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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Ben Bernanke, economist  —  I associate Ben Bernanke with several major contributions:  —  1. The theory of irreversible investment, circa 1983.  Before Bernanke, Dixit, and Pindyck, models often assumed that investments could be reversed or "taken back."  Bernanke outlined how the irreversibility of investment might matter.
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New York Times:
Bush Nominates Bernanke to Succeed Greenspan as Fed Chief  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 - President Bush nominated Ben S. Bernanke, his top economic adviser, to replace Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.  —  Calling him the "right man to build on the record that Alan Greenspan has built …
CNN:
Bernanke's the man  —  President Bush's nominee to succeed Greenspan is expected to be chief economic adviser.  —  NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - President Bush was expected to announce Monday that he has picked top economic adviser Ben Bernanke to succeed Alan Greenspan as Federal Reserve Chairman …
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Bush Selects White House Economist Bernanke to Replace Greenspan  —  President Bush today nominated his chief economic adviser, Ben S. Bernanke, to replace Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve when Greenspan's term expires Jan. 31.  —  In making the announcement at the White House …
Jeannine Aversa / Associated Press:
Bernanke to Succeed Greenspan As Fed Chief
Money Politic$ / Kudlow's Money Politic$:
Bernanke  —  CEA chair and former Fed governor Ben Bernanke …
Discussion: The RCP Blog
New York Times:
Cheney Told Aide of C.I.A. Officer, Notes Show  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 — I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, first learned about the C.I.A. officer at the heart of the leak investigation in a conversation with Mr. Cheney weeks before her identity became public in 2003 …
NY Daily News:
W pals bushwhack CIA leak prosecutor  —  WASHINGTON - As the White House and Republicans brace for possible indictments in the CIA leak probe, defenders have launched a not-so-subtle campaign against the prosecutor handling the case.  —  "He's a vile, detestable, moralistic person with no heart …
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Reuters:
Bush: CIA leak probe 'very serious'  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Bush said Monday the investigation into the outing of a covert CIA operative was "very serious," even as Republican allies started casting aspersions on the prosecutor and the possibility of perjury charges.
Discussion: Making Light and Angry Bear
Robert H. Reid / Associated Press:
Journalists' Hotel in Baghdad Attacked  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Three enormous bombs, including a cement-mixing truck packed with explosives, blew up near an Iraqi police post outside the Palestine Hotel — home to many foreign journalists in Iraq.  Iraqi officials said 17 people were killed.
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CNN:
Explosions rock central Baghdad
Washington Post:
Insurgents Attack Foreign Journalists' Hotel in Iraq
Discussion: To the People
Maura Reynolds / Los Angeles Times:
Senators Seek Miers' White House Files  —  Bipartisan requests to release the records warn that the nominee's confirmation is at stake.  —  WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic senators called on President Bush on Sunday to release documents relating to Supreme Court nominee Harriet E. Miers' service …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
"Harriet Miers is — is an extraordinary woman."
Discussion: Hyscience
Carla McClain / Arizona Daily Star:
Rape victim: 'Morning after' pill denied  —  Although it is safe, effective and legal, emergency contraception - the "morning after" pill - can be hard to find in Tucson.  —  After a sexual assault one recent weekend, a young Tucson woman spent three frantic days trying to obtain the drug …
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John / AMERICAblog:   Target reinterprets 1964 Civil Rights Act …
Rupert Cornwell / Independent:
Galloway lied over Iraqi oil payments, says Congress report  —  George Galloway, the British MP, was last night accused of lying by a US Congressional committee when he testified earlier this year that he had not received any United Nation food-for-oil allocations from the deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
rawstory.com:
Cheney aide passed Plame's name to Libby, Hadley, those close to leak investigation say  —  With the possibility of indictments just days away, sources close to the investigation into who outed covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson have provided RAW STORY a more detailed account …
Deborah Zabarenko / Reuters:
Iraq war foes ready for 2,000th military death  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cindy Sheehan, the military mother who made her son's death in Iraq a rallying point for the anti-war movement, plans to tie herself to the White House fence to protest the milestone of 2,000 U.S. military deaths in Iraq.
The Age:
Piggy banks 'offend UK Muslims'  —  British banks are banning piggy banks because they may offend some Muslims.  —  Halifax and NatWest banks have led the move to scrap the time-honoured symbol of saving from being given to children or used in their advertising, the Daily Express/Daily Star group reports here.
zombietime.com:
ANTI-SEMITIC MATERIAL FEATURED IN THE IRAN PAVILION OF THIS YEAR'S FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR  —  FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN, GERMANY (Zombietone News) — The official Iranian pavilion at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair prominently featured virulently anti-Semitic literature, in violation of German law.
Martin Walker / UPI:
Walker's World: Bush at bay  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) — The CIA leak inquiry that threatens senior White House aides has now widened to include the forgery of documents on African uranium that started the investigation, according to NAT0 intelligence sources.
Kevin / Louisiana Libertarian:
Carnival of the RINOs (10/24/05)  —  I would like to welcome everyone who has come to read the Carnival of the RINOs.  My name is Kevin Boyd and I currently reside in Southeast Louisiana in a city called Slidell.  This carnival almost did not happen because of Hurricane Katrina which forced …
Discussion: Classical Values and Don Surber

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Senate conservatives set to introduce their own "Operation Offset"
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Behind Gold's Glitter: Torn Lands and Pointed Questions
John Hinderaker / Weekly Standard:
The Long Game  —  PRESIDENT BUSH'S NOMINATION of Harriet Miers …
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Miller Raises Stakes: Attacks Calame Critique …
Juan / Informed Comment:
Rupert Murdoch and Judith Miller
Discussion: The Agonist
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Protecting the Presidential Seal. No Joke.
 
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