghdad on Sunday, igniting a battle that left 24 of the attackers dead and 7 wounded, American military officials said. | |
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Cori Dauber: First, the headline: "24 Insurgents Die in Attack Near Baghdad." It's a very, very small thing, but that's a quite passive phrasing. |
Ace: NYT: Insurgent Tet Offensive Shows the War Cannot Be Won 24 terrorists dead, seven wounded and captured. |
CORRECTIONS WaPo — Permalink A March 19 photo caption erroneously made reference to President Bush's inauguration last November. Bush was inaugurated for his second term on Jan. 20. A March 19 article incorrectly said Bono was among the pop musicians who took sides in last year's presidential election. | |
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Hindrocket: Our Skeptical Reporters — Yesterday's Washington Post included this rather embarrassing correction: "The March 18 Names... |
Michelle Malkin: To its credit, the Washington Post issued a correction today. |
Fiona Apple Is Cookin' on the Net By / Wired News — Permalink Songs from Fiona Apple's latest album are widely available on the internet and are being played on the radio, but much to the chagrin of fans, the album can't be bought for love or money. Apple apparently finished Extraordinary Machine in 2003 but it was never released by her record label, Epic Records. | |
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Jeff Jarvis: The star Bittorrent made : By now the story is everywhere: Fiona Apple's unreleased album is spreading all over the... |
Glenn Reynolds: FIONA APPLE HAS A HIT with an album that the record company refused to release. Thanks, BitTorrent! |
House Members Hold Sunday Night Session on Schiavo Bill By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, March 20 - The Senate approved legislation on Sunday that would allow a federal court to intervene in the case of Terri Schiavo, and House Republican leaders spearheaded an extraordinary Sunday night session to speed the measure to President Bush, who rushed back to Washington from his Texas ranch. | |
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James Joyner: Plenty of coverage of the odd details of this hasty process at WaPo, NYT, AP, and Fox. CBS legal analyst Michael Cohen dubs this "Trial by Legislation." Barbara O'Brien: Welcome to the Asylum — Congress meets on Palm Sunday; the President flies halfway across the country to sign a bill. |
Shawn @LiquidList: Religion: Life In The Zoo — What can one say about this Schiavo lunacy? It's unbelievable. |
Nonprofit Groups Question Motive for Federal Actions By / NYT — Permalink The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is locked in a standoff with the Internal Revenue Service, preferring to risk its tax exemption rather than hand over documents for an I.R.S. review that the civil rights group contends is politically motivated. | |
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Jesse Taylor: Now, let's look at this contrasting report from the Bush administration, circa 2005: "While it is rare for an... Orrin Judd: DISEXEMPT THEM: Nonprofit Groups Question Motive for Federal Actions (STEPHANIE STROM, 3/21/05, NY Times) [snipped quote] That seems like a sensible resolution. |
James Joyner: Nonprofits Question IRS Probes — Nonprofit Groups Question Motive for Federal Actions (NYT | rss) [snipped quote] To the... |
CNN LARRY KING LIVE CNN — Permalink THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. SHERIFF JEFF DAWSY, CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA: John Couey admitted to abducting Jessica and subsequently taking her life. | |
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Paul @Wizbang: In other Schiavo news... (I don't blog on the story for all the months its been in the news, then when I break my... |
Baldilocks: Slip of the Tongue? Larry King's interview with Michael Schiavo is quite revealing. "KING: Have you had any contact with the family today? |
Washington's Fiscal Meltdown NYT — Permalink Before leaving town for a two-week spring break, Congress indulged in its own form of March Madness. The Republican majority in the House and the Senate passed budget blueprints for 2006 that slash domestic spending by upwards of $150 billion over the next five years. | |
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Norbizness: (7) To quote Corky St. Clair in Waiting for Guffman: "So what I'm understanding here, correct me if I'm wrong, is that... |
