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Joseph Ratzinger Chosen as New Pope WaPo — Permalink VATICAN CITY, April 19 — Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church elected Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany Tuesday as the new pope to succeed John Paul II, and announced he will take the name of Benedict XVI. | |
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Dale Franks: Notice how the Washington Post puts it, though: "As a cardinal, Ratzinger, a close associate of John Paul and dean of... LeanLeft: Bad Days Ahead, Maybe a Tarnished Silver Lining — Filed under: General Politics Legal Issues Church & State Religion Culture Health — KTK They elected another Pope. Michael Bérubé: Ratzinger selected as new pope; promises to end "reign of tolerance" — VATICAN CITY, April 19—Cardinals of the Roman... |
Avedon Carol: (Here's the WaPo version.) Lean Left really isn't taking this well. Max B. Sawicky: RATZINGER — Oh great. Pope Wingnut the First. Joseph Britt: It's Ratzinger — I have to admit to being a little surprised at the choice of Germany's Cardinal Ratzinger to be the next Pope, called Benedict XVI. |
| Also: Smash, Joe Gandelman, Jan Haugland, Michelle Malkin, James Joyner, Orrin Judd, Aaron @LiquidList, Dean Esmay, Micah L. Sifry, K. J. Lopez | |
Germany's Cardinal Ratzinger Elected Pope By / AP — Permalink VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, the Roman Catholic Church's leading hard-liner, was elected pope Tuesday in the first conclave of the new millennium. He chose the name Benedict XVI and called himself "a simple, humble worker." | |
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Bill Hobbs: Meet the New Pope cokeribbon.gifThere was Pope Classic. Now there is New Pope. I'm not Catholic, nor do I believe the papal system has any basis in the Bible. Smash: We Have a Pope — WHITE SMOKE billowed out from a stovepipe on the roof of the Sistine Chapel and bells pealed across... Jeralyn Merritt: Cathedral Bells Ringing: New Pope is Chosen — Bump and Update: We were right - the church bells did mean a new pope has been elected. |
Pudentilla: habent papam — [snipped quote] 117 men - who deny the equal dignity of women and gays (but surely have a soft spot for... Steve Bainbridge: In any case, the media are already speculating as to the signal the new Holy Father intended to send by his choice of names; e.g., ABC: [snipped quote] I must rush off to class. Steve Dillard: Germany's Cardinal Ratzinger Elected Pope: Color the fedster ecstatic. If you want to know why, just read these three posts by Andrew Sullivan (here, here, and here). |
| Also: Chris Bowers, Edward _ | |
Thousands Cheer in St. Peter's Square as New Leader Emerges NYT — Permalink VATICAN CITY, April 19 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected pope today, taking the name Benedict XVI, then telling a wildly cheering crowd from a balcony on St. Peter's Basilica, "I entrust myself to your prayers." | |
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Dale Franks: The New York Times couldn't even get past the fourth paragraph in their story on his election without saying: "As the... Robert Tagorda: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Becomes Pope Benedict XVI — "God's Rottweiler" arises from the white smoke: Thousands Cheer... Lindsay Beyerstein: Pope Ratz — Jo-mentum propelled Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to Papacy 265. His pope name will be Benedict—but he'll always be Pope Ratz to me. |
Susanna Cornett: Love the one you're with — The Roman Catholic Church has a new leader, Cardinal John Ratzinger of Germany, now Pope Benedict XVI. Dan Gillmor: Presiding Over Decline — [snipped quote] I suspect he'll get what he wishes for... Steve M.: John Paul's Dick Cheney was just elected Pope. So the church will remain right-wing. Gee — imagine my amazement. |
| Also: Kieran Healy | |
DeLay Slams Supreme Court Justice By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader Tom DeLay intensified his criticism of the federal courts on Tuesday, singling out Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's work from the bench as "incredibly outrageous" because he has relied on international law and done research on the Internet. | |
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Steve @BeggingToDiffer: Today, Tom DeLay revealed himself to be profoundly ignorant of the judicial system he decries. Indeed, he seems ignorant of modern life. Jeralyn Merritt: Today, he went after Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy: [snipped quote] Words of advice for DeLay: Zip it. Orin Kerr: This via Drudge: [snipped quote] According to the story, DeLay said the following: [snipped quote] What's next? |
JoelF @SouthernAppeal: Attention Tom Delay: Just Shut Up! He's shooting his mouth off about judges again, this time I think quite unfairly. Atrios: First We Kill All the Internets — Delay on Justice Kennedy: "Absolutely. |
German cardinal elected new pope CNN — Permalink VATICAN CITY (CNN) — Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany has been selected by the Roman Catholic Church as the new pope. Ratzinger, who took the name Benedict XVI, appeared on the balcony of the Vatican Basilica to greet the people and deliver his first papal blessing. | |
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Captain Ed: Ratzinger Transforms To Benedict XVI — The conclave of cardinals at the Vatican has determined the successor to John... Giblets: POPEQUEST: Giblets Triumphant! So soon, victory! Giblets will be emerging momentarily with Pope Hat triumphant! Joe Gandelman: WHITE SMOKE RISES AND BELLS RING: A NEW POPE — CNN reports that a decision has been made: [snipped quote] We'll have more as more details become known. |
Frederick Maryland: Upon hearing today's news that ... "Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany has been selected by the Roman Catholic church... Norbizness: His Holiness, Pope Penis-Thumb the First — Don't make me use the iron claw, Monsignor Renfield! (official photo... Kehaar: My guess for the new name is "Pope Bob" — CNN.com - White smoke, bells signal selection of new pope - Apr 19, 2005 New Pope! |
Cardinal Ratzinger's Challenge By / WaPo — Permalink ROME — The words broke like a thunderclap inside St. Peter's Basilica. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, addressing the world's cardinals just hours before they sequestered themselves Monday to choose the next leader of the world's 1 billion Catholics, decided to define this conclave. | |
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Ezra Klein: Update: EJ Dionne has some thoughts, Andy Sullivan is markedly unhappy, The Corner is typing so fast that the magazine... Hugh Hewitt: Never Engage, Never Explain, Always Avoid and Obscure: The Intellectual Collapse of the Left — Three things: E.J... Sam Rosenfeld: Not too much to add on the new pope, but readers who haven't already should read E.J. Dionne's miraculously timed column... |
Michelle Malkin: Betcha didn't know there were so many! More: E.J. Dionne in today's Washington Post on Cardinal Ratzinger's challenge. Stanley Kurtz: The problem here strikes me as closely related to a statement by Cardinal Ratzinger, quoted today by E. J. Dionne. Stuart Buck: (See here and here; E.J. Dionne flirts with the term here.) How utterly bizarre. |
| Also: Orrin Judd, Betsy Newmark | |
Senate Panel Delays Vote on Bolton to U.N. By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - John R. Bolton's nomination as U.N. ambassador suffered an unexpected setback Tuesday when a Republican-controlled Senate committee scrapped plans for a vote in favor of a fresh look at allegations of unbecoming conduct. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: TAWDRY — If the allegations about John Bolton are true, then I can certainly understand delaying the vote on his nomination. Steve Soto: In a surprising turnaround just now, and after committee chairman Dick Lugar thought he had the votes to push John... |
John @PowerLine: Senate Slanderfest to Continue — This is bad news: Senator George Voinovich broke ranks today, along with Chuck Hagel,... |
The China Mess NRO — Permalink What are we thinking? There's a lot of bad political and economic blood developing between China and Japan, and China and the U.S. None of it is going to lead to any good. Anti-Japanese demonstrations have broken out in Shanghai and Hong Kong, with Chinese authorities looking on with winks and nods. | |
