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Robertson: Judges worse than Al Qaeda By / NY Daily News — Permalink Federal judges are a more serious threat to America than Al Qaeda and the Sept. 11 terrorists, the Rev. Pat Robertson claimed yesterday. "Over 100 years, I think the gradual erosion of the consensus that's held our country together is probably more... | |
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Charles Johnson: But today we have an example from the far right in Pat Robertson, who said yesterday that federal judges are a more serious threat than Al Qaeda. Atrios: More importantly, when someone on the left makes an equivalently ridiculous statement not only are they drummed out of... Steve Bainbridge: (Link)" Such over the top comments hurt more than they help, because they delegitimate the debate from the outset. |
Captain Ed: Gee, Thanks, Pat (Updated) Proving that not all hyperbolic idiots occupy the left side of the political spectrum, Pat... Joe Gandelman: A Skunk Spraying Inside The GOP Tent — If it turns out the Republican party loses moderates and centrists this is the... Jeralyn Merritt: He said that federal judges are a bigger threat than al Qaeda. |
| Also: Orrin Judd, John Cole, Kos @DailyKos | |
High Court to Review Law Barring Campus Recruiters By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider whether colleges and universities may bar military recruiters from their campuses without fear of losing federal funds. | |
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Clayton Cramer: This is the question that the U.S. Supreme Court has apparently decided to answer: [snipped quote] Professor Orin Kerr... Matt Singer: Free to Exclude — The Supreme Court is taking a lawsuit over whether law schools can be denied federal research funding... Orin Kerr: Supreme Court to Review Solomon Amendment Case: The Supreme Court has granted certiorari to review the Third Circuit's decision striking down the Solomon Amendment. |
Phillip Carter: [AP story here] A 2-1 majority of the 3rd Circuit held that the government could not condition the receipt of federal... James Joyner: Supreme Court to decide if colleges can bar recruiters (AP USAT, WaPo) [snipped quote] The Court has held, in the past,... Ann Althouse: An unusually clear crystal ball. Orin Kerr at Volokh Conspiracy notes today's cert grant: [snipped quote] Tough enough to make anyone want to bet on the other side? |
Doubts About Mandate for Bush, GOP WaPo — Permalink The day after he won a second term in November, President Bush offered his view of the new political landscape. "When you win there is a feeling that the people have spoken and embraced your point of view," he said, "and that's what I intend to tell the... | |
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Digby: Doubts About Mandate for Bush, GOP [snipped quote] Where do they come up with this stuff? Of course he has a mandate. EDM Staff: As John F. Harris and Jim Vandehei put it in their Washington Post article, "Doubts About Mandate for Bush, GOP," "As... C. D. Harris: The inestimable Mr. Hewitt is gently corrects the Washington Post for indulging in: [snipped quote] Just for laughs, I... |
Steve Soto: Having seen their claims to a political realignment hit the toilet in a grand overreach and misreading of a claimed... Hugh Hewitt: In the same paper that has this excellent reporting there is a fine, fine piece of absurdist agenda journalism: "Doubts About Mandate for Bush, GOP." Nick Gillespie: 100 Days of Bush2... The Wash Post notes that, 100 days into George Bush's second term, Dubya's looking like a lame duck already: [snipped quote] Whole thing here. |
| Also: Pudentilla, Taegan Goddard | |
Why Can't They "Just Get Along"? By / NRO — Permalink Warning:The following contains adult (in this case, collegiate) language, along with gratuitous references to male and female genitalia. College administrators have been enthusiastic supporters Eve Ensler's play The Vagina Monologues and schools across the nation celebrate "V-Day" (short for Vagina Day) every year. | |
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Amanda Marcotte: That's why she claims she supports the Roger Williams College Republicans with their newest stunt to endear themselves to the women on campus, "The Penis Monologues". Ace: And now— now! — college administrators at Roger Williams College have decided that they will not put up with this sort of gob-smacking vileness. Steve Bainbridge: Campus PC — If Christina Hoff Summers' description of the latest PC follies at Roger Williams University is even... |
TheAnchoress: You'll want to read the whole thing, here. Double standards drive me up the wall. Clearly they upset me enough to drag me out of a sickbed! Vox Day: The P-song — Christina Hoff Sommers on the university war against the penis: [snipped quote] Penis penis penis penis penis penis song. Ann Althouse: Christina Hoff Sommers describes the College Republicans' response to the overpromotion of "The Vagina Monologues" at... |
| Also: Damian Penny | |
Newspaper Circulation Continues Decline, Forcing Tough Decisions WSJ — Permalink The newspaper industry, already suffering from circulation problems, could be looking at its worst numbers in more than a decade. Circulation numbers to be released today by the Audit Bureau of Circulations probably will show industrywide declines of 1%... | |
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Donald Sensing: The nation's newspapers are overall suffering from declining circulation, and the PA Times' decline is about double the average - more than six percent. Vanderleun: Intellectually Insane — Pix and Fonts Newspapers Won't Make It GLENN REYNOLDS points to the now common tale of... Jeff Jarvis: Trees rejoice : The Wall Street Journal (free link) says newspaper circulation is taking a dive: "Circulation numbers to... |
Vox Day: It's a mystery — From the WSJ: [snipped quote] I found that last part particularly amusing, as it was the DMN that... James Joyner: Newspaper Circulation Continues Decline, Forcing Tough Decisions (WSJ) [snipped quote] What's particularly astounding is... Roger L. Simon: APROPOS: Some things go up while others go down. |
| Also: Jim Romenesko, Glenn Reynolds | |
Laura leaves 'em laughing, gasping By / Washington Times — Permalink First lady Laura Bush took over the podium from her husband at Saturday night's annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner and knocked 'em dead, keeping Washington's most powerful politicos in stitches as she worked the ballroom like a seasoned stand-up comic. | |
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Ace: Now I've Heard Everything: French, American Liberals Distressed by Laura Bush's "Risque" Jokes — Ohmygoodnessgracious, she mentioned Chippendales! Acidman: i love her even more now — Some people are upset with Laura Bush's speech at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Jeff Jarvis: In my house, you could hear a gratified cackle. : LATER: Sure enough, the Washington Times frets. |
Garrett M. Graff: The Washington Times explores the First Lady and the dinner, misspelling David Corn's name in the process, and reports... James Joyner: Laura leaves 'em laughing, gasping (Washington Times) [quote] [...] Her scripted "interruption" of the president's traditional...[end quote] |