CalculatedRisk: I suggest reading the NY Times Editorial, "Washington's Fiscal Meltdown", but here is the short version: More tax cuts for the wealthy and ever larger budget deficits. |
Social Security as Dramamine By / NYT — Permalink JUDGING by the polls, President Bush's plan to transform Social Security from an insurance program that guarantees a minimum income into something more closely resembling a 401(k) investment program isn't going very well. | |
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Dan Froomkin: Daniel Gross writes in the New York Times: "As we learn more about income volatility in the information age, some... Ruy Teixeira: Here are some excerpts from an excellent article by Daniel Gross in the Sunday New York Times summarizing relevant... |
Brad DeLong: He gets bonus points by citing the extremely smart and thoughtful Raj Chetty: The New York Times > Business > Your... Stirling Newberry: It is not your imagination, daniel Gross is making sense again — Moneybox editor with slate points out why people don't like risky stock plans for social security. |
'One huge US jail' Guardian — Permalink Kabul was a grim, monastic place in the days of the Taliban; today it's a chaotic gathering point for every kind of prospector and carpetbagger. Foreign bidders vying for billions of dollars of telecoms, irrigation and construction contracts have sparked a... | |
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Norm Geras: Relatedly: the liberties and protections we have are therefore precious, not to be taken for granted; and so it is right... |
Jeralyn Merritt: U.S. Prison Policy in Afghanistan — The Guardian has a new report on the abysmal state of U.S. prison policy in... |
Why Filibusters Should Be Allowed By / WaPo — Permalink With Republicans inclined to change Senate rules to make filibusters of judicial nominees impossible, Democrats have recklessly given Republicans an additional incentive to do so. It is a redundant incentive, because Republicans think — mistakenly — that they have sufficient constitutional reasons for doing so. | |
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Gary Farber: Another knee-jerk liberal explains "Why Filibusters Should Be Allowed": [snipped quote] I really wish the Mainstream... Shannen Coffin: FILIBUSTERS — "Deacon" over at Powerline had this terrific post yesterday on George Will's filibuster piece: "George... |
Deacon: George Will on the filibusters — George Will argues that the filibusters of President Bush's judicial nominees should be allowed. Ramesh Ponnuru: "WHY FILIBUSTERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED" — That's the title of George Will's latest column. |
Crying Wolfowitz By / Weekly Standard — Permalink ON MARCH 2, 2005, Al Kamen, who writes the scoop-heavy "Inside the Loop" column in the Washington Post, addressed the "rumors" and "news reports" that Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz would soon be put forward by George W. Bush as president of the World Bank. | |
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Harry @HarrysPlace: So, what are the neo-cons saying about Wolfie's nomination for the World Bank job? Find out at the Weekly Standard. Orrin Judd: TOO STRAIGHTFORWARD TO BE UNDERSTOOD: Crying Wolfowitz: The inordinate fear of Bush's choice for the World Bank. |
The Big Trunk: Here are two pungent paragraphs: [snipped quote] See also the article in the new issue of the Weekly Standard by Stephen Hayes: "Crying Wolfowitz." |
On Iraq's Street of Fear, the Tide May Be Turning By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq - Nearly two years after American troops captured Baghdad, Haifa Street is like an arrow at the city's heart. A little more than two miles long, it runs south through a canyon of mostly abandoned high-rises and majestic date palms almost to the... | |
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Michelle Malkin: IRAQI INSURGENCY IS FADING — There are strong indications that the Iraqi insurgency is weakening. (Hat tip: Belmont Club.) |
Orrin Judd: THEIR FIGHT NOW: On Iraq's Street of Fear, the Tide May Be Turning (JOHN F. BURNS, 3/21/05, NY Times) "Nearly two years... |
The Eternal Optimist Time — Permalink It seemed as if the campaign had never ended. There was John Kerry standing on a chair in a blue neighborhood of Atlanta, in the Democrat-friendly tavern Manuel's, speaking to 100 folks, many of them wearing Kerry-Edwards T shirts. | |