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Jan Haugland: The mess in China — Larry Kudlow is deeply worried about the current China-Japan conflict, as we all should be. Glenn Reynolds: LARRY KUDLOW says that China is a "mess," with no end in sight. Meanwhile, Joe Katzman rounds up all sorts of interesting information on the situation. |
Steve Antler: Gotta love him: Anti-Japanese demonstrations have broken out in Shanghai and Hong Kong, with Chinese authorities looking on with winks and nods. Larry Kudlow: New NRO Column — Check out my new NRO column: The China Mess What are we thinking? Read the rest here. |
Pharmacies Balk on After-Sex Pill and Widen Fight in Many States NYT — Permalink CHICAGO, April 18 - As a fourth-generation pharmacist whose drugstore still sits on the courthouse square of his conservative small town downstate, State Senator Frank Watson knew exactly what side to take when Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich ordered pharmacies to... | |
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Fontana Labs: Working on the sex pharm — Jesse of Pandagon has a rather dismissive note on pharmicists refusing to dispense what the... TheAnchoress: Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich has ordered that pharmicists must fill the orders regardless of their personal feelings. Riggsveda @Corrente: Big story in the NYTimes on the Conscience Claws: "In some states, legislators are pushing laws that would explicitly... |
John Cole: This is one: "A fourth-generation pharmacist whose drugstore still sits on the courthouse square of his conservative... Chris Mooney: Plan B, Abortion, and Divine Creation — I am getting really sick of these stories about self-important pharmacists... Lindsay Beyerstein: Credulity clauses — Pharmacies Balk on After-Sex Pill and Widen Fight in Many States [NYT permalink] The so-called... |
| Also: Tom Maguire | |
Choice and Its Enemies By / TCS — Permalink H.L. Mencken famously defined Puritanism as "the haunting fear that someone somewhere may be happy." Being a libertarian-conservative means being possessed of the haunting fear that someone somewhere is itching to play busybody on a level one might have once thought was inconceivable. | |
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Susanna Cornett: My kind of pro-choice — Pejman Yousefzadeh explores the new "libertarian paternalism" and isn't very impressed. Me either. Roger L. Simon: UPDATE: It's worth reading another excellent article — this one by Pejman Yousefzadeh (via Glenn) — for clues to the direct-connect between Canada/UN paternalism and corruption. Glenn Reynolds: PEJMAN YOUSEFZADEH is unabashedly pro-choice. |
Steve Antler: UPDATE: Pejman has some thoughts about this as well. UPDATE II: You have to know a little bit about life on the other side of the counter to understand all this. Pejman Yousefzadeh: MY TECH CENTRAL STATION COLUMN IS UP — In defense of choice. Many thanks to Steve Antler, Roger Simon and Glenn Reynolds for having already linked to it. |
Woe Canada By / NYT — Permalink I LOVE Canada: It's so clean! "Visiting Americans may be about to lose their favorite cliché about their chilly neighbor. Over the past few weeks, a judicial inquiry in Montreal has heard charges that Canada's governing Liberal Party was running a... | |
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Roger L. Simon: The Politics of Patronage — David Frum's superb column on Canada this morning makes our neighbor to the North sound suspiciously like the UN. Orrin Judd: DEMOCRAT DREAMS: Woe Canada (DAVID FRUM, 4/19/05, NY Times) [snipped quote] Isn't that dystopian? Glenn Reynolds: WOE, CANADA: [snipped quote] Indeed. |
C. D. Harris: Not In My Lifetime — The Democrats are "a party built around certain policies and principles" rather than "a political... Tom Smith: Oh Canada update — Conservative Canadian David Frum. I still think I would like Canada. Like Alaska without so much vice. |
The Missing Energy Strategy NYT — Permalink The House is moving quickly and with sad predictability toward approval of yet another energy bill heavily weighted in favor of the oil, gas and coal industries. In due course the Senate may give the country something better. | |
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Roger L. Simon: I agree with the New York Times editorial today bemoaning the oh-so-conventional energy bill making its lethargic way through our unimaginative Congress. Brad DeLong: (The New York Times Editorial Board Is a Clown Show Department) Outsourced to Ezra Klein: Ezra Klein: Heavens to Betsy! |
Sam Rosenfeld: The New York Times offers a few righteous objections in an editorial today. Ezra Klein: The New York Times has a tidy little editorial on the train wreck that is the House Energy Bill. Read it. |
German Doctrinal Overseer Ratzinger Elected Pope Reuters — Permalink VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the strict defender of Catholic orthodoxy for the past 23 years, was elected Pope on Tuesday despite a widespread assumption he was too old and divisive to win election. | |
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Mitch Berg: Habemas Papam — It's Ratzinger, reputedly an orthodox Catholic and very much one to follow in John Paul's footsteps. Vox Day: No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! [snipped quote] And his three most powerful weapons are... |
Steve Bainbridge: Reuters' "gracious" announcement reads: "German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the strict defender of Catholic orthodoxy for... |
Goodbye, Mr Mugabe Telegraph — Permalink Two Sunday Telegraph journalists, accused of flouting Zimbabwe's draconian media laws, were released last week after spending 10 days in a cockroach-infested jail. Toby Harnden, who feared he might be locked up for a year, describes their ordeal | |
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Iain Murray: Yet I think his latest adventure beats all; he was arrested in Zimbabwe for practicing journalism: [snipped quote] Toby... |
Norm Geras: Zimbawean jail — Some days in a hell hole. (Hat tip: JA.) |
CDC: Dangers of being overweight overstated AP — Permalink CHICAGO — Being overweight is nowhere near as big a killer as the government thought, ranking No. 7 instead of No. 2 among the nation's leading preventable causes of death, according to a startling new calculation from the CDC. | |
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Paul @Wizbang: CDC: Dangers of being overweight overstated — Add this to the long list of things we once knew but now know we don't know. |
Donald Luskin: Update... And so did Paul Krugman, on February 27, 2000:I'm not sure that the current value of the Nasdaq is justified,... |
Senate Panel Puts Off Bolton Vote Fox News — Permalink WASHINGTON — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday unexpectedly postponed a vote on the nomination of John Bolton (search) to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations after White House pressure and a bitterly contentious meeting in which Democrats and a few Republicans expressed reservations about the nominee. | |
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Von @ObsidianWings: The Things We Do For Love — The vote on John Bolton's nomination to UN Ambassador, a nomination that I've gradually... |
Verity @SouthernAppeal: What the heck was Sen. George Voinovich thinking? |
Is John Bolton Going Down? By / Slate — Permalink Could it be that John Bolton is about to go down? Something amazing happened at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this afternoon. In nearly 30 years of watching Congress, off and on, I can't remember anything quite like it. | |
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Laura Rozen: Update III: Slate's Fred Kaplan was watching the stunning nomination hearing on C-Span and has great highlights plus analysis, already! |
Heather Hurlburt: So, if it did happen... Over on Slate, Fred Kaplan spins an interesting theory of how the renewed Bolton brouhaha forces... |
Senate panel delays vote on Bolton nomination CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee delayed a scheduled vote Tuesday on President Bush's pick for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and could call nominee John Bolton back for more testimony. | |
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Ntodd: Reform Is Just Another Word For Nothing Left To Lose — Well, some good news came from an expected quarter today:... |