Groom Gives Ring Back to Runaway Bride Fox News — Permalink DULUTH, Ga. — When runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks (search) made her way home after running away last week, John Mason was waiting to give something to his fiancée. "The first thing I gave to her when I saw her was her diamond back. | |
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Kevin Aylward: So it should hardly be a surprise that Fox News' Hannity & Colmes show snagged the first interview with Mason,"The first... James Joyner: Groom Gives Ring Back to Runaway Bride — Groom Gives Ring Back to Runaway Bride (FOX News) [snipped quote] A match made in Heaven. |
Michele Catalano: she's just one layer short of a wedding cake — [snipped quote] Dude. Her mistake had people pointing the finger at you for her murder. |
Evolution on trial as Kansas debates Adam vs Darwin Reuters — Permalink TOPEKA, Kan (Reuters) - Evolution is going on trial in Kansas. Eighty years after a famed courtroom battle in Tennessee pitted religious beliefs about the origins of life against the theories of British scientist Charles Darwin, Kansas is holding its own hearings on what school children should be taught about how life on Earth began. | |
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Amanda Marcotte: Kansas to debate whether Adam had a navel next week — Also on the agenda for the Kansas Board of Education—whether or... |
Jayson @PoliPundit: States' Rights — You'll have to wade through an initial shotgun blast of partisan-liberal dogma, from Reuters, but, as... |
WILL PAULA BE BOUNCED FROM 'IDOL': ANSWERING MACHINE MESSAGE TO BE AIRED Drudge Report — Permalink Is Paula Abdul the next person to be booted off AMERICAN IDOL? FOX executives have declined to answer any and all questions posed by ABCNEWS regarding claims AMERICA IDOL judge Paula Abdul personally "coached" a favorite contestant and then tried to cover up the breach, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. | |
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Ace: Straight Up: Paula Abdul's Own Zippergate — I wanted to avoid this story, but I guess I can't. Mitch Berg: And This Surprises Precisely Whom? Abdulgate rocks Hollywood: [snipped quote] I bet Sheila is ecstatic! |
Ed Driscoll: Where We Stand In The War On Terror — Speaking of Matt Drudge, I'd like to think we must be doing something right... |
McCloskey, other GOP elders seeking opponent for DeLay By / Houston Chronicle — Permalink Former U.S. Rep. Pete McCloskey, in Houston Sunday for a conference on Palestinian issues, said he and other Republican elders are looking for a candidate to oppose U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land. | |
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Byron LaMasters: The Houston Chronicle reports: [snipped quote] I wonder who the other eight former congressmen are? Jesse Taylor: Well, "Council Of Elders" Sounds Really Cool — There's writing on the wall...and then there's the wall being strategically blown up to reveal a message in the rubble. |
Charles Kuffner: McCloskey's mission — Pete McCloskey, a former Congressman from California, was in town this weekend to scope out a primary challenge to Tom DeLay. |
Poll: Support lags for Social Security plan CNN — Permalink (CNN) — President Bush has made overhauling Social Security a key part of his second-term agenda and has spent weeks on the road discussing the subject, but a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found that just over a third of respondents approve of his handling of the issue. | |
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Steve Soto: In a word, NO, not according to a new CNN/USAT/Gallup poll out today, taken after the press conference over this past weekend. |
Chris Bowers: Gallup Polls Social Security — Bush's press conference, while serving as a nice news distraction from the horrible... |
GOP gives more power to federal government By / Boston Globe — Permalink WASHINGTON — Despite having made a commitment to return power to the states, the Bush administration and the GOP- controlled Congress are using legislation and the legal system to quash state efforts to regulate industry, a trend state officials say is weakening hard-fought efforts to protect the health and safety of their constituents. | |
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Jeffrey Dubner: This time, it's about how the federal government is overruling state attempts at regulating businesses |
John Cole: States Rights.... Big Government Conservatism: [snipped quote] Don't forget education, drug policy and so on and so forth. |
From 'Gook' to 'Raghead' By / NYT — Permalink I spent some time recently with Aidan Delgado, a 23-year-old religion major at New College of Florida, a small, highly selective school in Sarasota. On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, before hearing anything about the terror attacks that would change the direction of American history, Mr. Delgado enlisted as a private in the Army Reserve. | |
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McQ: But you can see it simmering below the surface in a number of things. One example is this Bob Herbert column. Atrios: Oy Herbert: The officer's comment was a harbinger of the gratuitous violence that, according to Mr. Delgado, is routinely inflicted by American soldiers on ordinary Iraqis. Baldilocks: Tell me, gentlemen and ladies; how realistic does this sound to you? |
James Joyner: From 'Gook' to 'Raghead' (NYT RSS) [snipped quote] Delgado eventually won conscientious objector status and his release from the Army Reserves. Ogged @Unfogged: The Power of Prayer — This one is worth reading in its entirety. Oliver @LiquidList: Politcs: Oliver on Lowry on Herbert on Delgado — Yes. It does sound plausible. |
| Also: Rich Lowry, Tom Tomorrow | |
A Gut Punch to the Middle By / NYT — Permalink By now, every journalist should know that you have to carefully check out any scheme coming from the White House. You can't just accept the administration's version of what it's doing. Remember, these are the people who named a big giveaway to logging interests "Healthy Forests." | |
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Reihan Salam: This is why—very sincerely—I was so weirded out by Krugman's column in today's Times. Edward _: As Krugman noted today: [snipped quote] My father, God willing, may live another 20 years or so, well into the stage... Matthew Yglesias: Paul Krugman has an excellent column picking apart the pseudo-progressivity of "progressive price indexing." |
Steve Verdon: Interestingly enough Prof. Krugman has come out against reducing benefits for the wealthy in his latest New York Times column. Steve Soto: So the Pozen scheme was a perfect way to get the media to think that Bush was going after the rich to help the poor,... DavidNYC @DailyKos: "Programs for the poor always turn into poor programs" — The irreplaceable Paul Krugman lays out the truth about Bush's... |
| Also: Mark Kleiman, PGL, Mary @LeftCoaster | |
High Court to Review Ban on Campus Recruiters By / WaPo — Permalink The Supreme Court today stepped into a major dispute over the rights of colleges and universities to deny Pentagon recruiters equal access to campuses because of the military's discriminatory policy toward gays and lesbians. | |
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Paul @PowerLine: An important case to follow — The Supreme Court has agreed to review a court of appeals decision holding that the Solomon Act is unconstitutional. |