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McQ: UPDATE: And who hopes to be the DNC's choice in '08? The same guy who lost it for them in '04. "It seemed as if the campaign had never ended. Orrin Judd: IN MUCH THE SAME WAY WILLIAM CHESTER MINOR WAS AN OPTIMIST: The Eternal Optimist: John Kerry is on the road again,... |
Kevin Roderick: Campaign three dots: Time magazine says to expect a John Kerry endorsement for Villaraigosa...No Orlov column on the... Taegan Goddard: Still Running — Time magazine has the next in a coming wave of John Kerry is still running stories. |
Iraq, Jordan Pull Envoys in Security Spat By / AP — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq Mar 21, 2005 — Iraq and Jordan engaged in a tit-for-tat withdrawal of ambassadors Sunday in a growing dispute over Shiite Muslim claims that Jordan is failing to block terrorists from entering Iraq, while U.S. forces killed 24 insurgents in a clash south of Baghdad. | |
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Juan Cole: Indeed, the diplomatic tiff between the new Iraqi government and Jordan, in which both sides have recalled their... |
Andrew Olmsted: THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE Iraq and Jordan withdrew their respective ambassadors over reports that Jordan is failing to prevent the infiltration of suicide bombers into Iraq. |
Spreading the message By / Toronto Star — Permalink "Keep it simple" is the key to the White House, failed Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean told members of his party from around the world last night. | |
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McQ: This and that with Howard Dean — Howard Dean was in Toronto to meet with "Democrats Abroad" and to explain the DNC's new strategy. Clayton Cramer: The argument for starving Terri Schiavo to death is that she is "brain-dead" (to hear some characterize her condition), and then Howard Dean gives a speech: [snipped quote] Yup! Scott Sala: DNC Chair Howard Deans - on the historic night of Congressional action for Terri Schiavo - calls Republicans "brain dead." |
Eugene Volokh: Howard Dean's View: The Toronto Star reports (and I have no reason to doubt the accuracy of the report, though I... Hindrocket: I Think We've Heard This Before — It's deja vu time; the Toronto Star reports that Howard Dean, in Toronto for the... Charles Johnson: In Canada, Dean Calls Republicans "Brain-Dead" — Yesterday DNC chairman Howard "Screamin'" Dean went to Toronto and... |
| Also: Paul @Wizbang, Steve Bainbridge, Betsy Newmark, Pejman Yousefzadeh, Roger L. Simon, Orrin Judd, Cliff May | |
Congress Steps In on Schiavo Case WaPo — Permalink Congressional leaders tried again after being rebuffed by a determined Florida judge and agreed yesterday to pass a compromise that they said would require doctors to restore sustenance to Terri Schiavo for the third time in four years. | |
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Mark Kleiman: 3. Query: Is there a copy of the outrageous Senate Republican talking points around somewhere? Sam Rosenfeld: (He said this after first helpfully suggesting that the leaked strategy memo distributed to GOP senators last week might... Angry Bear: AB UPDATE: And of course there's this, which was first spotted by No More Mr. Nice Blog and eventually made its way to... |
Hindrocket: Here is how the Post describes the memo: [snipped quote] This memo, obviously, ties in with the Democrats' talking point... Scott Rosenberg: (See the GOP talking points on the issue if you really want to retch.) Ed Kilgore: Well, here's the explanation Republican Senators were given, in the form of a (hate to profane the term) talking points... |
| Also: Taegan Goddard, Steve M., Tom @Corrente | |
Baby born with fatal defect dies after removal from life support By / Houston Chronicle — Permalink The baby wore a cute blue outfit with a teddy bear covering his bottom. The 17-pound, 6-month-old boy wiggled with eyes open and smacked his lips, according to his mother. Then at 2 p.m. today, a medical staffer at Texas Children's Hospital gently removed the breathing tube that had kept Sun Hudson alive since his Sept. 25 birth. | |