TChris: Bolton: Not Yet — Thwarting the administration's (and Sen. Lugar's) hope for a quick committee vote in favor of John... |
Donaldson: Network News Dead Broadcasting & Cable — Permalink Former ABC News reporter/anchor Sam Donaldson is ready to say the last rites for network news because it will soon lose its dominant position as Americans' primary source of news. "I think it's dead. Sorry," he said during a breakfast panel Tuesday at the National Association of Broadcasters' convention in Las Vegas. | |
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Charles Johnson: Donaldson: Network News Dead. (This bulletin brought to you by LGF readers.) |
Ed Driscoll: Donaldson Declares Network News Dead — Gotta give Sam Donaldson credit for seeing the obvious and not sticking his head in the sand. |
The Hard Line on Ratzinger By / Weekly Standard — Permalink THE MEDIA clichés are already hardening around Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, just hours after becoming Pope Benedict XVI. Will they brook any dissent from the caricature they're drawing? | |
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Hugh Hewitt: Catholics in America are getting quite an introduction in agenda journalism today, as report after report sells the liberal line about the new pope. |
Ramesh Ponnuru: "THE HARD LINE ON RATZINGER" — Jonathan Last: "The media clichés are already hardening around Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, just hours after becoming Pope Benedict XVI." |
Cardinals' Detractors Hang 'Dirty Laundry' AP — Permalink VATICAN CITY (AP) - Accusations of involvement in kidnappings of priests in Argentina dog one papal contender. ''Revelations'' about Nazi links surface about another top candidate. Gossipy items about health problems raise doubts about others. | |
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Paul @Wizbang: They could have supported premarital sex, adultery and abortion on demand but they lost that opportunity when they... |
Kevin Aylward: (AP Photo/ Andrew Medichini) pope_benedict_xvi.jpg Elsewhere: New Pope Elected on Second Day of Conclave [AP] Biography... |
What Liberals Want By / Weekly Standard — Permalink LAST WEEKEND, Yale's chapter of the American Constitutional Society sponsored a conference at Yale Law School titled "The Constitution in 2020." The stated purpose of the conference, at which some of America's best-known liberal law professors appeared, was to... | |
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Barbara O'Brien: NOT What Liberals Want — John Hinderaker of Power Line writes in the Weekly Standard online about a Yale conference that proposed changes to the Constitution. Dale Franks: A Living Constitution — John Hinderaker writes in The Weekly Standard: "Last Weekend, Yale's chapter of the American... Scott @PowerLine: Red Dawn — Our friends at RealClearPolitics haven't posted their honor roll yet this morning, but I'm declaring John... |
Hugh Hewitt: Finally, to see how low the left's understanding of the law has sunk, see John Hindraker's WeeklyStandard.com column: "What Liberals Want." Betsy Newmark: John Hinderaker of Powerline fame has up a column in the Weekly Standard looking at the convention on the Constitution... |
Cardinals Select Ratzinger as New Pope Fox News — Permalink VATICAN CITY — German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (search), the Vatican's chief overseer of doctrine since 1981, was elected pope on Tuesday following a conclave that lasted less than two days and was the first of the new millennium. | |
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Damian Penny: Update: as many predicted, it's Joseph Ratzinger. He has taken the name Pope Benedict XVI. Ratzinger was a member of the Hitler Youth when he was 12. Chad The Elder: Let's hear it for the man formerly known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, your new Pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI. |
Paul @PowerLine: It's Ratzinger — Fox News reports that the Cardinals have selected 78 year-old Joseph Ratzinger to be the new Pope — Pope Benedict XVI. |
Time out MSNBC — Permalink Time's cover story/whitewash of Ann Coulter, here, will make it impossible for serious people to accept what the magazine reports at face-value ever again. It is as if Time had contracted a journalistic venereal disease from Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly and is now seeking to lower itself to their level in pursuit of their ideologically-obsessed audiences. | |
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Atrios: Alterman: Like New York Observer's George Gurley, Cloud has accepted the role of an unpaid PR flack for a woman who... Jeralyn Merritt: Alterman here. It's also the anniversary of the siege at WACO and the Battle of Lexington and Concord. |
Avedon Carol: Places to go — Read Eric Alterman on the Coulter cover story. When Alterman is disappointed at Big Media, you know it's a sad day. |
Committee Puts Bolton on Hold By / AP — Permalink Senators agreed to an unexpected delay Tuesday in voting on John Bolton's nomination as ambassador to the United Nations and said they intend to take a close look at fresh allegations against him. | |
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Michelle Malkin: As of 4:08pm EST, the Washington Post reports Sen. Richard Lugar claiming support from all 10 Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee —for a 10-8 vote. |
Judd @ThinkProgress: Rich Lowry, Editor of the National Review, 3PM: "BOLTON NOMINATION WILL PASS THE COMMITTEE 10-8 TODAY" AP, 5PM: "Committee Puts Bolton on Hold |
High school teens face a gay T-shirt showdown By / Chicago Tribune — Permalink UPDATE: Students on two opposing sides of the gay-rights awareness issue wore their T-shirts to Homewood-Flossmoor High School this morning. No incidents were reported. Jamison Liang came out to his family members one at a time. | |
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ArchPundit: You'll be entirely welcome at Wash U Jamison so just hang in there pal. |
Ann Althouse: With hundreds of students at the Homewood-Flossmoor high school planning to wear T-shirts that say "gay? fine by me" on... |
Court Declines Case of Reporters in Leak Case By / NYT — Permalink Two reporters facing up to 18 months in jail for refusing to testify about their sources lost another round in the courts today. The reporters, Judith Miller of The New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time magazine, now have only one appeal left, to the United States Supreme Court. | |
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Pudentilla: reporters' privilege won't protect reporters shielding criminals in white house "court rules against 2 reporters... |
Jim Romenesko: NYT's Miller, Time's Cooper lose another round in court — New York Times Reporters Judith Miller and Matt Cooper, who... |
IT'S NO-CANADA-DO FOR WILKINS -- YET The State — Permalink South Carolinians will have to wait at least another day for the White House to announce S.C. House Speaker David Wilkins, R-Greenville, is President Bush's choice to be the next U.S. ambassador to Canada. Some thought an announcement would come during Bush's visit Monday to Columbia. | |
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Dan Froomkin: Special to washingtonpost.com — Asked to give a lecture last night about "The Polarized Press: Media and Politics in... |
Garrett M. Graff: Turns out, as Froomkin explains, the local newspaper's ace political team has the right name: It's the Rockaway Burger, which includes pimento cheese. |
Ratzinger is elected as new pope BBC — Permalink Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has been elected as the pope - the head of the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics. Taking the name Pope Benedict XVI, the 78-year-old German appeared on the balcony of the Vatican palace. | |
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Jan Haugland: White smoke — The cardinals have elected a new pope. Who it is will be announced Real Soon Now. |
James Joyner: New pope selected by cardinals (BBC) "White smoke has been seen from the Sistine Chapel chimney indicating that a new pope has been elected. |
Rove Decries Media Approach to Government By / AP — Permalink CHESTERTOWN, Md. - The media have started applying the horse race style of campaign coverage to daily reporting on government, leading to adversarial reporting that can obscure the truth just to create conflict, President Bush's chief political strategist said Monday. | |