Glenn Reynolds: THE SUPREME COURT has agreed to hear the Solomon Amendment case. |
Liberals in Exile By / American Enterprise Institute — Permalink Liberal interest groups and intellectuals and their house organs (such as the New York Times) are warning of an impending return to a reactionary "Constitution in Exile." The laughable warning serves to distract from the liberals' own agenda, which is not at all laughable. | |
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Ramesh Ponnuru: "LIBERALS IN EXILE" — Michael Greve has a response to the "Constitution in exile" chatter: "Liberal interest groups and... |
Michael DeBow: Michael Greve takes on the NY Times, Cass Sunsten, Bruce Ackerman, and the European Union in this soon-to-be classic op-ed for Legal Times. |
A Megachurch's Leader Says Microsoft Is No Match By / NYT — Permalink REDMOND, Wash., April 29 - Before he became a born-again Christian and later a rising national star in the world of black evangelical ministers, the Rev. Ken Hutcherson started playing football because, he said, it was the best way he could think of to "hurt white people." | |
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Steve M.: GOD'S EGOMANIAC — From The New York Times: [The Reverend Ken] Hutcherson ... claims to be the person who forced... Ed Cone: MSFT blues — NYT's Sarah Kershaw: [snipped quote] Scoble, blogging from within Microsoft, is not happy with his employer's stance. |
John Cole: Of course, others in the wingnut brigade see different threats: "Before he became a born-again Christian and later a... |
Former U.S. surgeon general may challenge Hillary in '06 NY Daily News — Permalink ALBANY — Dr. Antonia Novello, New York's state health commissioner for the past six years and a former U.S. surgeon general, is considering a possible challenge to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2006 re-election bid, top New York political leaders said Monday. | |
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Scott Sala: Today former US Surgeon General Dr. Antonia Novello tossed out a bone. Novello is Puerto Rican and could likely trounce Hillary in NYC on that fact alone. |
Taegan Goddard: Clinton May Have Challenger — New York State Health Commissioner Antonia Novello, a former U.S. surgeon general, may... |
Kerry's disease Guardian — Permalink Iraq is threatening to become a key issue in the closing days of this election. It remains to be seen whether the electorate is willing to bite. With new revelations supposedly showing that the prime minister, Tony Blair, had decided on "regime change" before he had legal justification to take the country to war, both opposition parties are piling in. | |
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Kos @DailyKos: Iraq and the British election — I have some thoughts on the matter here. |
Taegan Goddard: In an interesting Guardian piece, Markos says the Conservative Party suffers from "Kerry's disease." Link | Related News |
Turns out diplomacy works By / Washington Monthly — Permalink There are hopeful signs of historic progress on foreign policy as President Bush passes the first hundred-day mark of his second term. Iraq is headed in the right direction; Israelis and Palestinians appear poised for the first real progress in four years; and there are signs of nascent Arab reform in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon. | |
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Suzanne Nossel: Nancy Soderberg, for example, tries to draw a sharp line between the policies that led up to the Iraq war and the agenda... |
Daniel Drezner: Gone guestin' — Posting will be light here at danieldrezner.com this week, as I have taken up Kevin Drum's gracious... |
Groom Still Wants to Marry Runaway Bride By / AP — Permalink DULUTH, Ga. - The jilted groom whose bride-to-be ran away four days before their wedding still wants to marry fiancee Jennifer Wilbanks, saying, "Haven't we all made mistakes?" | |
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Chris Nolan: Someone got the bright idea to press charges against this woman for making a false police report and her husband-to-be has gone on Fox News to say he still wants to get married. |
Baldilocks: UPDATE: Some people have to beat their heads against brick walls to get a clue. |
England pleads guilty to Abu Ghraib charges CNN — Permalink FORT HOOD, Texas (CNN) — U.S. Army Pfc. Lynndie England — the reservist whose image symbolized Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison scandal — pleaded guilty Monday to charges related to the abuse at the Baghdad facility. | |
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Frederick Maryland: But, according to CNN, she could receive a sentence of as little as two years under a plea-bargain arrangement. |
Jeralyn Merritt: Lynndie England Pleads Guilty — Pfc. Lynndie England pleaded guilty today to seven charges. A jury will determine her punishment. |
Some Judges in Egypt Lend Voice to Chorus for Reform By / LAT — Permalink ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — The rebellion erupted last month in the sober, stolid quarters of the Alexandria Judges' Club: 1,200 magistrates publicly demanded judicial independence from an all-powerful president, and threatened to refuse to certify fall elections if they didn't get it. | |
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McQ: Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble — That heady "freedom brew" is still bubbling in Egypt: "The rebellion erupted last... Orrin Judd: NOT JUST LIBERATING THE SHI'A: Some Judges in Egypt Lend Voice to Chorus for Reform (Megan K. Stack, May 2, 2005, LA... |
Matthew Yglesias: Political ferment continues in the crucial nation of Egypt, as judges start speaking up for reform and demanding real independence from the executive. |
Odyssey of an Al Qaeda Operative By / WaPo — Permalink RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — In the post-Sept. 11 world, Karim Mejjati was the perfect undercover al Qaeda operative. The former medical student from Morocco could speak several languages, had many passports and excelled at building bombs. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: The Washington Post has a chilling account of the life and death of Karim Mejjati. Robin Burk: You can read the WAPO story about Mejjati here. |
Cori Dauber: Al Queda Operative Leaves a Trail — Maybe the problem for this one doesn't rest with the press, maybe the problem for... |
Dyke condemns Blair's government BBC — Permalink Another Blair government would be a danger to democracy, former BBC director general Greg Dyke has said at a Lib Dem campaign news conference. Mr Dyke said he had switched from Labour to the Lib Dems because he could not support a party led by Tony Blair. | |
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Jonah Goldberg: IS IT BECAUSE I'M A LESBIAN? Actually, no. |
Harry @HarrysPlace: What to make of this news? Mr Dyke said he had switched from Labour to the Lib Dems because he could not support a party led by Tony Blair. |
Republican Chairman Exerts Pressure on PBS, Alleging Biases By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, May 1 - The Republican chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is aggressively pressing public television to correct what he and other conservatives consider liberal bias, prompting some public broadcasting leaders - including the chief executive of PBS - to object that his actions pose a threat to editorial independence. | |
