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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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Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner on National Review Online: HART'S CONSERVATISM — Jonah, I agree with you that Jeff is "always worth reading."
Andrew / www.AndrewSullivan.com:REPUBLICANS VS. CONSERVATIVES:
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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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Kurt Eichenwald / New York Times:Plea Deal Is Seen for Enron Figure
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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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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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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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Jeff Gearino / Casper Star Tribune:
Bogus Freudenthal quotes end up in L.A. Times — No, Gov. Dave Freudenthal really didn't tell the federal government to go to hell or say that wolves are "federal dogs" in Wyoming, despite what a major national newspaper told its readers Tuesday. — "Oh, boy, that never happened," …
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.
Weekly Standard:
Where The Boys Aren't — Here's a thought that's unlikely to occur to twelfth—grade girls as their college acceptances begin to trickle in: After they get to campus in the fall, one in four of them will be mathematically unable to find a male peer to go out with.
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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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Robert Fitch / New York Times:
Big Labor's Big Secret — AS most Americans are aware, our auto industry is in a crisis. — Workers' wages are falling, and hundreds of thousands of jobs are being sent offshore. America's largest parts supplier, Delphi, filed for bankruptcy protection, and General Motors …
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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 …
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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 …
White House:
Press Gaggle by Trent Duffy — MR. DUFFY: Good morning. One update to the President's schedule to inform you about. The President, on Sunday, January 1st, will visit the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, where he will visit with wounded soldiers. We anticipate that most will be from Iraq.
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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.
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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.
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 …
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MSNBC:
An interview with a Taliban commander — Behind some of the most deadly attacks against U.S. troops is one man: a 35-year-old Afghan who calls himself 'Commander Ismail' … WASHINGTON - — Four years after the U.S. invaded Afghanistan, Taliban and al Qaeda fighters are showing renewed strength …