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Avedon Carol: Karl Rove pretends to disapprove of the media style that has so hugely benefited his candidate. These conservatives just crack me up. Mary @LeftCoaster: Open Thread — Bush's Brain asserts that people misunderestimate Bush saying, "He's one of the most intelligent,... |
SK Bubba: Karl Rove on the Media — Rove Decries Media Approach to Government : [snipped quote] Excuse me if I can't work up much... |
Poor Marks For Bush, Congress CBS News — Permalink (CBS) President Bush doesn't fare very well in the latest CBS News poll with an approval rating of just 44 percent and still limp support for his proposed Social Security overhaul. | |
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Dan Froomkin: Poll Watch Joel Roberts writes for CBS News: "President Bush doesn't fare very well in the latest CBS News poll with an... |
Avedon Carol: That was Esquire - but Bush didn't do so well in the CBS poll, where he only scored 44%. |
The Candidate By / Opinion Journal — Permalink When New York state's Attorney General Eliot Spitzer started prosecuting excesses in the financial markets, he was tough-minded but fair. But over time, it has become less clear that he is pursuing justice. | |
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Scott Sala: Technorati Tags: Ed+Koch Pope Cardinal+Ratzinger BenedictXVI Nazi Hitler — Spitzer on the BBQ Opinion Journal has an... Tom Maguire: The Problem With Eliot Spitzer — The WSJ runs a guest piece about Eliot Spitzer, decrying the problems caused by a politically ambitious prosecutor. Glenn Reynolds: A CALL FOR ELIOT SPITZER'S RESIGNATION over conflicts of interest. The Google story is rather revealing. |
Avedon Carol: Mary at Pacific Views is dismayed. Wall Street Journal soft on criminals - if they are CEOs. Of course, they don't like Eliot Spitzer. Ed Driscoll: Spitzer's Conflict Of Interest — Writing in the Wall Street Journal, William J. Holstein, the editor of Chief Executive... |
Secret FBI Report Highlights Domestic Terror ABCNEWS — Permalink NEW YORK, April 18, 2005 — A secret FBI report, obtained by ABC News, identifies 22 domestic terror organizations as the current subjects of 338 active FBI field investigations. The National Alliance, one of the largest neo-Nazi organizations in the world, is subject to 51 FBI investigations alone, according to the report. | |
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Clayton Cramer: This article about the FBI's investigation of domestic terrorism organizations does contain a telling quote from one of... Tarek @LiquidList: UPDATE: Here's a little more info on the current landscape regarding domestic terrorism, including some delightful... |
S.Z.: ABC News reports that they obtained "a secret FBI report" which identifies 22 domestic terror organizations as the... |
The Incredible Shrinking Planet By / Slate — Permalink What do you call it when multinational corporations scan the world for cheap labor, find poor people in developing nations, and pay them a fraction of America's minimum wage? A common answer on the left is "exploitation." | |
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Frederick Maryland: Redefining What Globalization Means — Slate's Robert Wright urges the Left to read Thomas Friedman's new book, The... Ed Cone: Robert Wright: What liberals can learn from Thomas Friedman's new book. |
Stirling Newberry: Oh Look Spouting Thomas has fans — Slate gives equal time to the brain damaged left bashers. How nice. |
Where are the antiwar activists on Darfur? By / Christian Science Monitor — Permalink NEW YORK - To anyone who didn't know better, it might seem that the world is finally getting serious about stopping the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan, which over the past two years has claimed at least 300,000 lives and displaced at least 2 million people. | |
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Betsy Newmark: Max Boot asks a good question. Who will commit troops to stop the genocide in the Sudan? "So who'll stop the killing? |
Michelle Malkin: Max Boot in today's Christian Science Monitor: "Remember how exercised everyone around the world was about crimes committed at Abu Ghraib? |
From election launch to PR panic By / BBC — Permalink When a well-organised group of hecklers from a fringe, Islamist group stormed a general election event organised by the Muslim Council of Britain, it was a PR disaster the organisation could have done without. | |
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Charles Johnson: The BBC report has more details and photos of the "militants," written with a really creepy semi-admiring tone: From election launch to PR panic. |
David T: You can read their leaflet in full here. I can't really tell you much about the Saviour Sect. |
Benedict XVI: German cardinal elected pope MSNBC — Permalink VATICAN CITY - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, a hard-line guardian of conservative doctrine, was elected the new pope Tuesday evening in the first conclave of the new millennium. He chose the name Pope Benedict XVI and called himself "a simple, humble worker." | |
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Joe Gandelman: MSNBC reports: [quote] "Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, a hard-line guardian of conservative doctrine, was elected the...[end quote] |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: HABEMUS PAPAM — Best wishes to Pope Benedict XVI and to all who are part of the Catholic Church. |
No Terrorists on the Left By / American Spectator — Permalink Immediately after Timothy McVeigh was arrested for blowing up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on a beautiful April morning 10 years ago, the media were atwitter with the talk of "right-wing militias" and the threat they posed to the republic. | |
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S.Z.: Of course, the Spectator couldn't leave this unchallenged, because the disturbed loners of the far-right are their people. |
Michelle Malkin: Andrew Cline in the American Spectator online has an excellent piece on left-wing versus right-wing terrorism. |
When George met Salam By / BBC — Permalink Only George Galloway could upstage his own manifesto launch. The ex-Labour MP's fledgling Respect party's only realistic chance of gaining a seat at Westminster is in Bethnal Green and Bow, where Mr Galloway is standing against pro-war Labour MP Oona King. | |
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Damian Penny: The Baghdad Blogger meets the Glasgow Ba'athist — I haven't heard much of Salam Pax lately, but the BBC reports that he... |
Harry @HarrysPlace: Salam shows up — I know some of you keep reminding me that you are getting tired of Galloway stuff but... Salam Pax,... |
Where's the Old Bolton When We Need Him? LAT — Permalink John Bolton, President Bush's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, once said that if the top 10 floors of the U.N. headquarters disappeared, "it wouldn't make a bit of difference." This kinder, gentler Bolton is exactly what the U.N. does not need. | |
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Mary @LeftCoaster: Update: In defense of John Bolton from that defender of torture, John Yoo: "The U.S. and its envoy must understand that... |
Laura Rozen: Taking out ten floors at the UN wouldn't be enough for these guys, including the White House's former torture go-to attorney John Yoo. |
Illegal Immigration Policy Is at Crossroads in Senate By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — The Senate is set to vote today on measures that could open the door to legalizing an estimated 500,000 immigrant farmworkers and their families. | |
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Nathan Newman: AgJobs Vote Today — Immigration advocates will cheer today as conservative Senator Larry Craig of Idaho offers a bill to help undocumented agricultural workers gain citizenship. |
Orrin Judd: LET TANCREDO THINK HE'S WON: Illegal Immigration Policy Is at Crossroads in Senate: One plan could legalize half a million workers, another would tighten border controls. |
The Railroad to Nowhere By / NYT — Permalink Nearly five years ago, as Amtrak officials were hailing their new Acela train as "a giant step forward" for America and "the kind of rail system we've all been dreaming about for decades," a former Amtrak official named Joseph Vranich offered another perspective. | |