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Garrett M. Graff: Proving, once and for all, that it really does take three New York Times reporters to equal Paul Farhi, the Paper of... Richard Reeb: This New York Times account does a fair job setting forth the contending positions and players, suggesting that there are serious political stakes in the outcome. Hugh Hewitt: Finally this morning, the New York Times runs a long piece on public television that pivots off of the campaign of... |
Skippy: as alternet points out, today's nytimes front page details the philosophy of cpb director kennth tomlinson, who wants to... Ezra Klein: His attempts to overwhelm the station with Republican operatives, luminaries, and bigwigs constitutes a truly impressive... Dr. Steven Taylor: PBS Politics — Via the NYT: Republican Chairman Exerts Pressure on PBS, Alleging Biases "The Republican chairman of the... |
| Also: Tim Graham, Jim Romenesko, Steve Soto, Betsy Newmark, Orrin Judd | |
'Hitler's nurse' breaks silence BBC — Permalink A survivor of Adolf Hitler's wartime bunker in Berlin has been tracked down, a German newspaper claims. The Berliner Zeitung relates 93-year-old Erna Flegel's account of the last days of World War II, under the headline "I was Hitler's nurse". | |
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Jeff Goldstein: Hitler's Nurse Breaks Silence — From the BBC: [snipped quote] If this story of Adolf's final frantic paranoid days... |
Ann Althouse: Who put fake poison in my cyanide capsules?!! Hitler's nurse, at age 93, finally tells her story. |
The oracle speaks By / CNN — Permalink OMAHA (CNN/Money) - It was below freezing here early Saturday morning, with frost silvering the golf courses and rolling lawns of the city where Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is headquartered. | |
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Susan Madrak: WAITING FOR THE BURST — Warren Buffett warns of the impending residential housing bubble, and I agree. Not everyone does, of course. |
Philip Greenspun: Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting http://money.cnn.com/2005 /05/01/news/fortune500/bu f fett_talks/index.htm?cnn= y es... |
Bill Would Outlaw Sale of Copied Cats By / LAT — Permalink SACRAMENTO — Besides the two kittens they've already sold, several more are "in production" at Sausalito, Calif.-based Genetic Savings & Clone, which made national headlines last year as the nation's only commercial pet-cloning company. | |
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Matthew J. Peterson: (Nancy Vogel, LAT) Fearing is a supporter of AB 1428, a bill written by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine (D-Van Nuys) that would make selling cloned or genetically modified pets illegal. |
Kathryn Jean Lopez: IT IS CONCEIVABLE... ...that it could be harder to clone a cat than a human being in California... |
For journalists, lessons in conduct and survival By / LAT — Permalink I don't usually look to Karl Rove or Rupert Murdoch for insightful analyses of current media issues. Both men are unquestionably intelligent. But Rove, longtime chief political strategist for President Bush, is a paid partisan, and given his influence,... | |
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Terry Heaton: BONUS LINK (Via Romenesko): Cynicism is the news media's default position these days. |
Jim Romenesko: Cynicism is the news media's default position these days — Los Angeles Times "Gotcha" journalism is the order of the day, says David Shaw. |
Desperate White House Wife, Episode 1: The Ranch Hand By / NYT — Permalink When Laura Bush wisecracked at the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner on Saturday night that she was a "desperate housewife" married to a president who was always sound asleep by 9 p.m., the popular first lady accomplished two things. | |
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Garrett M. Graff: The NYT's Bumiller reports on the First Lady's routine. |
Taegan Goddard: At Home in the White House — Though the New York Times reports First Lady Laura Bush "had never actually seen the racy... |
New Round of Car Bombs Kills at Least 11 in Baghdad By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 2 - Another day of insurgent violence left at least 11 people dead and 23 wounded in three car bomb attacks in Baghdad today. Fifteen miles north of the capital, in the town of Tarmiya, an Iraqi national guard was killed by a car bomb. | |
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Cori Dauber: The Times on an Orgy of Violence — This is an updated version of the lead article in today's print edition of the Times. |
Matthew Yglesias: There's more to life — and to politics — than Social Security. |
Frist Protest at Princeton Is Lesson in Art of the Filibuster WaPo — Permalink If only Senate filibusters were this enlightening. Princeton University students and faculty have been talking round-the-clock to protest the legislative strategy of a famous alumnus and benefactor, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.). | |
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Pudentilla: princeton filibuster against frist plays in post — [snipped quote] you can observe these young patriots at work here... |
K. J. Lopez: THANK THE KIDS! A Princeton protest may be the best thing Bill Frist has going for him right now. They take him seriously. |
Catholic Church withers in Europe By / Boston Globe — Permalink DUBLIN — The cavernous, cinderblock construction of the Church of the Most Precious Blood, built in 1954 in a solidly working-class neighborhood here, reflects an era when Ireland's priests could marshal one of the world's most devout Roman Catholic flocks for Mass each Sunday and on other days of obligation. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: From the Boston Globe: Why Benedict XVI is focused on Europe. See also PresidentAristotle from yesterday. |
Orrin Judd: EASY ENOUGH TO OUTLAST THEM: Catholic Church withers in Europe (Charles M. Sennott, May 2, 2005, Boston Globe)... |
With Little Fanfare, a New Effort to Prosecute Employers That Flout Safety Laws NYT — Permalink For decades, the most egregious workplace safety violations have routinely escaped prosecution, even when they led directly to deaths or grievous injuries. Safety inspectors hardly ever called in the Justice Department. Congress repeatedly declined to toughen criminal laws for workplace deaths. | |
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Cookie Jill: "- nytimes" we'll wait to see on this one. but i am still hoping that there is one spot of hope for us working people in this dickens inspired administration. |
Orrin Judd: LAW AND ORDER REPUBLICANISM: With Little Fanfare, a New Effort to Prosecute Employers That Flout Safety Laws (DAVID... |
Runaway Bride-To-Be Could Face Charges By / AP — Permalink DULUTH, Ga. - A jilted groom and a town full of puzzled friends and relatives may not be all that Jennifer Wilbanks faces, as authorities weighed the evidence and the legal issues on Monday to determine whether she should be charged with a crime. | |
