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David Kravets / Associated Press:
Judge: School Pledge Is Unconstitutional — SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge declared the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools unconstitutional Wednesday in a case brought by the same atheist whose previous battle against the words "under God" was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court on procedural grounds.
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Suzanne Herel / San Francisco Chronicle:
Judge rules Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional 'Under God' reference not appropriate for public schools, he says — Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional, a federal court judge ruled today, saying that the pledge's reference to "under God" …
Jay / Stop the ACLU:
One Nation Under God No More — Update: The Becket Fund Vows Immediate Appeal. It's gonna be a big time fight. — Judge Declares Pledge Unconstitutional — Watch The FOX News Video Coverage … Quick thoughts: Just another reason we need a strict constitutionalist at the Supreme Court.
Kimberly Hefling / phillyburbs.com:
Architect offers to alter Flight 93 memorial to appease critics — WASHINGTON - The architect of the memorial to a plane downed in western Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001, said Wednesday he would work to satisfy critics who complained that it honors terrorists with its crescent-shaped design.
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James Lileks / Newhouse News:
The Sorry State of Modern Civic Memorials — How best to memorialize the victims of Katrina? Some would love a statue of President Bush in a dunce cap, strumming a guitar, with a quote on the plinth from Howard Dean: "He doesn't care about people." But an actual statue is out of the question …
Patrick / OxBlog:
OH, WHAT THE HECK, I'LL LIVE BLOG IT: 6:57 pm Eastern Time: My enthusiasm about the Hitchens-Galloway grudge match is perhaps best reflected in the fact that it's 1 am where I am, and I'm up blogging. I'm watching this courtesy of the Democracy Now website, which is quite nobly broadcasting the debate online.
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Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Senate Kills Bid for Katrina Commission — WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans on Wednesday scuttled an attempt by Sen. Hillary Clinton to establish an independent, bipartisan panel patterned after the 9/11 Commission to investigate what went wrong with federal, state and local governments' response to Hurricane Katrina.
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Brian M. Riedl / Heritage Foundation:
A "Victory" Over Wasteful Spending? Hardly — House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) today declared "victory" in the battle to eliminate wasteful federal spending. There is simply no fat left to cut from the federal budget, he said. [1] — This comes as quite a surprise to most Americans.
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
Bush approval at lowest level of his presidency — NBC/WSJ Poll: Katrina, gas prices and Iraq damage president's support — WASHINGTON — Rocked by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, record-high gas prices, and the continued debate over Iraq, President George W. Bush's public standing …
Washington Post:
Insurgents Kill 160 in Baghdad — Toll From Day-Long Wave of Attacks Is Largest in Iraqi Capital Since Invasion — BAGHDAD, Sept. 14 — Insurgents struck the Iraqi capital Wednesday with at least a dozen attacks that targeted Shiite Muslim civilians, Iraqi security forces and American troops …
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:Baghdad Battles — After Tal Afar, al Qaeda strikes …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
News Flash: Republicans Like Roberts — Senators' Rhetoric Leaves Little Time for Nominee to Get a Word In — Move over John Marshall and Oliver Wendell Holmes. — Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) dashed to the microphones during a break in today's John Roberts confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Will / Attytood:
This man almost died because of Bush's FEMA — And he has a name — Edgar Hollingsworth. Remember it. Mr. Hollingsworth is 74 years old, and although he was found by California National Guardsmen at death's door inside his house in the flooded Broadmoor section of New Orleans, the wonderful news is that he is expected to live.
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Deacon / Power Line:
WHAT ABOUT THE CONTENT? — In response to my praise of Judge Roberts' performance yesterday, John wonders about the content of the judge's answers, particularly when it comes to Roe v. Wade. John notes that Roberts agreed that Roe and Casey are precedents, and bought into the "erosion" …
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Patrick D. Healy / New York Times:
Concession Sets Up Bloomberg-Ferrer Race — Representative Anthony D. Weiner conceded the 2005 Democratic mayoral nomination today to Fernando Ferrer, the top vote-getter in the race, in hope of avoiding a destructive runoff and strengthening Mr. Ferrer's hand as he begins …
gvsu.edu:
Hanson v. Huffington — In what promises to be a lively debate, Victor Davis Hanson and Arianna Huffington will square off on whether the United States is an empire. (Change of Venue: The debate will now be held at DeVos Place, Ballroom A, downtown Grand Rapids. The event will be webcast live on www.allpresidents.org.)
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Isaac Schrödinger
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Adam Smith, political pundit — Last night I was reading (actually, rereading) Gertrude Himmelfarb's luminous The Roads to Modernity: The British, French, and American Enlightenments, and came across this quotation from Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, published in 1776.
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