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Orrin Judd: CARE ENOUGH TO PRIVATIZE: The Railroad to Nowhere (JOHN TIERNEY, 4/19/05, NY Times) [snipped quote] Socialism doesn't work? |
K. J. Lopez: ENDING THE ACELA — John Tierney tells the ugly truth about Amtrak. |
Editor's Note LAT — Permalink On March 31, The Times published a correction of four errors in a March 29 article about controversies arising from fraternity hazing at Cal State Chico. At the same time, editors began a full review of the story, which was published on the front page of the California section. | |
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Jim Romenesko: Los Angeles Times fires Slater, cites "substandard" reporting — Los Angeles Times The paper says it investigated Eric... Michelle Malkin: And here's the LA Times' editor's note explaining the mess. Can't make this stuff up. *** Related: The Boston Globe's bogus seal hunt story |
Kevin Roderick: Slater 'dismissed from staff' * SlaterTuesday's Times will run an Editor's Note further explaining the problems with... |
Israel, on Its Own, Is Shaping the Borders of the West Bank By / NYT — Permalink MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank, April 16 - They're building away here in Israel's largest settlement, with Palestinian workers laboring on new apartment houses overlooking the red-brown hills of the West Bank. | |
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Aaron @LiquidList: Foreign Politics: Sharon and Settlements — From this morning's New York Times comes an interesting article about the... David Gerstman: A reasonably fair look at Sharon's plan — Steven Erlanger presents a reasonably fair look at PM Sharon's plan "Israel,... |
Orrin Judd: UNILATERALISM WORKS: Israel, on Its Own, Is Shaping the Borders of the West Bank (STEVEN ERLANGER, 4/19/05, NY Times)... |
Pataki's Future: Growing Signs He Won't Run By / NYT — Permalink ALBANY, April 18 - With Gov. George E. Pataki expected to announce his political plans as soon as next month, talk of his future has consumed the capital. And many of the signs are pointing away from Albany. | |
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Tom Maguire: First, if George Pataki has any interest in a Presidential run in 2008 (some say he does), St. George must slay this dragon in 2006. |
Dr. Steven Taylor: Pataki Not to Run? Via the NYT: Pataki's Future: Growing Signs He Won't Run. |
Pie-Faced By / Newsweek — Permalink April 18 - The schedule of lecturers on college campuses around the country has begun reading like the police blotter: Conservative author Ann Coulter—hit by a pie tossed by two attackers last year. Conservative editor William Kristol—hit by an ice cream pie at a Quaker college in Indiana in March. | |
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S.Z.: PHOTO And speaking of Ann, Newsweek has a column about the tradition of pie-ing. |
Stanley Kurtz: FALSE START — When I first glanced at this Newsweek piece about the pies thrown at conservative speakers on campus, I thought, "Wow, maybe MSM isn't quite as biased as I thought. |
Moussaoui Planning To Admit 9/11 Role By / WaPo — Permalink Zacarias Moussaoui has notified the government that he intends to plead guilty to his alleged role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and could enter the plea as early as this week if a judge finds him mentally competent, sources familiar with the case said yesterday. | |
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Jan Haugland: Moussaoui to plead guilty (unless he changes his mind again) Moussaoui is now planning to plead guilty to involvement in... Charles Johnson: Moussaoui Plans to Admit 9/11 Role — The Washington Post has big news in the trial of alleged 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui: Moussaoui Planning To Admit 9/11 Role. Cori Dauber: Is Moussaoui, the "20th Hijacker" (I think that title, frankly, is wrong) about to plead guilty to participation in the attacks of September 11th? |
Charles Bird: Finally, Zacarias Moussaoui plans to 'fess up, pleading guilty for his role as 9/11 al Qaeda participant. Andy McCarthy: Sounds interesting. The idea is that he would plead guilty to the charges so the court would proceed directly to a death penalty phase. Pejman Yousefzadeh: GUILTY PLEA FORTHCOMING? That is the news regarding the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui (remember him?) . |
| Also: Orrin Judd, Jeralyn Merritt | |
Delay Is Sought in Vote on U.N. Nominee NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, April 18 - The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will ask the panel's Republican majority to delay a vote scheduled for Tuesday on the nomination of John R. Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations, according to Democratic Senate officials. | |
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Ace: "And I'm Very, Very Hurt With That" Update: Joe Biden, who looks really snazzy in his hip white-collared shirts, wants... Laura Rozen: Journalist Eric Umansky sends along this gem from tomorrow's NYT: [snipped quote] Here's tomorrow's Post's piece, which details what I heard earlier from committee staff. Cookie Jill: molton bolton verbotten — [snipped quote] hmmmm...[snipped quote] don't we have someone already like that in the white house? |
Steve Clemons: Colin Powell Chief of Staff: "Bolton Would Make Abysmal U.N. Ambassador" — Colin Powell's Chief of Staff, Lawrence... Dr. Steven Taylor: I Don't Think He'll be Less Controversial Than Bolton… Delay Is Sought in Vote on U.N. Nominee |
The Romenesko Effect By / Slate — Permalink If not for Jim Romenekso's Web site, the recent journalistic lapses of Mitch Albom and Barbara Stewart probably wouldn't have gotten much coverage outside of the local media in Detroit and Boston. | |
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Cori Dauber: If not, you should start. It's where all good media gossip ends up. |
Kevin Roderick: Update: The statement just now (2:30 p.m.) from Times VP and spokeswoman Martha Goldstein: [snipped quote] Also:... |
Romania hits back at French 'lecturing' By / Financial Times — Permalink Romania's president has warned France to stop lecturing his country over its close links with London and Washington as he prepares to sign the treaty to join the European Union. | |
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Robert Tagorda: Romania to Chirac: Quit Lecturing Us — I applaud the Romanian leadership for defending its Atlanticist, free-trade, and... |
Betsy Newmark: Romania doesn't appreciate France lecturing them not to be close to the United States. |
DeLay Mailing Says He Never Broke Law By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - In a fresh counterattack, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay told supporters in a mailing made public Monday that he has "never been found to have violated any law or rule by anyone" despite numerous allegations. | |
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Howard Kurtz: DeLay, meanwhile, is fighting back, the AP reports: "In a fresh counterattack, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay told... |
Jeralyn Merritt: DeLay Sends Out Mass E-Mail — Embattled Texas Congressman Tom DeLay has sent out a mass email presenting his side of the ethics controversy. |
Senate race poll questions Baltimore Sun — Permalink In the general election for U.S. Senate, would you vote for Michael Steele the Republican or Kweisi Mfume? In next year's Democratic primray election for U.S. Senate, would you vote for Ben Cardin, Kweisi Mfume or Chris Van Hollen? | |
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Betsy Newmark: At Polipundit, they link to a new poll showing Lt. Governor Michael Steele neck in neck against Kweisi Mfume. |
Alexander K. McClure: 2006 Maryland Senate Race — According to a new poll, Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele is a very strong candidate for the open Senate seat in Maryland. |
Bush Supporter Sues RNC Over 'W' Logo By / AP — Permalink DALLAS - A supporter of President Bush is suing the Republican National Committee and one of its suppliers, claiming they stole his design for the ubiquitous "W" bumper sticker logo in the 2004 campaign. | |
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Lambert @Corrente: Republican looting: These guys are such thieves, they steal from their own — But who is the thief? |