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Hrairoo: She's Available. All right. A wedding is a big step. So is skipping one. You don't want to marry the guy who gave you the ring? |
Dr. Steven Taylor: As Well She Should — Via the AP: Runaway Bride May Face Charges in Georgia. Indeed, one wonders under what circumstances that she wouldn't. |
Health care and the American automobile By / Townhall.com — Permalink WASHINGTON — Who knew? Speculation about which welfare state will be the first to buckle under the strain of the pension and medical costs of aging populations usually focuses on European nations with declining birth rates and aging populations. | |
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PGL: One last note: George Will double counts one element of employee compensation by saying GM and Ford have additional costs related to health care coverage. |
Amanda Marcotte: Healthcare Equals EVILCARE — George Will writes a tooth-gnashing piece on how GM's generosity with "welfare" (otherwise... |
A left-wing witch-hunt on campus By / Boston Globe — Permalink THE NOTION of left-wing political bias in the universities is widely pooh-poohed on the left as so much right-wing propaganda — a smokescreen for an attempt to push a conservative agenda on college campuses. | |
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Damian Penny: Meanwhile, a history professor at Southern Illinois University is being persecuted for recommding his students read an article from David Horowitz's online magazine, FrontPage. |
Scott @PowerLine: Mob rule at SIU — Boston Globe columnist Cathy Young picks up on the case of Southern Illinois University history Professor Jonathan Bean: "A left-wing witch hunt on campus." |
Respect, Please, for Malibu's Best Gal By / LAT — Permalink Out of Malibu came one of the most influential literary works of modern times. And this spring, 48 years after it was published, the whole town is reading it. I refer to the novella "Gidget," which Malibu recently picked for its "One City One Book" program. | |
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Matt Welch: Things I didn't know about Gidget until reading this morning's L.A. Times: She was based on a real person. |
Kevin Roderick: Author Deanne Stillman has written persuasively before about Gidget's cultural influence, and she makes a further case... |
Tory MPs question need for snap vote Globe and Mail — Permalink Ottawa and Calgary — Cracks appeared yesterday in the Conservative Party's plan to topple the Liberal government at the earliest opportunity as several leading Tory parliamentarians insisted the decision isn't final and one central Ontario MP said a vote should be delayed. | |
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Captain Ed: After new polling emerged showing that Liberals have rebounded significantly from the initial Adscam revelations, a Tory... |
Tresy @Corrente: A key theme of the polls is that many Canadians remain leery of [Tory leader] Mr. [Stephen] Harper, suspecting him of... |
An MTV Host Moves to Radio, Giving Voice to Audible Blogs By / NYT — Permalink It was an offer even the podfather could not refuse: the chance to be host of a radio program devoted solely to podcasts, or homemade radio shows formatted for digital audio players. | |
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Jeff Jarvis: Pod(cast) people : It had to kill podcast pioneer Adam Curry and Sirius that Viacom and its YOURadio beat them to the... Ed Cone: Hot Curry — Adam Curry signs with Sirius for a podcast program. |
Dave Winer: Adam's new gig NY Times: [snipped quote] I guess we all do what we know how to do. |
Israel's Sharansky Resigns in Protest By / AP — Permalink JERUSALEM — Cabinet minister Natan Sharansky, cited as an inspiration by President Bush, resigned Monday in protest over the planned Gaza withdrawal, saying the pullout is a "tragic mistake" that will encourage Palestinian violence and deepen the rift in Israeli society. | |
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James Joyner: Israel's Sharansky Resigns in Protest (AP) [snipped quote] My guess is that his resignation will have little impact. |
K. J. Lopez: SHARANSKY RESIGNS over Gaza. |
Argument By Metaphor By / Weekly Standard — Permalink RUTGERS UNIVERSITY professor Alex Hinton has warned that our government's prosecution of the war on terror may be causing us to resemble the Khmer Rouge, the genocidal gang that once ran Cambodia. | |
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Betsy Newmark: Paul Mirengoff makes a good point in the Weekly Standard. He argues that so many liberals now argue by metaphor rather than logic. |
John @PowerLine: Figures of Speech — Deacon's piece for the Weekly Standard this week is "Argument By Metaphor." |
Soccer Field to Killing Field and Back By / Opinion Journal — Permalink Sometimes, a simple story can better encapsulate the essence of a situation than dozens of learned articles and reports. This is one such story: They practice on concrete rather than on grass, and their kit is far from uniform, but Afghanistan's premier... | |
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Joe Gandelman: In his latest huge month's compilation of good news from Afghanistan carried by the Wall Street Journal Online he points... Arthur Chrenkoff: Good news from Afghanistan, 2 May 2005 — Note: Also available at the "Opinion Journal" and Chrenkoff. |
Cori Dauber: So Many Stories, So Little Interest — Chrenkoff's latest installment of good news from Afghanistan is up, and bless him... |
List of lost state coins jumps to 121 By / Toledo Blade — Permalink COLUMBUS - The number of missing rare coins purchased with state money controlled by local Republican fund-raiser Tom Noe now totals 121, documents obtained by The Blade show. | |
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Lambert @Corrente: And, oh yeah, Noe's company [cough] "lost" 121 of the coins in the mail. Seems an exotic way to launder money, but who am I to judge? |
Kerry Howley: Chump Change and Second-Rate Scandals — Via Sploid comes this ridiculous story out of Ohio, where authorities invested... |
Papers reveal commitment to war Guardian — Permalink Secret documents revealed yesterday show that, almost a year before the Iraq invasion, Tony Blair was privately preparing to commit Britain to war and topple Saddam, despite warnings from his closest advisers that it was unjustified. | |
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Taegan Goddard: The key excerpt: [snipped quote] The Guardian notes the documents also show that, [snipped quote] Link | Related News |
Orrin Judd: JUST REGIME CHANGE: Papers reveal commitment to war: Secret documents indicate Blair support for military action a year... |
Bolton: Now, the Guessing Game Newsweek — Permalink May 9 issue - Senate Dems, still trying to quash the U.N. nomination of John Bolton, are investigating more allegations that Bolton sought to intimidate career officials who disagreed with his hard-line views. | |
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Steve Clemons: Important Questions for Foreign Relations Committee Staff to ASK Newsweek's Mark Hosenball has a nice clip on what to... |
Laura Rozen: More speculation on who was intercepted by Newsweek's Mark Hosenball. |
