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Ross Douthat / www.AndrewSullivan.com:
CONSERVATISMS OLD AND NEW:  —  Everybody seems to have an opinion about Jeffrey Hart's anatomy of the conservative mind, so I suppose I should as well.  The main points of contention seem to be whether conservatives are often inclined to a kind of free-market utopianism …
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner on National Review Online:   RED CULTURE, AND BLUE
Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner on National Review Online:
CONSERVATISM AND THE SOUTH (AND SUNBELT)
Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner on National Review Online:   HART'S CONSERVATISM  —  Jonah, I agree with you that Jeff is "always worth reading."
Toni Locy / Associated Press:
Padilla's Lawyers Ask for Review of Powers  —  WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held as an "enemy combatant" for nearly four years, want the Supreme Court to resolve how much power a president has while the nation is at war.  —  Lawyers Donna Newman and Andrew Patel told …
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
U.S. Asks Supreme Court to Transfer Terror Suspect  —  WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 - The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court today to allow for the immediate transfer of Jose Padilla from a military brig to civilian custody to stand trial on terrorism charges, challenging an appellate court ruling last week that blocked the move.
Reuters:   Supreme Court asked to transfer Padilla
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Government seeks Padilla's transfer
Discussion: PrawfsBlawg
John / AMERICAblog:
New domestic spying poll numbers are very bad for Bush  —  Some right-wingers have been crowing over a new poll that shows: … I've got news for you.  That's an abysmally low number for Bush.  —  Even I would probably approve of the NSA listening in on phone calls between suspected terrorists and …
Discussion: Ezra Klein, MyDD and The Political Teen
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Stephen Kaus / The Huffington Post:
Popping the Wrong Question
Julie Cart / Los Angeles Times:
Wolves Thrive but Animosity Keeps Pace  —  Wildlife officials fear that hunters will move in for the kill if federal protection is dropped.  —  BOISE, Idaho — Since the first captured Canadian gray wolves bounded out of their cages 10 years ago and disappeared into the trees …
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Chicago Tribune:
Judging the case for war  —  Did President Bush intentionally mislead this nation and its allies into war?  Or is it his critics who have misled Americans, recasting history to discredit him and his policies?  If your responses are reflexive and self-assured, read on.
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Right Wing Nut House:
MY HOMETOWN RAG ACTUALLY PRACTICES SOME JOURNALISM
Bloomberg:
Top Texas Criminal Court Will Hear DeLay's Bid for Speedy Trial  —  Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) — Texas' top criminal court agreed to consider U.S. Representative Tom DeLay's motion for a speedy trial on money laundering charges.  —  The state Court of Criminal Appeals, in a decision released late yesterday …
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Editor and Publisher:
Koppel and Brokaw Agree: Clinton Would Have Gone Into Iraq, Too  —  NEW YORK Appearing on "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert this week, two broadcast veterans, Tom Brokaw of NBC and Ted Koppel, agreed that the press shouldn't be faulted too harshly for not questioning more deeply the claims of WMD in Iraq …
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Jonah Goldberg / Townhall.com:   'Meet the Press' summit reveals elite media's flaw
Khalid Tanveer / Associated Press:
Pakistani Killed Daughters to Save 'Honor'  —  MULTAN, Pakistan - Nazir Ahmed appears calm and unrepentant as he recounts how he slit the throats of his three young daughters and their 25-year old stepsister to salvage his family's "honor" — a crime that shocked Pakistan.
USA Today:
Between the sexes  —  Jacqueline King is a researcher who carefully sifts data for the American Council on Education in search of trends that colleges and universities might find helpful.  One recent discovery jumped out: Over the past eight years, the percentage of middle-class males on campus shifted dramatically downward.
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Weekly Standard:   Where The Boys Aren't  —  Here's a thought that's unlikely …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Balancing Act: Iowa, N.H. vs. Critics  —  Democrats Weigh Plan to Stretch 2008 Calendar  —  For much of the past year, a Democratic Party commission labored to build a better mousetrap.  The goal is to create a 2008 presidential nominating calendar that reduces the outsized influence of Iowa …
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Sam Rosenfeld / American Prospect:
Calendar Whirl  —  The New Hampshire primary will never be the same.
Discussion: The Ethical Werewolf
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Presidents all the same when scandal strikes  —  Two of the most powerful moments of political déjà vu I have ever experienced took place recently in the context of the Bush administration's defense of presidentially ordered electronic spying on American citizens.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jeremy / Jeremy Hermanns dot org:
Alaska Flight #536 - Rapid De-Pressurization and Panic at 30K Feet  —  Boy, what a day.  In what started as a typical flight home from a typical holiday weekend, changed drastically twenty minutes after take off.  My fiancée and I were returning from a few days in Seattle …
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
Manassas Changes Definition Of Family  —  Activists Criticize New Housing Limits As Anti-Immigrant  —  The inspector slid into his Crown Victoria, a police radio on his belt, addresses in hand.  It was after 5 p.m., and he and his interpreter rolled into Manassas, down a street of benign ranch houses strung with lights.
Austin Bay / realclearpolitics.com:
The Big Story of 2005 (Someone Tell The New York Times)  —  In December 2004, I wrote a column that led with this line: "Mark it on your calendar: Next month, the Arab Middle East will revolt."  —  The column placed the January 2005 Palestinian and Iraqi elections in historical context.

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