Cookie Jill: "david" files frivolous lawsuit against "goliath " [snipped quote] it's only frivolous in the eyes of the giant. it's... |
Dear Diary By / TNR — Permalink Before September 11, 2001, Juan Cole, a history professor at the University of Michigan, enjoyed anonymity outside his professional circle. He was a leading figure in the Middle East Studies Association of North America (mesa), editing for five years its flagship publication, The International Journal of Middle East Studies. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: But this criticism from Efraim Karsh's hit piece in The New Republic is really quite weird: "Having done hardly any... Mary Madigan: Arabists vs. the Middle East — In his TNR (registration required) piece, Juan Cole's Bad Blog Efraim Karsh describes... Jonah Goldberg: MY BUDDY JUAN — Efraim Karsh takes a nice swipe at Cole in The New Republic . Though, frankly, I think he's too soft on him. |
Giblets: Oh what do you know Juan Cole! Your expertise in the fields of pig history and pig theory just means you have swallowed... Scott @PowerLine: In a column for the New Republic, Karsh turns his sights on "Juan Cole's bad blog." Glenn Reynolds: FROM THE NEW REPUBLIC TO THE BLOGOSPHERE, everybody's dogpiling on Juan Cole. |
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Why the Liberals Can't Keep Air America From Spiraling In By / LAT — Permalink The liberal Air America Radio, just past its first birthday, has probably enjoyed more free publicity than any enterprise in recent history. But don't believe the hype: Air America's left-wing answer to conservative talk radio is failing, just as previous efforts to find liberal Rush Limbaughs have failed. | |
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McQ: On the anniversary of Air America's launch Brian C. Anderson wonders in the LA Times why liberals and fellow travelers... Ace: This Just In: Air America Sucks — Why these idiot MSM rags don't pay me to write their titles for them escapes me. Vox Day: Air America heads for a hard landing — Even the LA Times recognizes legacy media bias in explaining the failure of Air... |
Joe Gandelman: Once again liberal talk radio Air America is being pronounced on (excuse the expression these days after what our... Pejman Yousefzadeh: ERR AMERICA — Don't believe the hype: [snipped quote] Perhaps it is time to call a flop a flop. Glenn Reynolds: BRIAN ANDERSON WRITES THAT Air America is crashing, and can't be saved. I still haven't finished his South Park Conservatives, yet. |
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COULTER RIPS MAG PHOTO 'DISTORTION' Drudge Report — Permalink "Why can't they just photograph conservatives straight?!" blasted this week's TIME magazine covergirl Ann Coulter. The bestselling author and controversialist slammed magazine editors for fronting a photo of her, she claims, which is so distorted "my own mother would not even recognize me!" | |
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Skippy: at last, something the right and the left can agree on...coulter is ugly... aside from annthrax's insistence that time... Nico @ThinkProgress: TIME To Hire a Researcher — The TIME distortion that enrages Ann Coulter: [quote] "Why can't they just photograph...[end quote] John Hawkins: Ann Coulter is not pleased with the pic that Time used of her on the cover this week: In the cover pic, the angle is... |
Michelle Malkin: Drudge follows up here with reax from Coulter and also mention that the photog—"Platon"&mda sh;snapped the notorious Esquire... Ed Driscoll: Talk About a Non-Controversial Cover — Matt Drudge and Ann Coulter's attempt to create some sort of controversy over... Atrios: Time to convene a panel on blogger ethics and the caustic nature of online criticism! ...and, predictably, even though... |
Fox's Sandstorm By / WaPo — Permalink The in-your-face right-wing partisanship that marks Fox News Channel's news broadcasts is having two dangerous effects. The first is that the popularity of the approach — Fox is clobbering its direct competition (CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, etc.) — leads other... | |
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John Hawkins: Raspberry's Blind Spot: Liberal Bias In The Media — Even though liberal media personalities continually deny the... Charles Johnson: Seekers of Truth Threatened by Evil Right Wing Fox — Here's one for the "you've gotta be kidding" file, as the... Jim Romenesko: Writer: FNC's right-wing partisanship has two bad effects — Washington Post William Raspberry says first is that the... |
Betsy Newmark: William Raspberry has his panties all in a knot worrying about Fox News. Ed Driscoll: In the Washington Post, William Raspberry backhandedly confirms Anderson's take: "The in-your-face right-wing... Dr. Steven Taylor: Not With a Fox — William Raspberry is concerned about the "Foxidation" of the news: [snipped quote] This will lead, he thinks, to less public confidence in the media writ large. |
| Also: Orrin Judd, PoliPundit | |
Even after Time's cover story, you still don't know "the real Ann Coulter" Media Matters for America — Permalink "[Y]ou don't know the real Ann Coulter," Time magazine declares in teasing its cover story on the right-wing pundit. But after reading the magazine's nearly 6,000-word profile of Coulter, readers still don't know the real Ann Coulter. | |
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Tresy @Corrente: The problem is a society that takes as normal, to take the most recent example, a putatively serious newsmagazine... Atrios: Cloudy John — Media Matters provides a bit of light for John Cloud. |
Avedon Carol: Pretty picture, (via) I'm trying to think of someone left-wing and loose-cannon enough to balance the cover story TIME gave Ann Coulter. |
Ted Nugent to Fellow NRAers: Get Hardcore AP — Permalink HOUSTON - With an assault weapon in each hand, rocker and gun rights advocate Ted Nugent urged National Rifle Association members to be "hardcore, radical extremists demanding the right to self defense." | |
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Jack Cluth: Another DUMB@$$ AWARD wiener — Ted Nugent to Fellow NRAers: Get Hardcore "Let's next year sit here and say, 'Holy smokes, the NRA has 40 million members now,'. Max B. Sawicky: THIS IS THE NRA — Ted Nugent, whose music sucks, by the way, got an orgasmic reception for his speech to the National Rifle Association. Lambert @Corrente: Ted Nugent at the NRA — Also speaking were Republican Senators Kay Bailey Hutchinson and Tom Delay. |
Richard TPD: Subtlety is for girlie-men. So I wasn't too surprised when I read about Ted Nugent's speech to the NRA. Ace: Whang Dang Sweet Bang-Bang — Ted Nugent, or as I call him, "The Nuge," says all sorts of nutty and yet halfway-sensible... ArchPundit: The Wisdom of Nugent — Apparently he's for Enron accounting in increasing the roles of the NRA [snipped quote] Effing brilliant. |
Ann Coulter on Time's cover WorldNetDaily — Permalink The new issue of Time magazine hitting the streets today boasts a cover story on conservative flamethrowing WND columnist and author Ann Coulter - and a cover photo some fans are calling "bizarre." Coulter told Matt Drudge last night Time used a more flattering photo of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Ann Coulter is reportedly unhappy with the photo of her on the cover of Time Magazine. Ace: Update on Coulter Photo Controversy — She doesn't like the photo they chose, telling Drudge last night that they picked a more flattering pic to depict Kim Il-Jong. |
Michelle Malkin: Fans noticed the cover photo's strange distortions immediately. |
What Realism Isn't, and What Libertarianism Is By / TCS — Permalink Pejman Yousefzadeh recently published an article in TCS that seems to misunderstand both realism and libertarianism. In his article, "Idealism at the Water's Edge," Mr. Yousefzadeh's explanations of the two concepts are muddled to the point that both realism and libertarianism are unrecognizable. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: A RESPONSE ON THE ISSUE OF A LIBERTARIAN FOREIGN POLICY — Justin Logan has penned this reply to my Tech Central Station column of last week. Radley Balko: Logan's Ones and Zeros — Justin Logan does a far better job than I responding to Pejman Yousefzadeh's critique of "minimalist" libertarian foreign policy. |
Jim Henley: No comment yet, add yours? » Speaking of Justin Logan Tech Central Station gave him space to correct the... |