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Mark Kleiman: Schiavo, Hudson, and Nikolouzos — Sun Hudson, a six-month-old boy with a fatal congenital disease, died Thursday after... Hilzoy @ObsidianWings: Pulling The Plug In Texas — In the wake of the Terri Schiavo story, liberal bloggers have noticed that there are other... Michelle Malkin: THE LEFT'S BOGUS SCHIAVO MEME — Lefty blogs are making hay out of two other tragic end-of-life cases in Texas (see here... |
Dan Froomkin: Leigh Hopper writes in the Houston Chronicle: "The baby wore a cute blue outfit with a teddy bear covering his bottom. Michele Catalano: I mentioned yesterday the case of Sun Hudson. "The child was apparently certain to die, but was conscious. Tbogg: We're dancing for Dear Leader as fast as we can — Kathryn Jean Lopez, who apparently stayed up all weekend making sure... |
| Also: Jerome Armstrong, Angry Bear, Clayton Cramer, Matthew Yglesias, K. J. Lopez | |
Trial By Legislation CBS News — Permalink (CBS) Attorney Andrew Cohen analyzes legal issues for CBS News and CBSNews.com. After lurking as a local and regional issues for years, the Terri Schiavo case suddenly has mushroomed into a grand constitutional showdown with national implications. | |
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Sam Rosenfeld: But more importantly, the liberal critique of how Republicans have handled this issue has less to do with "federalism"... Jerome Armstrong: Again, for 'what's this about' and 'what's next' read Andrew Cohen, Trial By Legislation. Misc :: Sun Mar 20th, 2005 at 11:47:23 PM EST :: 76 Comments Jo Fish: Terry Schiavo — Having followed, but not not commented on the sad case of Terry Schiavo, I read a column by a legal analyst at CBS, Andrew Cohen. |
James Joyner: CBS legal analyst Michael Cohen dubs this "Trial by Legislation." Atrios: Trial By Legislation — This is what they're up to: QUESTION: So the years of state-court litigation would be wiped off the map, as if it never took place? Larre @LeftCoaster: Andrew Cohen, CBS Court Watch" Andrew Cohen's Q-and-A legal analysis of the coming federal court fight over the... |
| Also: Lambert @Corrente, Billmon | |
L.A. Is a Den of Iranian Intrigue and Ambition LAT — Permalink U.S. agents tap an incongruous mix of exiles for intelligence on Tehran. The jockeying for influence is intense, as is the skepticism. Roozbeh Farahanipour was jailed and beaten during student protests in Iran in 1999. | |
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WoW Team Monday: A look at "Irangeles". Iranian Kurdish rebels in Iraq are sending about 15 recruits a month into Iran to conduct clandestine activities after being trained. Laura Rozen: Yesterday the LA Times reported on Los Angeles, with its huge Iranian diaspora, as a center of Iranian intelligence intrigue. |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: IRANGELES AND THE STRUGGLE FOR INFLUENCE — This is a long but interesting article about the Iranian exile community in... Phillip Carter: Sunday's Los Angeles Times has a fascinating piece below-the-fold about the Iranian diaspora community in Los Angeles... |
Senate passes Schiavo bill CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Senate unanimously passed legislation Sunday aimed at prolonging the life of Terri Schiavo, whose feeding tube was removed Friday under court order. | |
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Orin Kerr: The Constitutional Merits of the Schiavo Case: It looks like Congress has taken what I think is the unprecedented and... Lambert @Corrente: CNN: "Members of Congress said Saturday they had agreed on a compromise bill that was limited to the Schiavo case rather than a broader bill that Republicans wanted." Ezra Klein: Unanimous? I'm going to quote the Rude Pundit in full on this one: [snipped quote] Welcome to the circus. |
Joe Gandelman: Even as we write this we get news that the Senate has OKed legislation to help prolong the life of this ill-fated woman... Gene @HarrysPlace: Sensing an opportunity to strengthen support among "right-to-lifers," Republicans in Congress are planning to return to... |
45 killed in insurgent attacks NEWS.com.au — Permalink AT least 45 people have been killed in insurgent attacks across Iraq as Washington defended its decision to go to war on the second anniversary of the US-led invasion. Twenty-four Iraqi insurgents were killed and six coalition soldiers wounded in a firefight in a Baghdad suburb overnight, the US military said. | |