Night Shift NYT — Permalink Q Even before you announced that you were leaving ''Nightline,'' which just had its 25th anniversary, there were lots of rumors. With all the talk about the program's low ratings, and with ABC trying to woo David Letterman at one point, did you feel as if this wasn't entirely your decision? | |
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Garrett M. Graff: Ted Koppel dishes to Matt Bai about Orson Welles (who only guest who intimidated him), interviewing Bill Clinton ("Bill... Brian Stelter: Questions For Ted Koppel — Sunday's NYT featured Questions For Ted Koppel: What's next for you? Will it definitely be in news? Taegan Goddard: Ted Koppel, quoted in the New York Times magazine, on whether there were any politicians that ever "intimidated" him during an interview. |
Joseph Britt: Lastly, on a completely different subject, the NYT Magazine asked Ted Koppel what is wrong with network TV news. James Joyner: Ted Koppel on Blogs and News — Matt Bai conducts a humorous and informative interview with Ted Koppel in Sunday's New York Times Magazine, "Questions for Ted Koppel: Night Shift." |
Transcript for May 1 MSNBC — Permalink PLEASE CREDIT ANY QUOTES OR EXCERPTS FROM THIS NBC TELEVISION PROGRAM TO "NBC NEWS' MEET THE PRESS." This is a rush transcript provided for the information and convenience of the press. Accuracy is not guaranteed. | |
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Sam Rosenfeld: Nevertheless, Senator George Allen of Virginia made a few remarks on Meet the Press yesterday that I'm surprised no one has noted. PGL: Running Away from the Pozen Plan — Today's Meet The Press had two prominent Republicans distancing themselves from the Pozen plan. Billmon: "Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) Meet the Press May 1, 2005" "(via Atrios)" "PRESIDENT: Mr. Gardner, do you agree with Ben,... |
Michelle Malkin: Andy Card hollered back at HRC on Meet The Press: [snipped quote] I like Spoons' retort better: "Coming from the wife of... Dr. Steven Taylor: The Same Subject Continued — Here's my proximate inspiration for the prior post: Transcript for May 1 - Meet the Press... Atrios: Another Great Meet the Press Moment — From Senator Allen (R-VA): "And moreover, in the event that a personal savings... |
The academic ban - Nazi connection Jerusalem Post — Permalink The Web site of Sue Blackwell, the Birmingham lecturer who presented motions calling for boycotts of Israeli universities, contains a recommended link to a Web site owned by an anti-Semitic neo-Nazi activist. | |
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Jan Haugland: British academic behind Israel boycott has anti-Semitic links — Sue Blackwell, the Birmingham lecturer who was a... Gene @HarrysPlace: Despite protestations by AUT Israel-boycott leader Sue Blackwell that her website does "not include links to sites which... |
Charles Johnson: AUT Boycott Leader Links to Neo-Nazi site — Sue Blackwell, one of the prime movers behind the British AUT's boycott of... Marc @USSNeverdock: Now The Jerusalem Post reports: [snipped quote] I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! Engage is a group set up to fight back and looks they are making progress. |
In Praise of Bush's Honesty (Honest) By / WaPo — Permalink Q: Is the poll troubling? PRESIDENT BUSH: Polls? You know, if a president tries to govern based upon polls, you're kind of like a dog chasing your tail. I don't think you can make good, sound decisions based upon polls. | |
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Reihan Salam: Could it be that President Bush is making a hasty retreat, and that the call for "progressive price indexing"—a real... Matthew Yglesias: I see the Social Security mumbo-jumbo has gotten so bad that even the usually sharp Michael Kinsley is taking a sip or two of kool-aid. |
Stanley Kurtz: It was certainly striking to see both Michael Kinsley and the editors of the Washington Post grudgingly praise the... Max B. Sawicky: One signal is the awful Kinsley column today. |
Leading scientific journals 'are censoring debate on global warming' By / Telegraph — Permalink Two of the world's leading scientific journals have come under fire from researchers for refusing to publish papers which challenge fashionable wisdom over global warming. | |
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Andrew Stuttaford: I can understand established scientists not wanting to give equal time to cranks but shutting out experts of the calibre... Chris Mooney: This has already been covered in The Telegraph. I'll have more to say later but this post should keep you apprised of the controversy. Spoons: Telegraph | News | Leading scientific journals 'are censoring debate on global warming' "Dr Peiser is not the only... |
Robin Burk: Which is why this is so deeply disturbing: read the rest! » "Two of the world's leading scientific journals have... Pejman Yousefzadeh: LITERATURE ON GLOBAL WARMING — I don't quite know what to make of this, but it sounds rather strange: [snipped quote] I... Kate @OTB: When it comes to the issue of "global warming", we all know that the majority of scientists agree that the earth is ... |
Left aims to smite 'theocracy' movement By / Washington Times — Permalink NEW YORK — Secular humanists and leftist activists convened here over the weekend to strategize how to counter what they contend is a growing political threat from Christian conservatives. | |
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Commissar: The time has arrived to take the ambitions and prophecies of extreme Wiccan FundaMoontalism seriously, and to examine... Hugh Hewitt: Don't miss this hilarious account of a gathering of "secular humanists" in D.C., which underscores the outbreak of religiousrightitis on the left that borders on hysteria. Michael DeBow: He offered this assessment at a national conclave of anti-theocrats, in NY, NY, co-sponsored by People for the American Way, among others. |
James Joyner: Left Aims to Smite 'Theocracy' Movement — Left aims to smite 'theocracy' movement (Washington Times) John @PowerLine: Smiting the "Theocracy" Movement — The Washington Times reports on a conference called "Examining the Real Agenda of... |
The Way of the Commandos By / NYT — Permalink In a country of tough guys, Adnan Thabit may be the toughest of all. He was both a general and a death-row prisoner under Saddam Hussein. He favors leather jackets no matter the weather, his left index finger extends only to the knuckle (the rest was sliced... | |
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John @PowerLine: Along those lines, the New York Times has a long piece by Peter Maass on Iraqi commando forces manned largely by Sunnis who once served Saddam. Jeff Jarvis: So the search is for another analogy and Peter Maas returns from a brave trip with Iraqi counterinsurgency forces and... |
John Cole: The Way of the Commandos, by Peter Maass 2.) Orrin Judd: ORDER, THEN RIGHTS: The Way of the Commandos (PETER MAASS, 5/01/05, NY Times Magazine) [snipped quote] Succesful counterinsurgency. |
Tories speak Blair's language Guardian — Permalink The 2004 elections were quite the shock to American liberals. For far too long, Democrats assumed their electoral exile was a short detour, a minor statistical error easily remedied in the following election cycle. | |
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Ben P: What's more, this election will show that the Conservative Party has not yet figured out the degree to which their party... David Boyle: That is Tony Blair's chief legacy, writes US blogger Markos Moulitsas", is Kos' personal contribution to the British... |