The flat-tax revolution Economist — Permalink THE more complicated a country's tax system becomes, the easier it is for governments to make it more complicated still, in an accelerating process of proliferating insanity—until, perhaps, a limit of madness is reached and a spasm of radical simplification is demanded. | |
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Brian Micklethwait: "The flat-tax idea is big enough and simple enough to be worth taking seriously" — Yesterday I was out and about and... Kevin Drum: That's where you'll find it. And speaking of the Economist, could this week's lead editorial be any lamer? |
Brad DeLong: Web Clippings—20050418 — Web Clippings—20050418 What I would write about if time were infinite: http://www.harrisinteract ive.com/harris_poll/index . asp? Pejman Yousefzadeh: THE ECONOMIST IS FLAT-TAX HAPPY — Yet another article favoring the flat tax from the Economist. |
A Whiff of Stagflation By / NYT — Permalink In the 1970's soaring prices of oil and other commodities led to stagflation - a combination of high inflation and high unemployment, which left no good policy options. If the Fed cut interest rates to create jobs, it risked causing an inflationary spiral; if it raised interest rates to bring inflation down, it would further increase unemployment. | |
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Tom Maguire: What Were Once Bubbles Are Now Baselines — Paul Krugman is defining deviancy down in his latest column: "In the 1970's... Dale Franks: Krugmanomics — Paul Krugman today proves, once again that every silver lining has a cloud, when it comes to the Bush Administration's economic policy. Kash: Now, on the other hand, the business press abouds with stories about a coming economic slowdown (though worrying about stagflation might make more sense). |
Ruy Teixeira: Also on Monday, Paul Krugman pointed to the unmistakable signs of stagflation that are now afflicting the economy. Barbara O'Brien: At the New York Times, Paul Krugman warns that we're seeing the beginnings of stagflation, "a combination of high inflation and high unemployment." Pudentilla: awol's economic policy failures explained — [snipped quote] if he's sincere, he's an idiot. if he's insincere and this... |
Hamas Political Head: Calming Down is Just a Trick Within the Resistance Plan; Hamas Does Not Object to the '67 Borders as an Interim Solution MEMRI — Permalink A convention held by the Egyptian newspaper "Al-Ahram," which was attended by writers and experts on Palestinian affairs following the Palestinian Cairo agreement on calming down the situation [ Tahdiah ], also hosted the head of the Hamas political bureau, Khaled Mash'al. | |
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Jan Haugland: MEMRI brings the translation. "We have made an achievement in the Palestinian arena... We wanted to avoid the internal Palestinian implosion that Sharon wanted. Damian Penny: You Don't Say (II) Hamas has been kind of quiet lately, but their ultimate goal - the destruction of Israel - remains the same. |
Ted Belman: They're not fooling — Hamas Political Head: Calming Down is Just a Trick Within the Resistance Plan; Hamas Does Not Object to the '67 Borders as an Interim Solution MEMRI |
The Not So Dirty Dozen By / LAT — Permalink There were times last week that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist appeared to morph into North Korean President Kim Jong Il — threatening the use of "the nuclear option" while demanding a nonaggression pact from the Democrats. | |
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C. D. Harris: Close But No Cigar — Law Professor Jonathon Turley wants to spread the spirit of compromise on judicial nominees. Dale Franks: Compromise on Judicial Nominations — Law Professor Jonathon Turley writes in the Los Angeles Times that Democrats... |
Paul @PowerLine: Turley has expressed his thoughts in expanded form in the Los Angeles Times. Orrin Judd: THE REST ARE BEARDS: The Not So Dirty Dozen: They're the undercard to the fight over a high court nomination. |
Ralph Reed's Zeal for Lobbying Is Shaking His Political Faithful By / NYT — Permalink ATLANTA - In 30 years of culture wars, few conservative Christian standard bearers have traveled further in American politics than Ralph Reed. The former head of the Christian Coalition has been a high-priced communications consultant, a top Bush campaign adviser, chairman of Georgia's Republican Party and now a candidate for lieutenant governor here. | |
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Ntodd: Boyish scoundrel Ralph Reed apparently has ties to Jack Abramoff. Who knew? If only somebody could help the NYTimes connect the dots. Billmon: A Falling Out Among Thieves — [snipped quote] potkettle.jpg Nathan Hallford: Less Than Flattering: Today's Times contains a front page article on Ralph Reed. |
Steve Soto: Ralph Reed, the former Mr. Pious head of the Christian Coalition has demonstrated that he has come a long way down as... Pudentilla: light breaks over marble lake — [snipped quote] we guess abc won't run an extreme makover on whited sepulchers anytime soon. |
For Every Story, An Online Epilogue By / WaPo — Permalink The growing tide of personal attacks by bloggers and e-mailers "can make you really paranoid," says New York Times reporter Adam Nagourney. ABC's Linda Douglass says she has "learned that I have not just critics but people who seem to hate me that I don't even know about." | |
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Garrett M. Graff: Stories we could have blogged today, but didn't: Howard Kurtz's column on why journalists hate bloggers. Answer? Hugh Hewitt: Howard Kurtz examines some of the blogosphere's excesses, but in a very un-journalistic fashion: He doesn't name a... Jim Romenesko: Journos say bloggers' attacks on them are nasty, personal — Washington Post The increasingly caustic nature of some... |
Michelle Malkin: In today's column, Kurtz cites the memo controversy after pointing out that a growing number of bloggers are engaging in... Chris Mooney: Enjoy. Roger Ailes: Talk To The Hind — Meanwhile, Howie's favorite, the Hindlicker, claims to be receiving obscene phone calls from journalists. |
Don't Overestimate Hillary By / Opinion Journal — Permalink Pollster Scott Rasmussen has begun publishing a regular "Hillary Meter." The purpose of this is to track Sen. Hillary Clinton's movement to the political center by determining how much of the American public considers her to be middle-of-the-road. | |
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Howard Kurtz: Jay Cost opines on OpinionJournal that Hillary isn't as slick as her reputation: "Pollster Scott Rasmussen has begun... Pejman Yousefzadeh: He is also my co-blogger at Red State and has an article worthy of your time and attention here on Hillary Clinton's... PoliPundit: Hillary — An interesting theory about Hillary: "It is, of course, gospel that Hillary Clinton is a political genius, or something to that effect. |
TheAnchoress: I never thought she wasâ Jay Cost's article in the WSJ is creating a lot of buzz, as he asserts what some of us... Ann Althouse: Is Hillary Clinton a political genius? Jay Cost, in the WSJ, is convinced everyone takes it for granted that she is. |
'Good Morning America' threatens 'Today' By / AP — Permalink So far this season, the Today ratings lead has averaged 662,000 viewers, down from almost 1.3 million last year at the same time, according to Nielsen Media Research. Five years ago, Today regularly won by nearly 2 million. | |
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Jim Romenesko: Additional items for April 19, 2005 > Longtime Wilmington News Journal columnist Lockman is dead (WNJ) > Steady rise of... |
Brian Stelter: Good Morning America's "Steady Rise" gma1.gifThe "steady rise" of of ABC's Good Morning America is "threatening" the "dominance" of NBC's Today, David Bauder writes. |
Military Report on Guantanamo Highlights Danger of Al Qaeda By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — Three years after it began, the prison experiment known as Camp Delta at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has reached a crossroads in its incarceration of those captured in the war brought on by Sept. | |