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Arthur Chrenkoff: Burying the better news — Aren't you glad that you read more than the headline "45 killed in insurgent attacks" or... Michelle Malkin: And before anyone e-mails me this article titled "45 killed in insurgent attacks," read this post at Chrenkoff. |
James Joyner: 45 Killed in Insurgent Attacks - Mostly Insurgents — Arthur Chrenkoff catches AFP in a whopper of a misleading... |
He Wrote, She Wrote By / WaPo — Permalink When the New York Times anointed Maureen Dowd as a columnist nine years ago, I gave her some terrible advice. I said, "You've got to write boy stuff. The future of NATO, campaign spending reform. Throw weights. Otherwise, they won't take you seriously." | |
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Avedon Carol: Political collision — Michael Kinsley: As the guy in charge of opinion at the L.A. Times, I have endured some... Kevin Roderick: In the Washington Post version of the same column, Kinsley paid Dowd (who has a love-her or loathe-her relationship with... Radley Balko: Op-Ed Diversity — Michael Kinsley today weights in on the diversity on the op-ed page argument, and makes some valid points. |
John Hawkins: After being savaged by frothing at the mouth feminist Susan Estrich, Michael Kinsley was apparently intimidated enough... Cliff May: And of course, there are world leaders who routinely have translations of Dowd's columns waiting on their desks in the morning. Jesse Taylor: Quick Hits — The Ring Two? Shoulda kept it at one. Duh. Michael Kinsley: when good men try way, way too hard. |
| Also: Kevin Drum | |
Experts Say Ending Feeding Can Lead to a Gentle Death By / NYT — Permalink To many people, death by removing a feeding tube brings to mind the agony of starvation. But medical experts say that the process of dying that begins when food and fluids cease is relatively straightforward, and can cause little discomfort. | |
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The Big Trunk: Sign of the Times — Jonathan Last of the Daily Standard and Galley Slaves takes a close look at yesterday's New York... Tom Maguire: Here, to round out the merriment, is a Times Comedy Classic inspired by Terry Schiavo: [snipped quote] Thank heaven for experts! K. J. Lopez: IF YOU'RE SICK OF READING "GENTLE DEATH" OF TERRI SCHIAVO STORIES like this one in the NYTimes, read Andy McCarthy's new prosecute the torturers piece, just up, here. |
Roger L. Simon: But then I read this New York Times article - Experts Say Ending Feeding Can Lead to a Gentle Death Why is it I feel... Michelle Malkin: And Newsmax points out that the New York Times —erstwhile opponent of torture—is pooh-poohing death by starvation (the... |
Girl Problems in Op-Ed Land By / LAT — Permalink When the New York Times anointed Maureen Dowd as a columnist nine years ago, I gave her some terrible advice. I said, "You've got to write boy stuff. The future of NATO. Campaign spending reform. Throw weights. Otherwise, they won't take you seriously." | |
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Jim Romenesko: Dowd ignored the "terrible" advice she got from Kinsley — Los Angeles Times | L.A. Observed Michael Kinsley told... Radley Balko: Kinsley's column appears in the Los Angeles Times, where he's an editor. The same column appears in the Washington Post. |
Kevin Roderick: Dowd gets the East Coast discount — In his Times column in Sunday Opinion, Michael Kinsley paid a nice compliment to... |
House Delays Vote on Schiavo's Fate Fox News — Permalink WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives convened Sunday afternoon to vote on the fate of brain-damaged patient Terri Schiavo (search), but quickly recessed after it became clear that the bill to push Schiavo's case into a federal court would have to face congressional debate. | |
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Paul @Wizbang: Just look at the lengths they will go to kill this woman: Senate Passes Bill to Help Schiavo WASHINGTON- "- With the... |
Ace: Democrats Block Save-Terri Bill — She'll have to wait until Monday morning before any possibility of food. |
Why Germany can't create jobs By / Christian Science Monitor — Permalink BERLIN - In a sputtering economy, Niles Werke shows how to get the German locomotive running again. The century-old machine-tool company is at the top of its field. Sales are expected to rise by 10 percent this year. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: THE GERMAN JOB MACHINE — It worketh not: [snipped quote] I suppose that we shouldn't be too impatient with the German economy; recessions take time to escape, after all. Orrin Judd: PRIMARY COLORS: Why Germany can't create jobs: European Union leaders meet Tuesday in Brussels in a bid to revive Europe's stagnant economy. |