Kos @DailyKos: More on that over the coming week, but you get a first taste of it here, where I talk about how in Bizarro World, it is Labour which has won the framing wars. |
The War We Could Have Won By / NYT — Permalink THE Vietnam War is universally regarded as a disaster for what it did to the American and Vietnamese people. However, 30 years after the war's end, the reasons for its outcome remain a matter of dispute. | |
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Marc @USSNeverdock: Then I read this New York Times article. The New York Times printing the truth about the Vietnam War? Naw. No way. Cori Dauber: Things I Thought I'd Never See — Read this oped piece on the Vietnam war from today's Times, look me in the eye (uh,... |
Scott @PowerLine: Today Stephen Morris's New York Times op-ed column joins Lipscomb's: "The war we could have won." (Courtesy of RealClearPolitics.) Orrin Judd: AMERICA SURVIVED THEM, EVEN IF THE SOUTH DIDN'T: The War We Could Have Won (STEPHEN J. MORRIS, 5/01/05, NY Times)... |
Let's Make a Deal By / NYT — Permalink Bill Frist should have taken the deal. Last week, the Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid, made an offer to head off a nuclear exchange over judicial nominations. Reid offered to allow votes on a few of the judges stuck in limbo if the Republicans would withdraw a few of the others. | |
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Mark Schmitt: Brooks Channels Disinformation — I'll admit, David Brooks' claim today that Senator Reid had offered Frist a secret... Andy McCarthy: See here. Ezra Klein: David Brooks knows something you don't: [snipped quote] Brooks thinks Frist should've taken the deal. |
John Hawkins: A Compromise That Leaves The Judicial Filibuster Intact Is No Compromise At All — The New York Times' pet conservative... Joseph Britt: Also from the NYT, David Brooks discusses the judicial filibuster issue, making this dead-on statement as to what is... Lambert @Corrente: Beware of creeps bearing gifts — Could David Brooks have signed up for a Republican disinformation campaign? Of course not! |
| Also: Von @ObsidianWings, Kevin Drum, Matt Singer, Orrin Judd, John Cole | |
'OLD FOOL' IMUS STRIKES BACK New York Post — Permalink May 1, 2005 — DON Imus didn't like being called "a cantankerous old fool" by MSNBC's Contessa Brewer on PAGE SIX. Brewer, a former news reader on Imus' show, also said the I-man doesn't know how to relate to "beautiful women." | |
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Michelle Malkin: On his show last Friday, Don Imus said this about MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer: "That skank has to spend three hours with makeup in the morning ... Who's she kidding? James Joyner: Don Imus Berates Contessa Brewer 'OLD FOOL' IMUS STRIKES BACK (New York Post) [snipped quote] Most of the characters on... |
Brian Stelter: An MSNBC spokesman tells Page Six that "Contessa Brewer is a valued and respected employee. |
The Collapse of Big Media: Starting Over By / Wilson Quarterly — Permalink It's premature to write an obituary, but there's no question that America's news media—the newspapers, newsmagazines, and television networks that people once turned to for all their news—are experiencing what psychologists might call a major life passage. | |
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Paul @PowerLine: The rise and fall of big media — Yesterday, Scott referred to Terry Eastland's article in the Wilson Quarterly on the "collapse of big media." |
Ed Driscoll: And moments such as Walter Cronkite transforming the outcome of the Tet Offensive—an American military victory over the... |
Never Shy, Bolton Brings a Zeal to the Table By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, April 30 - In the tumultuous days before John R. Bolton graduated from Yale University in 1970, he and his roommates leaned mattresses against the windows to keep out stray tear gas shells. The trial of a top Black Panther in New Haven had ignited riots and set off a national uproar. | |
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Steve M.: The New York Times on John Bolton's years as a high school right-winger: "He had the same attitudes and beliefs then and... Orrin Judd: Never Shy, Bolton Brings a Zeal to the Table (SCOTT SHANE, 5/01/05, NY Times) [snipped quote] Republicans sound rather... |
Steve Clemons: Getting into the Personal: Dangerous Territory for John Bolton — Major epic-style exposes are emerging on John Bolton in the Los Angeles Times and New York Times. |
Bolton's a Tough Guy With a Cause By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — When John R. Bolton charged into the State Department in 2001 as President Bush's top arms control official, he thought of himself as a loyal Republican soldier on a mission into hostile political territory, according to friends and colleagues. | |
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Laura Rozen: There is much worth contemplating in Sonni Efron's LAT review today of John Bolton's being dropped behind enemy lines in... |
K. J. Lopez: TOUGH TO BE A BUSHMAN AT STATE — John Bolton was "despised" at State; said one hater to the Los Angeles Times: "John... |
Some Balk at Naming Highway After Nelson AP — Permalink AUSTIN, Texas - Willie Nelson's name is off the road again. A state legislator had proposed naming a 49-mile stretch of Texas Highway 130 being built around Austin in honor of the Texas country music singer. | |
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Norbizness: Texas legislators may be out of the mainstream of Texan thought by blocking a highway-naming after legend Willie... |
Amanda Marcotte: Republicans hate country music, spread the word — Tell me again why liberals are supposed to be the elitists? |
Thumbs Up for '08 For the Kerry Clan US News — Permalink With Republicans scrounging around for an able successor to President Bush in the 2008 election, Washington's focus is fast turning to an escalating battle on the Democratic side between front-runner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and 2004 nominee Sen. John Kerry . | |
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Joe Gandelman: Hillary Clinton Versus John Kerry In The Democratic Sweepstakes — In case you thought various press reports in recent... Jayson @PoliPundit: In Other News, Scott Baio, David Hasselhoff, and John Tesh Will Be Touring Together — According to U.S. News &... |
Taegan Goddard: Kerry is Running — Noting "his family wants him to run again," Washington Whispers learns that Sen. John Kerry is not... |
Woman's abortion is unique S.C. case By / The State — Permalink A migrant farm worker from Mexico, Gabriela Flores has struggled to support her three young children. So when the 22-year-old became pregnant again last year, she didn't know what to do — especially when the father refused to help, she told Lexington County sheriff's deputies. | |
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Michael Bérubé: I hope it'll save Social Security. UPDATE: In real news, read the first comment below. And check out the story, too. Amanda Marcotte: Your rights depend on your ability to pay — From Michael Berube—a migrant worker in South Carolina mistakenly thought... |