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Charles Johnson: "One Day I Will Enjoy Sucking Their Blood" — As civil rights groups and left wing legal organizations push harder to... Hugh Hewitt: Folks who should be buying it aren't, and serious news consumers know that for every good report —and this account of... Orrin Judd: Military Report on Guantanamo Highlights Danger of Al Qaeda: As Camp Delta's legality is challenged, a chilling portrait of its detainees is offered by the U.S. |
Phillip Carter: Judging Gitmo — Richard Serrano reports in the L.A. Times on a new report published by the Pentagon which is intended... Pudentilla: "red" justice — [snipped quote] if guantanamo secrecy is so important for national security what justifies the... |
Inquiry Finds White House Role in Contract LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — A White House aide was told about potential problems with the Education Department paying a conservative commentator to promote an administration policy but did not prevent the contract from being renewed, according to a new government report. | |
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Ted @CrookedTimber: Lovely. via Pandagon, Inquiry Finds White House Role in Contract A White House aide was told about potential problems... Cookie Jill: liar...liar...bunnypants on fire you have to keep watch of what treasures may exist among the news scraps awol tosses... |
Dan Froomkin: Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten write in the Los Angeles Times: "An administration official said it was unrealistic to... |
Bush Social Security Plan Proves Tough Sell Among Working Poor By / WaPo — Permalink Brenda Ellis's day begins at 6:30 a.m., when she rousts her 11-year-old son, Imani, from bed, hustles him into the kitchen for breakfast and to the school bus by 7. Tianna, 13, and Dikia, 17, quickly follow. | |
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Donald Luskin: From Monday's Post — an interview with "working poor" woman Brenda Ellis, who has a small balance in a 401(k) account. Max B. Sawicky: PUMP AND DUMP — Whadya know. The working poor seem to understand that insurance is better than a stock fund. Public employees too. |
Maya: THE POOR, MISGUIDED POOR — WashPo on why the poor are more likely to oppose social security reform: [snipped quote] Please. |
Democrats Push for a New Frontier By / LAT — Permalink DENVER — In a year of crushing disappointment, Colorado was a bright spot for the Democrats in 2004. Here on the front porch of the Rocky Mountains, the party gained a House seat, elected a U.S. senator and won control of the state Legislature for the first time in 44 years. | |
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Matt Welch: But there is something going on with Democrats and the Mountain Time Zone, as this L.A. Times front-pager suggests. Gary Boatwright: The New Electoral Fronteir — From the diaires—Chris An interesting article in the L.A. Times today, Democrats Push for... |
EDM Staff: Go West, Young Dem — In todays' LA Times, Mark Z. Barabak's "Democrats Push for a New Frontier" provides encouragement to Dems looking west for gains in in '06 and '08. |
The 5 Best Big-City Mayors By / Time — Permalink The best mayors in U.S. history have been great characters—showmen and radicals and bullies and rebels. Then again, so have the worst. Fiorello LaGuardia, who ruled New York from 1934 to '45, besides reforming and rebuilding his city, was famous for... | |
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Chris Bowers: Philly Mayor Blogging — Hey, I like both Chicago and Philly quite a bit, but this just doesn't make any sense: ... |
Scott Sala: UPDATE: The Time article is here I'm suspicious of the article since it sneakily includes SF's Gavin Newsome at the end (making the top 5 really top 7). |
On the Sidelines of the Most Important Civil Rights Battle Since 'Brown' By / NYT — Permalink The civil rights establishment was once a fiercely independent force that bedeviled politicians on both sides of the aisle and evaluated policies based on whether those policies harmed or helped the poor. This tradition of independence has disappeared. | |
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Joanne Jacobs: Civil rights vs. the educational status quo — Civil rights leaders should be fighting to ensure the success of No Child Left Behind, writes Brent Staples in the New York Times. Orrin Judd: ANTI-BUSH, NOT PRO-KID: On the Sidelines of the Most Important Civil Rights Battle Since 'Brown' (BRENT STAPLES,... |
Tom Maguire: Education - The New Civil Right — Timesman Brent Staples tackles education and civil rights on the editorial page of the NY Times. Stuart Buck: No Child Left Behind — Quite a strong statement of support for No Child Left Behind, from Brent Staples at the NY... |
Black Smoke from Vatican Signals No Pope Chosen Reuters — Permalink VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Black smoke rose from the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Monday, signaling that Roman Catholic cardinals had not agreed on a pope to succeed John Paul II. | |
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Steve Dillard: Black Smoke from Vatican Signals No Pope Chosen: The second time is not a charm. |
K. J. Lopez: BLACK SMOKE — Suprise! No one-day Ratz shoo-in! (No I'm not surprised...) |
Verdict Promised on 'LAT' Reporter Behind Flawed Chico State Story By / Editor and Publisher — Permalink NEW YORK The Los Angeles Times will publish an editor's note "within the week" regarding reporter Eric Slater, who has drawn criticism for several weeks following a poorly reported story he wrote about the death of a college student, according to Times spokeswoman Martha Goldstein. | |
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Kevin Roderick: Action on Slater * Editor and Publisher says the Times is expected to announce some movement on the Eric Slater situation today. |
Jim Romenesko: LAT to run editor's note re reporter Slater "within the week" — Editor & Publisher A Los Angeles Times spokeswoman... |
Appreciation: Marla Ruzicka, 1977-2005 By / Time — Permalink We didn't know what to make of Marla Ruzicka. Young, blonde, relentlessly buoyant and sometimes giggly, she stood out among the tired, cynical hacks and aid workers that usually populate war zones, so much so that battle-weary journalists nicknamed her... | |
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Wretchard: Time gives this account of her death. [snipped quote] She didn't die while accompanying a military convoy. |
Ogged @Unfogged: Damn — Just damn. More. |
Basques threaten prime minister's Nice Guy image By / Financial Times — Permalink Jos Luis Rodrguez Zapatero's long honeymoon with Spain may have come to an end yesterday, the anniversary of his first year in power and the day Basques voted for a new regional government. | |
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FrancoAlemán: The Financial Times sees trouble ahead for Zapatero: "Jos Luis Rodrguez Zapatero's long honeymoon with Spain may have... |
Robert Mayer: The Financial Times sees trouble. [quote] "Zapatero remains hugely popular, but only because he has avoided all the tough issues, at home and abroad," Mr Elorriaga says.[end quote] |
Ms. Right By / CNN — Permalink Ann Coulter and I were well into a bottle of white Bordeaux — and I believe she was chewing her fourth piece of Nicorette — when it happened. From what little I knew of her — mainly her propensity for declamations such as "liberals love America like O.J. loved Nicole" — I thought it impossible for Coulter to blush. | |
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S.Z.: Anyway, while Ann is royally pissed about her cover photo, I don't hear her complaining about Time's most egregious... |
Eugene Oregon: Now CNN has reprinted the relevant article and, from reading it, it becomes pretty clear that Coulter's persona really is little more than well-paying shtick. |
Sudden Bearish Sentiment Underlines Fears on Economy By / NYT — Permalink After last week's market plunge - when America's three main stock gauges fell more than 3 percent - Wall Street and unusually nervous individual investors are looking to the flood of earnings reports this week to see how optimistic corporate America is in its outlook for the economy. | |
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Ruy Teixeira: On Monday, for example, the New York Times had a front page story on "Sudden Bearish Sentiment Underlines Fears on... |
Barry L. Ritholtz: Secondly, I wanted to point out a particularly awful NYT front page headline today "Sudden Change in Wall St. Sentiment Underlines Fears on Economy." |