Greg Ransom: GERMANY'S employment problem. What to do? |
In Schiavo Feeding-Tube Case, Notoriety Finds Unlikely Judge By / NYT — Permalink MIAMI, March 16 - For most of his career, Judge George W. Greer presided over mundane local disputes that drew little notice outside Pinellas County or even his courtroom. People who know him say he considers himself a "compassionate conservative," a man whose religious faith is as dear to him as his reputation as a legal scholar. | |
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Chris Nolan: At its core this is a case of judge-shopping. The Southern Baptist Florida judge who ruled that Terri Schiavo's feeding tube should be removed isn't following the party line. |
Mark Kleiman: Just asking — Tell the truth, now: When you consider the solidity of the medical evidence supporting the decision to... |
Annan Drafts Changes For U.N. By / WaPo — Permalink UNITED NATIONS, March 19 — Secretary General Kofi Annan on Monday will propose establishing new rules for the use of military force, adopting a tough anti-terrorism treaty that would punish suicide bombers, and overhauling the United Nation's discredited human rights commission, according to a confidential draft of a report on U.N. reform. | |
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The Big Trunk: In his Best of the Web Today column at OpinionJournal, James Taranto writes links to a Washington Post article under the... Pejman Yousefzadeh: FORTHCOMING U.N. REFORMS — We will see how faithfully the reforms discussed here are implemented, but it is a good sign... |
John Hawkins: Annan: Suicide Bombers Deserve Prison — Satire By Scott Ott — In his first major move against world terrorism, United... |
Republicans fear midterm losses By / Chicago Sun Times — Permalink Analysts at the Republican National Committee have sent this warning to the House of Representatives: The party is in danger of losing 25 seats in the 2006 election and, therefore, of losing control of the House for the first time since the 1994 election. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Columnist Robert Novak — is he the ultimate insider columnist or the ultimate device to deliver a trial balloon or... Hunter @DailyKos: Robert Novak says: [snipped quote] Novak may be Satan's Poolboy, but he is well connected inside the Republican Party (as the Plame case makes abundantly clear.) |
Chris Lawrence: Chicago Sun-Times columnist Bob Novak, who for reasons inexplicable to me is still walking the streets of this great... Taegan Goddard: Republicans Fear Midterm Losses — Robert Novak says Republican National Committee analysts "have sent this warning to... |
House GOP Fails to OK Schiavo Legislation By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - House Republicans, seeing Congress as a last hope for brain-damaged Terri Schiavo, failed during an extraordinary Palm Sunday session to pass legislation aimed at prolonging the Florida woman's life. | |
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Joe Gandelman: The House had balked due to Democrats, so the Senate went ahead — short-circuiting the House: "The plan had been... Captain Ed: Democrats Block Voice Vote In House — House Democrats blocked attempts to hold an approval by acclamation of the... |
Steve M.: From an AP story today we learn that, with regard to the GOP bill to transfer control of the case to federal courts, The... |
Schiavo Kin Wants Feeding Tube Reinserted By / AP — Permalink PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - Hanging their hopes on a last-minute compromise in Congress, Terri Schiavo's parents notified her hospice to prepare to have her feeding tube reinserted on Sunday, her third day without food or water. | |
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Norbizness: From today's stupid news: But Mary Schindler pleaded for parents nationwide to call their congressional representatives... Scott Sala: House Democrats blocked a voice vote Hat tip GOP Bloggers. |
Paul @Wizbang: Schiavo Kin Wants Feeding Tube Reinserted PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - Hanging their hopes on a last-minute compromise in... |