Cookie Jill: "- the state in the 21st century here in the united states, supposed home of the free, a woman has no rights to her own body." |
Jack Kelly: Democrats bound back Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Permalink The only thing harder to find in the U.S. Senate these days than a Democrat with a conscience is a Republican with a spine. Democrats may have been waxed at the polls last November, but they're running rings around Republicans in the public relations battles so far this year. | |
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Captain Ed: Jack Kelly: GOP Needs A Spine — Jack Kelly of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette makes the argument that the GOP has lost... Steve Bainbridge: He's Got a Point — Jack Kelly's thesis: [snipped quote] After reviewing a host of issues on which the GOP is losing, Kelly concludes: [snipped quote] Yep. |
Scott @PowerLine: Dr. Kelly's prescription — In his Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column, Jack Kelly observes the stakes for Republicans in the... |
Damascus to resume ties with Iraq BBC — Permalink Syria has announced it is restoring relations with Iraq, after a break of more than two decades. Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa told a regional foreign ministers' meeting in Turkey that ties would be resumed as soon as possible. | |
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Andrew Olmsted: Syria has agreed to restore its relations with Iraq, a major move for the other Arab nation run by Baathists. |
Orrin Judd: MAKING THE BABY DANCE: Damascus to resume ties with Iraq (BBC, 5/01/05) [snipped quote] It can't be easy to maintain a terror state when you're an international laughingstock. |
Berkshire's Buffett Praises AIG's Greenberg, Keeps Dollar Bet Bloomberg — Permalink May 1 (Bloomberg) — Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman Warren Buffett praised Maurice ''Hank'' Greenberg, the ousted chief executive of American International Group Inc., and defended the proper use of a type of reinsurance that has come under regulatory scrutiny. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: Warren Buffett, who knows a thing or two about investing, comes out against the phase-out (see last item) along with... Armando @DailyKos: Buffett: Thumbs Down on Bush's SS Piratization — Warren Buffet doesn't think much of Bush's SS scam. |
Brad DeLong: Warren Buffett and Charles Munger on Social Security — More opponents of Bush's Social Security "plans": ... |
Offering R.O.T.C. a Truce By / NYT — Permalink Every Friday afternoon, four undergraduates from Columbia University put on military uniforms and travel to the Bronx campus of Fordham University. There, the students - cadets in the Army's Reserve Officers Training Corps, a military leadership program that... | |
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Phillip Carter: Bringing ROTC back to Columbia's campus — Nick Confessore reports in the New York Times about the effort underway to... Glenn Reynolds: NEW DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING ROTC at Columbia University: [snipped quote] Read the whole thing, which certainly seems newsworthy. |
Armando @DailyKos: Steve Gilliard points us to a Nick Confessore story in the NYTimes about the possible return of the ROTC to Columbia:... |
Bush, the Great Shiite Liberator By / NYT — Permalink BEIRUT, Lebanon — If one of the Bush administration's strategic goals was to shake up the established order in the Middle East, the formation of Iraq's new government last week was a raging success. To be sure, any sort of democratic government in Iraq is groundbreaking. | |
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Cori Dauber: As Bad as Reuters — There's a quite interesting article in the Times on the implications of a Shiite government taking... |
Orrin Judd: PLAN A: Bush, the Great Shiite Liberator (LEE SMITH, 5/01/05, NY Times) [snipped quote] Close. Destroy Wahhabism; Reform Islam. |
To French workers, minutes add up IHT — Permalink PARIS One minute and 52 seconds is the time it might take an employee to remove his coat and begin booting up his computer, or maybe to dart off for a trip to the water cooler. | |
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TheAnchoress: I still have enough energy to shake my head at this story via Ms. Newmark One minute and 52 seconds is the time it... |
Betsy Newmark: Ankle Biting Pundits highlights this article about the French who are refusing to work less than two minutes more a day in order to help the handicapped and elderly. |
Unmentioned Energy Fix: A 55 M.P.H. Speed Limit NYT — Permalink President Bush made it clear last week that he sees no quick fixes to the nation's energy woes. The problem has been long in coming, the argument goes, and so will the solutions. But if history is any guide, there is one thing he could do immediately: bring back the 55 miles-per-hour speed limit. | |
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Steve Antler: NYT: let's return to 55 MPH ! So — it seems we're being nudged in the direction of a new 55 MPH national speed limit. Joe Gandelman: Will This Be A Quick Energy Crisis Fix? by Joe Gandelman Good news for owners of traffic schools everywhere: you're may... |
John J. Miller: I CAN'T DRIVE 55 — The New York Times has an article today suggesting that bringing back the 55 mph rule on highways is a good way to reduce America's energy consumption. |
French voters now back EU constitution Observer — Permalink Opinion polls out this weekend show for the first time that a majority of French people intend to vote in favour of the European draft constitution next month. The two surveys, carried out for Le Monde and the Journal du Dimanche, found that 52 per cent supported the draft constitution and 48 per cent opposed it. | |
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Jack Grant: From The Guardian newspaper: "Opinion polls out this weekend show for the first time that a majority of French people... |
Captain Ed: French May Yet Approve EU Constitution — The Guardian (UK) reports that Jacques Chirac has made some progress in... |
Real Security, or Politics as Usual? NYT — Permalink Any terrorist who has followed how domestic security money is distributed in this country must be encouraged by the government's ineptness - and Congress is showing few signs of learning from its mistakes. | |
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Cori Dauber: City Slickers — The lead editorial in today's Times argues — again — that divvying Homeland Security money so that... |
Joseph Britt: An editorial about homeland security spending (registration required) today, though, makes very sound observations about... |
'Despite the System': The Kane Mutiny By / NYT — Permalink Long ago, while trying to write with F. Scott Fitzgerald a romantic movie based on the Dartmouth College Winter Carnival, this reviewer was asked how he would define his hometown. ''Everybody outside thinks it's so glamorous,'' I said. | |
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Scott @PowerLine: The Times review would be worth linking to if only for the New York Post-style pun in the heading: "The Kane mutiny." |
Ed Driscoll: Power Line looks at a new biography of Orson Welles, and links to a review of the book written by Budd Schulberg (author of What Makes Sammy Run). |