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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Can This Nomination Be Justified?  —  Senators beginning what ought to be a protracted and exacting scrutiny of Harriet Miers should be guided by three rules.  First, it is not important that she be confirmed.  Second, it might be very important that she not be.
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Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
The Right's Dissed Intellectuals  —  You could cut the disappointment with a knife.  "This is the moment for which the conservative legal movement has been waiting for two decades," David Frum, the right-wing activist and former Bush speechwriter, wrote on his blog a few moments …
Discussion: TAPPED and Preemptive Karma
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Erin Neff / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Son of former president to challenge Ensign in 2006  —  Jack Carter, the son of former President Carter, said Tuesday he plans to run against John Ensign for the U.S. Senate next year.  —  Carter, 58, and his wife, Elizabeth, have lived in Las Vegas since 2003, operating the investment consulting firm Carter Global.
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
News Comes in Code: Judy Miller's Return to the Times  —  Just one man's opinion, but now is a good time to say it: The New York Times is not any longer—in my mind—the greatest newspaper in the land.  Nor is it the base line for the public narrative that it once was.
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Sir Humphrey's:
AP and Reuters photographer Bilal Hussein colludes with insurgents  —  This is both disgusting and absurd.  I was flicking through a Yahoo Photos thread called "US Military" when I came across six photos of the same small group of 'insurgents' posing for the photographer.
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Why Ask Why?  —  Terrorist attacks aren't caused by any policy except that of the bombers themselves.  —  The return of murderous nihilism to Bali is highly instructive.  It shows, first, that the fanatics of Islamism don't know how to stop.  And it also shows that they never learn.
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Tim B. / Tim Blair:
WHY-NERS  —  Christopher Hitchens—who notes that …
Discussion: cut on the bias
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Texas Prosecutor Cites New Input on DeLay  —  Earle Doesn't Respond to Lawmaker's Attack  —  The Texas prosecutor overseeing an investigation of former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) fired back yesterday at criticism by DeLay's lawyers that he brought a new indictment …
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Laylan Copelin / statesman.com:
Prosecutor reveals third grand jury had refused DeLay indictment
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Andrew Quinn / Washington Times:
Iraqi charter gains wide backing  —  BAGHDAD — Recent polling shows widespread support for a new Iraqi constitution to be voted on Oct. 15, even in strongholds of Sunni Arab groups that are fighting to derail the charter.  —  Mehdi Hafedh, director of the Iraqi Center for Development …
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Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:
The Iraqi National Assembly took a very worrisome step by abolishing …
Discussion: Publius Pundit and Big Lizards
CNN:
Poll: Support for Miers not as high as that for Roberts  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Americans, particularly conservatives, are less supportive of President Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court than they initially were for his nomination of John Roberts, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Tuesday night.
Discussion: MyDD and Decision '08
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Storms Show A System Out Of Balance  —  GOP Congress Has Reduced Usual Diet of Agency Oversight  —  Four hurricanes had hit Florida in 2004, and the evidence was overwhelming that the Federal Emergency Management Agency had totally botched its response.  Some of the hardest-hit counties …
Discussion: The Agonist and Angry Bear
BBC:
Dane fights for state-funded sex  —  A disabled Danish man is fighting for the state to pay for him to have a prostitute visit him at home.  —  Torben Hansen, who has cerebral palsy, which severely affects his speech and mobility, believes his local authority should pay the extra charge …
Discussion: Clayton Cramer's BLOG
Washington Post:
News of Pandemonium May Have Slowed Aid  —  Unsubstantiated Reports of Violence Were Confirmed by Some Officials, Spread by News Media  —  Five weeks after Hurricane Katrina laid waste to New Orleans, some local, state and federal officials have come to believe that exaggerations of mayhem …
Bill / PunditGuy:
One Year  —  PunditGuy is one year old today.  —  When I started this little hobby, I had no idea what I was getting myself into.  I had no idea how much it would become a part of my life.  I had no idea how much fun it would be.  —  I had no idea that one year later, blogging would become a love of mine.
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Democrats Party Like It's 2002  —  There is something missing from Rahm Emanuel's discussion on Meet the Press about the Democratic agenda: … Hmmm.  The word "Iraq" doesn't appear anywhere in the Democratic agenda.  This is interesting since, major occasional news events not withstanding …

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Austin Bay / strategypage.com:
The Fear Market is Down  —  On Oct. 12, 2002, terror bombers …
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner on National Review Online:
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UPI:
Local cops pull out of DHS intel network
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Meghan Clyne / New York Sun:
Senate Will Probe Saudi Distribution Of Hate Materials
Charles / Through the Looking Glass:
The latest from Tom Friedman: … So, if "democratizing" …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Talking Points Aside, Bush Stance on Palestinian State Is Not a First
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Warner Challenges Frist Over Stalled Bill
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Bankruptcy Filings Soar In Advance of New Law
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