Iraq, Tony and the truth BBC — Permalink Tony Blair once said: "Most people who have dealt with me, think I'm a pretty straight sort of guy and I am." And he insists he played it straight over taking Britain to war with Iraq. "No one lied. | |
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Brownie @HarrysPlace: Tonight, however, the BBC broadcast a Panorama program that hit a new low in what was nothing more than a character... |
Cookie Jill: b(ush)..b(lair)...c(onund rum) [snipped quote] "on the second anniversary of the iraq war, panorama reveals how several of... |
Behind Lebanon Upheaval, 2 Men's Fateful Clash By / NYT — Permalink BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 19 - On an unseasonably mild day last August, a small group of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's closest political allies could tell from his flushed face and subdued manner that something awful had happened in the Syrian capital of Damascus, where he had been summoned to a meeting with President Bashar al-Assad. | |
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Cori Dauber: The result is a narrative that's cohesive, clear, fascinating, that illuminates the events of the last few weeks in a... Gary Farber: Useful and dramatic account of the clashes of the last months of Rafik Hariri, and how Syria used President Émile Lahoud as their tool. |
Rich Lowry: "I WILL BREAK LEBANON" — Excellent New York Times piece on the background to the Hariri assassination. Pejman Yousefzadeh: "I WILL BREAK LEBANON" — For those still wondering what Syrian intentions are in Lebanon, this report serves as an immensely useful guide: [snipped quote] Tyranny ain't subtle. |
Congress Gives Parents a Voice in Schiavo Case By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — With the clock running down on how much longer Terri Schiavo can remain alive, congressional leaders Saturday announced an unprecedented agreement that would allow Schiavo's parents to petition the federal courts to have a feeding tube replaced for their brain-damaged daughter. | |
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Nico @ThinkProgress: DeLay Makes Late Jump to Schiavo Bandwagon — Scandal-plagued House leader Tom DeLay has been a constant fixture of the... Atrios: Another Scary Precedent — One element of this Schiavo circus that hasn't yet gotten a lot of attention is the fact that... Billmon: Infectious Disease — [snipped quote] rabiddog.jpg |
S.Z.: That quote, of course, is Tom DeLay talking about Michael Schiavo. Here's is a photo of Houston resident Wanda Hudson. Steve Bainbridge: (One, two, three.) (And I'm not even counting the related one that basically asked why the Pope won't hurry up and die.) |
U.S. misled allies about nuclear export By / MSNBC — Permalink In an effort to increase pressure on North Korea, the Bush administration told its Asian allies in briefings earlier this year that Pyongyang had exported nuclear material to Libya. That was a significant new charge, the first allegation that North Korea was helping to create a new nuclear weapons state. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: Via Laura Rozen, Dafna Linzer reports that "In an effort to increase pressure on North Korea, the Bush administration... Tim Dunlop: An intervention for the Bush intoxicated — I know it's hard to believe that the Bush administration would lie about... |
Laura Rozen: Check out the latest bombshell from the WaPo's Dafna Linzer. |
Congress Ready to Approve Bill in Schiavo Case NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, March 19 - Congressional leaders reached a compromise Saturday on legislation to force the case of Terri Schiavo into federal court, an extraordinary intervention intended to prolong the life of the brain-damaged woman whose condition has reignited a painful national debate over when medical treatment should be withdrawn. | |
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Dr. Steven Taylor: Congress Intervenes in Schiavo Case — Via the NYT: Congress Ready to Approve Bill in Schiavo Case |
Steve M.: Congressional leaders reached a compromise Saturday on legislation to force the case of Terri Schiavo into federal... |
Toward a Unified Theory of Black America By / NYT — Permalink Roland G. Fryer Jr. is 27 years old and he is an assistant professor of economics at Harvard and he is black. Yes, 27 is young to be any kind of professor anywhere. But after what might charitably be called a slow start in the scholarly life, Fryer has been in a big hurry to catch up. | |
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Vanderleun: "— Toward a Unified Theory of Black America" Orrin Judd: RIGOR VS. RACIALISM: Toward a Unified Theory of Black America (STEPHEN J. DUBNER , 3/20/05, NY Times Magazine) "Roland... |
Tyler Cowen: In a rush, I offer you today's New York Times article on Roland Fryer, the 27-year-old African-American Harvard economist who is studying race. |
Bush Returning to Washington Over Schiavo By / AP — Permalink CRAWFORD, Texas Mar 19, 2005 — President Bush is changing his schedule to return to the White House on Sunday to be in place to sign emergency legislation that would shift the case of a brain-damaged Florida woman to federal courts, the White House said Saturday. | |
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Michael J. Totten: George W. Bush is even mucking around with his schedule in order to sign legislation as quickly as possible. James Joyner: Bush Returning to Washington Over Schiavo — President Bush is flying halfway across the country to sign an emergency... Captain Ed: Bush Coming Back To DC For Terri — President Bush has changed his schedule to return from his Crawford, TX ranch to... |
Barbara O'Brien: As George Bush returns to Washington so he can get his picture taken signing an emergency bill to "save" Terri... Joe Gandelman: Now there's a new development which brings Congress, the President and the courts into the case even more: [snipped quote] But I'm puzzled. Tim Cavanaugh: President Bush is zipping back to Washington to sign the compromise bill that will allow Terri Schiavo's case (and, I'm... |
| Also: Scott Sala | |
When Cute Deer Go Bad NYT — Permalink Forgive us if you are among the millions of gardeners, farmers, bird-watchers, drivers, fence builders, claims adjusters, body-shop operators, roadkill scrapers, 911 dispatchers, physical therapists and chiropractors who know this already. White-tailed deer are a plague. | |
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Tom Maguire: And on Sunday, they dropped the last pretense of compassion and called for the execution of both Bambi and his mother. |
John Cole: Heartless SOB's — I never thought I would see this day, but the NY Times has come out against Bambi: [snipped quote] Heh. |
My Students, Reveling in the Cedar Revolution By / WaPo — Permalink The public minibuses that traverse Lebanon's mountains and coastline share many of the elements of a good speakeasy — close quarters, unobtrusive music and instant camaraderie, in this case created by hairpin turns. So conversation between strangers comes as naturally as the nausea. | |
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Betsy Newmark: This American teacher in Beirut has a fascinating look at how her students are reacting to the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon. |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: No: "The public minibuses that traverse Lebanon's mountains and coastline share many of the elements of a good... |
Right to Life backed law that irks wife By / Houston Chronicle — Permalink Jannette Nikolouzos is angry with the Texas law that allows St. Luke's Hospital to unhook her husband from life support tomorrow. "I'm so ashamed of my state that it executes civilians without criminal history," she told reporter Todd Ackerman. | |
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Mark Kleiman: And it seems to me that the Right-to-Lifers ought to agree, though apparently anti-abortion groups had no problem with it when Gov. George W. Bush signed the Texas Futile Care Law. |
James Joyner: Meanwhile, patients in Texas in much better shape than Schiavo are being removed from life support against the wishes of... |
Congress to meet Sunday on Schiavo bill CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — Members of Congress said Saturday that they have agreed on a compromise, bipartisan bill aimed at saving the life of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman whose feeding tube was disconnected Friday by order of a Florida court. | |
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Jack Cluth: Jumping in for all the wrong reasons — Meet My New Hero: Sen. Mike Enzi House to hold special session on Schiavo I'm... |
Talking Dog: This is where we are, when people whom I have made it the point of this blog to oppose politically get together to do... |